GERMAN HEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1928, Page 2

GERMAN HEWS.

(Australian A N.Z. Cabin Association.) ST RESEMA NN ’ S PROTEST. RERUN. January 30. Are the words and might of England valueless to Frenchmen, who clamour for still greater security? Does anybody doubt the ability of England and Franco to cope with the Eeiehsl'ehr. or England to keep her pledged word? a-keil Suvsentann in cie course of a speech on foreign a Hairs. He declared: No country out-strip-ped Germany in solving the security problem. It was hypocrisy to demand any security against Germany, which could scarcely defend her own frontiers, the lives of her inhabitants. It has been repeatedly declared that cannon and machine guns must disappear, hut they are directed against a nation co-operating with the League, and wherewith international and political differences are non-existent. English voices more loudly asked why British troops were still in the Rhineland. English publicists regarded the continuation of occupation as a misfortune. Germany would not reject discussion on the control of the frontier but would not huv the evacuation of the .Rhineland with obligations exceeding those of Versailles, and perpetuating mistrust and prejudicing an effective pence policy. LONDON, Jan. 30. Herr Stresemniin’s trenchant language has caused a certain amount of surprise, says the " Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent, and it will almost certainly draw a sharp retort from Al. Poincare, if not from Al. Behind. British quarters, however. nip inclined to view the speech ns being intended mainly for domestic consumption.

Herr Strosemanii is constrained t<: dwell on the demand for the withdrawal of Allied troops from the Rhineland in order to prevent the Nationalists accusing him of timorousness in pressing the claim.