GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1924, Page 3

GERMAN NEWS.

[Reuters Telegrams.! TURKEY AND GERMANY. CONSTANT!NOI’LE, April 15 The National Assembly lias ratified a treaty of friendship with Germany. GERMANY ACCEPTS DAWES PLAN bO.YDON, April 15 Germany lias accepted tile Dawes plan of reparations. GERMAN CABINET ACCEPTS REPORT. BERLIN, April 15. Cabinet has accepted the experts' report. GERM AX A CCEPTAXCE. OPTIMISM IN LONDON. (Received this day at 0.0 a.m.) LONDON, April 15. The “Daily Express’’ understands the German Cabinet’s acceptance ot the exports' reports will be announced at Thursday's meeting of the German delegates and the Reparations Commission. bid a discussion of the methods will !»• defo-rod till after the German elections on the -ttli of May. This decision is inliuouced by tho Ruhr roprovpiitativos’ blunt warning

against continuing the pretexts upon which the Ruhr strangle hold is retained.

The “Daily ChroiiieloV’ diplomatic correspondent writes that lie cannot recall greater official optimism in 1, 011don than at present over the reparations outlook.

The “Daily Telegraph” suggests the German acceptance may have been influenced by .unofficial bints from Washington. .BELGIUM EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE. .Received this day at 0.0 n.m.) BRUSSELS. April 15. The Cabinet expressed confidence in the efficacy of the experts' reports. It also agreed with the German proposal that the operations of the Era neo-Bel-gian Mission of Control which expires on Tuesday, be renewed till a solution is readied. STATEMENT To COMMONS. LONDON. April 15. In the Commons. Mr MacDonald dealing with the reparations experts’ report said the Government attached so much importance to the agreed recommendations which could be brought into immediate operation, that it "as prepared to support the scheme, in its entirety, provided all the parties concerned "ore willing to take the same course and Government had already communicated that view to the otliei Governments concerned, including United States.