GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1923, Page 3

GERMAN NEWS.

A BAVARIAN DEMAND. SEPARATISTS EXPELLED. [Reuters Tkeecrams.] Received this dm at H..T) it.mA BERLIN, Nov. I. It is iuithoritnl ivcly learned that the Bavarian Government ltas scut a letter to tlio Chancellor demanding the creation of a dictatorship hy the Reich based on the Bavarian model. The let- , ter adds that, unless a dictatorship is estahlishetl in Berlin forthwith, the Bavarian Government intends to despatch to Berlin the troops at present concent rated on the Bavarian Irontier. The ultimatum and report e officially Jrnf denied. The disarmament and expulsion of Separatists at Aix la Chappele bv the Holguin anthorities was followed hy a -imilar action throughout the Belgian occupation zone and was carried out amid unii-ei-Mil rejoicings. 11“' di.pins' of Separtitist banners and Haps was torhidden. Advices I rum Aix la Chappele slate that the Separatists were congratulating themselves on their success when the Belgians ordered them to lay down their arms ami evacuate the town in ninety minutes. This was miraculously accomplished though the angry crowd dragged out four Separatists from a moving train ami heat two to death. Subsequentlv the British Consul arrived on the scene and received an ovation. The Belgian gendarmes dispersed the crowd with truncheons. Historic treasures at the Town Hall were irreparably damaged. The .Minister of the Interior tele graphed to the Bavarian Premier, requesting an early explttnal ion ot the wnr-lihe preparations hy Irregular hands on the North Bavarian frontier, saving that the Prussian ami llungarinii flovernments were alarmed and demanded proteelioti from the Central (ioveniiiient. The decision hy the .‘socialist party t■ * "-it draw front :l flovernment was reached hy an overwhelming majority, alter protracted efforts to arrange a compromise had failed. lien Kl rosenianii, presumably, will now reqne.t Herr Ebert to sanction the dissolution of H... lteioh.sl.ap; as it is impossible te carry on there against opposition hy the Socialists. ,M. POINCARE STILL INSISTENT. PARIS, Nov, I. There is reason to believe that -M. Poim'sire's further eoniniuiiieatioli to the British Embassy still insists on _ the necessity of limiting the scope of the proposed committee of experts. A FRENCH DENIAL. '.Received this dav at P. 15 a.m.) PARIS, Nov. I. The Ereneh reply to the British Note reprt rd in p the Separatist movement has been handed to the Ambassador. ]‘i disclaims any responsibility lor the movement and does not agree that any splitting up of Germany would necessitate n revision of the Treaty of \ ersailles.