CAUSES OF THE WAR

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1926, Page 9

CAUSES OF THE WAR

GERMAN MILITARIST VIEW AN OBNOXIOUS MANUAL PROTEST FROM FRANCE ’ By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, Nov. 12. The Paris correspondent of The Times says that the newspapers are perturbed at the latest German military manual, which reminds officers that the Reichswehr is the successor to the old army, therefore it is their duty to reconquer for Germany the lost provinces. The newspapers point out that the manual has been published since the Locarno Conference, when Germany resigned her claims to Alsace and Lor- ' raine. The Government complained to Herr Strcsemann, who replied that the manual had been issued without the know-, ledge of Cabinet, which ordered its immediate suppression. “Pertinax” nows asserts that the % manual is still obtainable in Berlin bookshops. The correspondent expresses the opinion that Herr Stresemann is honestly working for peace, but unde it difficult to get his subordinates to execute his orders. London, Nov. 12. The Berlin correspondent of the Tinies says the army manual has not been withdrawn, but the copies available to the public do not contain the exhortation of which the French complained, but include a highly-coloured summary of the Versailles Treaty and the Allies’ attitude. In that connection the manual declares that the delivery of four million Germane to France and the Polish, Belgian, Danish, Italian and Czech domination is an unexampled transgression against Germany, containing the seed of fresh wars. It asserts that the Allies acted, contrary to President Wilson’s 14 points upon which Germany agreed to peace. The manual adds: “The French thirst for revenge, the Russian craving for conquest, the English business interests were the sole causes of the war.”