Armies of the Rhineland

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 461, 17 September 1928, Page 9

Armies of the Rhineland

EVACUATION PROPOSAL Statesmen Make Good Progress GENEVA CONVERSATIONS British Official Wireless. Received Noon. RUGSBY, Sunday. FURTHER to discuss the question of the evacuation of the Rhineland, a meeting took place at the Hotel Beau Rivage, Geneva, this morning, and lasted three hxuir>.

There were present Lord Cushendun. M. Briand, M. Hyams. M. Scialoja and M. Adatchi, -with the German Chancellor (Dr. Mueller). The following official communique was afterwards issued: “At the conclusion of the third conversation, which has taken place today, the representatives of Gerbany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy and Japan are able to record with satisfaction the friendly conditions

under which the exchange of views has taken place concerning the important question tinder consideration. “An agreement has ivcn reached between them on the foildiwing points: (1) The opening ot' official negotiations relating to the nequest put forward by the German Chancellor regarding early evacuation of the Rhineland. (2) The necessity for a .complete and definite settlement ,of the reparations problem, and f<rr the constitution (for the purposed of a committee of financial experts# to be nominated by the six Governments. (3) The acceptance of the .principle of the constitution of a commission of verification anil conciliation. the composition, mode of opexation, objects and duration of sucJf commission to form the subject of ' negotiations between the Governments concerned.” Lord Cushendun, acting British Foreign Secretary, entertained other Foreign Ministers to luncheon. M. Briand, the French Foreign Minister, on leaving the Hotel Beau Rivage, said he was entirely satisfied with the results attained, which he thought constituted the best augury for a complete and final settlement of all outstanding questions between France and Germany. The meeting had been most cordial, and all the delegates were grateful to Lord Cushendun for the manner in which he had presided over the negotiations. Dr. Mueller will leave to-night for Berlin. GERMANY’S DECISION (Australian and N.Z,. Press Association) Reed. Noon. BERLIN, Sunday. The German Cabinet discussed all day the French proposals for evacuation of the Rhineland. It is understood that Germany will object to any civil control of the Rhineland after 1935, when the third zone will be evacuated under the Versailles Treaty.