LAUSANNE PACT

Hokitika Guardian, 12 July 1932, Page 5

LAUSANNE PACT

NO ENTHUSIASM

AMONG GERMAN PEOPLE.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

- ' - BERLIN, July 11. .There is no enthusiasm in Germany over the Lausanne, Settlement. There is very little expression - of. ■ satisfach tion. • :> a. • ■

Chancellor. Yon Papen has officially informed the nation that .-the result means Germany’s relief from the i'etu ters of the reparations, and thus the* beginning of a, new era, p • However, the supporters of Captain Von' Papen’s { Government " annoujnce. ! their intention of sending. him to a wilderness for his pains. The Hitlerites, declare that they do not feel bound,, in any sense, to accept the Lausanne Treaty, which has been concluded, by a Cabinet of weaklings. i : The Hitlerite newspapers announce , that no Reichstag in which .the Hitlerites have any power, will ratify the * Treaty. / ■ . • Herr Hitler, addressing, fifteen thouV Band of the Nazis in Bavaria, said "Six months hence this three thousand milliard marks treaty won’t .be worth three marks." Dr. Hughenburg, the Nationalist lender,; in a speech at Berlin, said: "We ■i" are .not stubborn when / we Wy that, .we cannot pay one. hundred and. fifty millions. We will recognise private debts. We are only able to pay a proportion. There nre only' two possibilities'. Either our creditors, trade agreements must buy goods, or our colonial possessions must be restored.’’ . The 'German Communists repudiate ' the Lausanne Agreement altogether. MR MACDONALD RETURNS. RECEIVES WARM WELCOME. 1 LONDON, July 11. Mr MacDonald was accorded a most enthusiastic welcome 1 when he re•'l turned to England. / „• It was estifnated that five thousand people thronged the approaches to Victoria Station,-where 'Mr I ' ’MacDcn-, aid was welcomed, on hfeHSlf- of the King, by Sir Clive Wigraniv'Mr" Baldwin and other members bf‘thb°Catornet then extended! greetings,■ warilily -Con- ( gratulating him on'the success .of the Conference.. ' He was accompanied by "the British Ambassador (Lord Tyrrell), oh the journey from Paris to '.Boulogne. The ; Mayor of Folkestone welcomed him in ,/ the presence, of a <large crowd, ■, as he .'’came ashore. • ‘ j The Prime said: “I anl ' very glad to get back after a strenuous time on.heha^f^j| ! a mpstuadruir* able 'cause. .■ With my spiendid col- ,• leagues I hoper it -will be. the- begin-: nihg of confidence, hbpe and g<*>d honest work.V. : - < The cheering , continued a« the Prime Minister drove away, and an- . : other large crpwd in Downing Street gave him a gi;eat . welcome When he entered his official residence. Soon afterwards, the Prime Minister drove to Buckingham Palace,/where he. was iejceived in /audience by the King, who accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince George, is leaving to-mor- , ro w for Weymouth, for a visit to the Home Fleet.;','.. ,* Sir Thomas Hoarder, the Prime Min- / ister’s medical adviser, was at Folkestone to meet him and travelled with him to London. Mr Drake Elder, his ccculist, awaited him at Downing Street. They pointed out that in view of the intense constant strain during the. last four weeks, a complete rest is essential until Tuesday, whfen the Prime Minister will make a promised statement on Lausanne in the Commons. It is stated that his eyes'have stood the strain of the work ad-, , mirably. ' A large number of telegrams of congratulations were received at Downing Street from statesmen in all parts of the' world. It is expected that the Prime Minister will leave London for | Lossiemouth at the end of 'the week. WHAT IS AMERICAN ATTITUDE. EFFECT UPON SETTLEMENT. , ' LONDON, July 10. The enthusiasm over the Lausanne settlment is sobered by the uncertainty of America’s attitude, also the disappointing -German; reaction. Britain is due to pay Aihenca twenty-five millions oh December 15th. The KDaily Herald’s" Lausanne correspondent says French circles state that, apart from the agreement to- end the reparations, Britain has bound herself by four secret pacts v/hereby Britain, Franco/} Italy undertake not to ratify. £be. Lausanne agreement unless a satisfactory.' arrangement is made with,.their own creditors. Moreover, none of-.the three Power’s will make a settlement, syith the United States, contrary to. thp . interests of others, DETAILS OF AGREEMENT/ ""rugby, July 9. The Eausanne settlement is laid down in five instruments, firstly an agreement with Germany, second’y, transitional measures relating to Germany ; thirdly, a resolution relating to non-payment of reparations : •fourth. Iv, a resolution relating to central and eastern Europe, and fifthly, a resolution relating to world economic and financial conference. The preamble to the agreement states the signatory Powers "have as-

sembled to deal with one,,of the problems resulting from the war with the firm intention of helping to create a ,new order and permitting the establishment and development of confidence between the nations, in a mutual spirit of reconciliation and justice.” BRITISH CHANCELLOR SATISFIED LONDON, July 10. Mr Chamberlain, in an interview, said: “We have had a, great success, and I think we may-fairly say we got what we wanted to get. Reparations have been swept away and we have begun a new era where, ( T hope okl doubts and suspicions will begin to disappear. We have our *eet now on firm ground and we go forward with confidence to attack the problems which still lie' in front'bf us.” mo'ii - i V NO SECRET AGREEMENT., ('Received thi° Havant 9.2f> a mS U LONDON, July 11. Official circles declare that Lausanne was not accompanied by secret agrements. The Powers naturally felt a (common bend but this did net imply even the beginning of r.n arrangement to combine in negotiations with America. 1 .