NEW DANGER.
GERMANY'S ARMED STRENGTH
EVADING THE PEACE TREATY. By Telegraph.—Tins Assn.—Copjrlittt. Received Feb. 15, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Feb. 13. General Diessel, ex-commander of the Allied Mission in the Baltic, speaking before the Foreign A® a ' ra Committefc, declared that both official and non-official Germany was making every effort to evati the Peace Treaty. The Government had refused to supply the Allies with information regarding disarmament and manpower.
General Diessel said that the German defence troops comprised 300,000, while the security police . numbered 100,000, consisting of former officers and noncommissioned officers, who, incase of need, would constitute excellent army leaders. This police force possesses heavy artillery, machine guns, tanks, and aeroplanes. All munition factories ;l in Germany were being carefully camouflaged. General Diessel concluded; "The German Government will only carry out the. Treaty if it feels the Allied hand at its throat."—Aus.-N.Z- Cable Assn.'
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1920, Page 5
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