PROTEST BY GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1920, Page 5

PROTEST BY GERMANY.

BREACH OF TREATY CLAIMED. STATEMENT BY THE CHANCELLOR, Received April IS, 11.10 p.m, London, April 13. Addressing the National Assembly in Berlin to-day, the Chancellor (Herr Mueller), protesting against the occupation of Frankfort, accused France of breaking the Versailles Treaty and discrediting the League of Nation s_ He declared the occupation was undertaken without the sanction of the other signatories, was without justification in the Treaty, and was in direct contravention of the protocol of December Bth last, which declared that post-war breaches of t'.ie Treaty were only punishable in accordance with the prescriptions of international law, or the terms of the Treaty, which did not entitle individual signatories tt invade Germany, while the League Covenant contends that hostilities are not allowable against a country that is not a member of the League without prior appeal to the League Council. Herr Mueller discredited the idea that the action of the Entente in opposing the French occupation had stirred up a nationalistic instinct, giving a fresh impetus to militarism in Germany. Gear.many was negotiating with the Entente with a view to securing 'a prolongation until July 10th of the agreement permitting the retention of troops.—lmperial Service.

ACTION BY BELGIUM. TROOPS AND ARTILLERY TO BE USED. Received April 13, 8.10 p.m. Brussels, April 12. Fifteen hundred Belgian troops, with a number of batteries of artillery, proceed to Germany on Tuesday.—Aus,-N.Z. Cable Assn. CORRESPONDENT ILL-TREATED. BRITAIN DEMANDS AN APOLOGY. Received April 14,12.10 a.m. London, April 12. Britain in a strong Note demands an apology and indemnity for Mr. Voight's ill-treatment—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [The Dusseldoff correspondent of the Chicago Tribune reported last week that Lieutenant Linzmeyer, officer of the Baltic Iron Division, on arriving at Essen secured telegrams dispatched to England by Mrs. Harding, representative of the Daily News, and Mr. Voight, representative of the Manchester Guardian. Linzmeyer arrested both. Voight kept his hands in his pockets when arrested find Linzmeyer ordered two soldiers to beat Voight to teach him how to behave in the presence of Prussian officers. Both were subsequently released.]