ALLIED AGREEMENT.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1924, Page 2

ALLIED AGREEMENT.

\CBTIULIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. it Ft Cl IST AG ACCEPTS DA WFS PLAN. LONDON, Au.g 80. The Reichstag accepted the Dawes plan. PACT OF LONDON SIGNED. LONDON, August 30. The Pact of Jjoiidou was signed today at 1 o'clock. There are five documents, namely, the Protocol and tho four annexes. The delegates signed ill alphabetical oriler. the British Em litre delegates following Sir Kyle Crewe, who signed on behalf of Britain. 'I lie dominions were represented by t-be High Commissioners. and the other powers had their Ambassadors and Alinistors. THE FATEFUL VOTE. BERLIN, August 89. Tense excitement marked the proteeiliiigs in the Reichstag. The galleries were packed and there was a lull muster ol deputies. Various Nationalist Party amendments to the London Agreement were first rejected. Thereupon the House bv majorities oi about So. successfully gave the final reading to the various Bills for carrying nt the Dawes' scheme that only required a bare majority. the Nationists voting against these.

The excitement rose to fever heat at the commencement of the voting on the fateful Da.wen Railway Bill "'hu-V required a two-thirds’ majority, because it involved a change in the Constitution. It was noticed that many of the Nationalists ostentatiously nourished red voting cards, demiting “No”, ln,t slyly dropped white cards denoting ■•Yes” into tlie ballot, urns. There was a deathly silence when the result was announced, showing that the required two-thirds’ majority had been exceeded by twenty votes, and the definite ratification of tho London agreement was thus assured. ""There were .shouts of anger and disgust from the Communists and from Gcneiul Ludonilortrs followers, who shook their lists at the applauding galleries. A covering law, embodying till the Bills and the London Agreement was finally adopted by a plain majority. Tlie extreme Nationalists submitted a motion of no confidence in the Government. 'lbis was defeated by 251 votes to 9-1, with 85 abstentions from voting. BERLIN, August 30. The results of the Reichstag voting were received by excited crowds in the streets. Cyclists scattered special editions of the newspapers in the form of leaflets. LONDON, August 30. Following was the Reichstag voting on the Dawes Bill: The Bank Bill wets adopted by 859 to 172. With two abstentions the German Nationalists voted against the Bill. The Railways Bill was adopted by 311 votes to 127. These figures gave the nccessaiy fiwoibirds majority. The Nationalists voted in favour of the Bill. Then the Reichstag adopted the London Pact by 31 f votes to 127. I.E J)FNI )OHFF ANNOYFI). BERLIN. August 31. General Ludendorlf was one of tlie most excited participators in tlie Reichstag debate. When the result was announced, lie walked out. red in face, and gesticulating violently. lie called to Admiral Brueiiingliaiis: “This is a scandal for Germany. Ten years ago I won the battle of Taimenberg. You, to-dav, have won a. Jewish Taiinenberg.”

The Ailmiia! replied: - -‘•Your Kxcollemy. history will decide Unit!” He llicn turned Ids back on Inidendorff. ItKK'HSTAC AD.IoriS.NKI). BKISUN. Alto. :!0. The Heichstajr lias adjourned till tlio loth, of October. A debate on the Tarill Dili lias been drooped. as tbe Communists. who opposed tlx' measure left- tbe House in a laidv. Conseipieiitly there was no <|tioriini. KIS KNOII ('ISITICMSAI. PA 15IS. Aiio. :tn. French correspondents at Berlin describe the Deichstao debate as a lamentable spectacle ol blackmail, intimidation. and barjiainino. which has lowered the prestioe of the IJeich.stao at home and abroad. It made the 1 Nationalist Parly look worse than ridiculous. The correspondents declare that the Nationalists voted as they did because they feared to face a fresh election. The critic. ‘•PertinaN'' snvs: “The barfiailiiii!' of the People s Party and

tin- Nationalists has dissipated. one*' anil for all. the illusion tlmt Republican Germany lias resolvial peacefully to :U‘»lnin tin' solution ol the I'.uro- ( penti problems.” GERMANY'S REIM’DI ATION. RERUN. A tig. ii!;. Tim (,'ii'inan Government Inis issued a proclamation repudiating the war guilt accusation contsiined in the Treaty of \'er.sailles. and is urging its withdrawal. MAII.X'S MANIFESTO. BEGUN. Auk- W. There is no dotthi that Chancellor Marx's manifesto. which has heen isstied to the newspapers in the form ol thanks to the Reichstag tor pa."ing the Reparations liill.-.. is part ol the price paid lor the Nationalists' support, since it deals mainly with one ol the point.'. which they ino-t stressed. as rallied yesterday, namely, that ol' the war guilt. The text ol' the passage is as follows : “The Government cannot, and v. ill not. allow this important moment to pass without clearly defining its

standpoint oil tin* war ouilt (|uestion, which. since ]!)!!). lias weighed heavily upon tin l Clerman people. Tlio allirmati.'iii. laid upon ns by tin* Treaty of Versailles, under the pressure of overwlielinine; force .that (lerniany let loose the world war by her at tail;, eontradicts the facts of history. The (•’«- vernment of tin 1 Iteieli. therefore, declares that it does not reeotrni'e this affirmation. It is a just demand of the (lenu.au people that thee should he freed from the burden of this false eliarec. So lotto as this does nut Imppen. .so lone will members of the community of nations he bran tied as criminals a on i list humanity, and thus a true understandino and a reconciliation bettec'ii the peoples cannot he accomplished.” The text adds that this declaration will communicated to the Foreion f.'evenimeiit-. The declaration. however. loses much of its effect by hoinjr liuiHi* in«*t<*:nl of tho Ileiehstao divisions. TALK OF NEW iUIXISTH Y. m-:m.in. Aiio. ■v.:. There, is now talk of the resiitnation

of Dr Marx f Chancellor) anil Herr Htrrsemann. and of tin* formation of a new Cabinet composed of a bloc of tbe Citizens' Deities. in which tbe Nationalists will lie included. i oxdox. Ami. an. The ‘‘Daily Tele^rniill's” diplomatic rorrcspondent >‘m>: T'-e-c is «jood rea■on to believe that tbe Cennan Nationalists will l>e rewarded by heinji lerniitted‘entrv into a Bourgeois Bine Cabinet, in which Herr Stresomann. vho is t!ie author of this compromise, vill remain a dormant fmnve. TTI !•: KVACF ATKINS. . PABTS. Ann. 30. It. is annotinred that the French Go■ornment* thii evening, or nfc the latest

tomorrow, will issue orders for tho military evacuation of tlio DortmundIloerdo area, and also of strips of territory outside the Ruhr that have been occupied since January, 1923. The French military evacuation will proceed pari passu with tho economic evacuation, which, it is estimated, will last several weeks.