GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1924, Page 3

GERMAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AMI N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. GERMAN PRESS. COMMENT. . MERLIN. Lebrun i y 11. The Socialist and Dciilocral i<- papers are commenting on .Mi Mar Ronald's speech and underline the hopes he cxpr< ss<*d for peace and pa m!v, ill. They see a great step forward in the effect ties I.about' Govern mem lias produced. Till, in Mrilaill and. Fiance. The rest of the pre.-s finds Mrni-h | obey nnch. nged and expresses di.-.ippnmimont. Tne “Germania” writes: “The helmsman ha- been changed, bin I lie course remains the same." The “German Gazette” declares: "Mr MacDonald carefully avoided anything likely to hurt the French feelings The so-called iiev; policy of England seems a very dangerous prospect tor Germany.” THE FRENCH POLICY. PARES. Lebrun i.v 11. Inat a change in the French Ruhr policy is not so imminent as is believed by the opposition Press, apj mis in an article by "M. IVriinnx,” in the “Eelio" de Paris", declaring that the idea of n voile face on the. part of M. Poincare is purely imaginary. He assci ts that I'"once adheres to her irreducible minimum in the Ruhr. The writer doubts greatly whether Mr MacDonald and M. Poinearo will reach an understanding. It is noteworthy that even the sup lintel's ol “|.c Matin’s” suggestion like the '‘Fra Nouvelle," einjiha.si.se that if France is |. repined to abandon rei economic system in the Ruhr and lit Rhineland, she should maintain inilnary coni i ol The “Fra Xnurclio” forecasts the possibility o! a Franco-German couinicicial coiiuol. “Ice Matin ' is believed to be inspired by president Millerand, and the Leiio de Paris” by M. Poincare,

M. I’D I-VGA RE’S ATTITFDE. LONDON. Fcl.. 11. Ihe ‘'Daily Telegraph's" Paris enr-resi-oiideut tlraws attention to a s.jieeeh written hv M. Poincare, and delivered in his absence, by the War Minister at a banquet tin Thursday niL'lit. M. Poincare therein saiil that even nr the grave nicment when France was obliged io take separate action to aaiia her rn Ids, it did not enter her head lo brenn with Ihe Allies. “\Ye. on the contrary, arc disposed to-day lo | niiii iioni our advantage in order to tiy to ciuno to an agiocnirni with our fiieuds and even with our former enemies. Me are convinced v e -hall lind aiming Die Allies a loyalty and goodwill cijiial lo our own. \Ye iiope. al lasi. In lind among the Gormans a "l"arcr •-<>mj.i*oheusion of a. situation lor wlimli w'e a:e not i es| onsihio. and "Inch cannot continue without outrage to the justice tiiif! damage to the tranquility of Lin ropu ” 1,1.0V11 G'EORGF. INCIDENT. FKI.NIdJ “ H I, PFTiLiy.H YI.LLOW BOOK. t OMH i\. p, b, ■ .r■ i Ihe “BaiK Telegi ajih's” |olitmaj uh.sf-rver understands that Mr Macßonii,d has informed M. Poincare' that, so fur as the British Government is concerned there will lie no objection to tile juililication of the new French Yelinu Boole. Il was iii ronneclion with Severn I of tile documents jirojin.srd’ la included therein that the recent Lloyd George controversy occurred, M. I’oin-c-ire believes that ibis hook "ill he a diplomatic landmark of the first imjau-. tame, jiroviding a defence for his jt<> 1 - n-y. It is understood (lie book will he is:-ued very shortly.

FLOUTING IN PALATINATE. A BITTER STIi FOGLE. BERLIN. Feb. II In the Pirtnasons oTwn Hall lighting howls of execration greeted the Separatists' appearance at the exit. The maddened crowd pushed aside the guards and massacred the Separatists like dogs, including llerr Schwnts, whose bodv was thrown into the Haines of the hall as iL burned. I hen came a man hunt alter the Separatists in the streets of Pirmasens. Several of them were found, and they shared the fate of their comrades in the Town Hall. Tile French troops remained perfectly neutral, and it was not until live o’clock I lii' morning that French and Morocian troops arrived in motors. and surrounded the burning

An aifray between i!w Separatists ; amt tin- populace at Kaibershmteru re | suited in two being killed. Tic Separatists in Zweibrucckcu, | bearing of the events in Pirinaseti', | hastily quitted the town. Everything is now quiet in Pirmnkciis. Two Separatists ami one' civilian have died ot wounds, ami the total death roll is staled to be W Separatists and ft civilians. BERLIN, Feb. 11 It lias never been doubted that the Separatists’ days in the Palatinate are numbered, mice the support hitherto accorded them is withdrawn. The events in Pirmasens are regarded as a warning that the Separatists elsewhere will lade out of the limelight quickly. Tile accounts ot yesterdays atiaii depict bloodthirsty scenes. The Separatists armed with ritles and grenades, numbered forty. They barricaded the Imildinc and refused the repeated demands '..f the attaeker- to come out. The crowds swelled to enormous dimensions, armed with all available weapons, like axes, sticks, and knives. Thev were unable to break down the barricade, so they set lire to the building, and engaged the Separatists in a hand to hand contest until they surrendered. Six of the Separatists were killed by the crowd during the storming their headquarters in Daddeurkeim sn» the Palatinate. .The French dispersed the assailants. SEPARATISTS’ HEARTS TORN OUT LONDON. Fob. IT The “Morning Post’s" Paris colrespondent supplies fuller details of the Pirmasen affair, which show the barbarity of the crowd. When some of the Separatists rushed ivom the hnrnine building the crowd, living almost ' incredibly bloodthirsty. and

I shouting with rage, cut them down with artel and knives; tore out their hearts ; out their bodies into pieces, and then scattered the remains. Subsequently the crowd threw the grisly relics back into the burning building. One Separatist attempted to escape from the roof, hand over hand, along some telegraph wires across a back street, lie managed a few yards, but then the wires broke. The mail fell upon both legs. Nevertheless, a moment later, he wa- hacked to pieces with axes, amid the savage applause of the crowd. I lie headless body of another Fe)>atalist was found atrociously mutilated. and warn only identified by a rings The expressions oil the faces of others showed that they had died in j terrible agony. A number <n arrests hare been made unde) ihe order- of the i n ter-AII icd Commission. <Hh. rs are expected. GO.MM EXISTS V. POLICE. RERUN. Fell. 14. During a i omnium-i demon- 1 ration m Si.oi.liii. ('omnium si - fired on the Jioliee Irmn hmi wounding olio. The police re! urn* d the lire, killing one. and wounding - -vi n pus-on-. BAVARIA'S FNK.MPLOYED. LONDON, Feb. 14. Tiic “Daily Clironii le'-,” Berlin enrresjiundent states: "You Kahr, the Dictator of Bavaria, has created a sens;-.lion by jircjniring for i lie eonscri j) tio n of Labour, wheremider men between the age of 20 and .‘lO will he liable to be called uji tor a voir : ami women between the age of IS and 2.4 for six months. By (his means, he hojrcs to relieve (lie unemployment and to carry out public work’s, also fo promote the peojile’x health and 1 public spirit.