EUROPE’S PEACE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19719, 9 December 1926, Page 7

EUROPE’S PEACE

SOUGHT. AT GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE NATIONAL LEADERS IN CONFERENCE QUESTION OF LEAGUE’S MILITARY CONTROL. ITALY AND TURKEY AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS. By Telegraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright. Received December 8, 7.15 p.m. GENEVA, Dec. 7. Private conversations between Sir Austen Chamberlain, M. Briand and Dr. Stresemann were continued. It is understood the Germans again raised the question of extending League military control over all European Powers as part of the disarmament programme. They even broached the inclusion of the French side of the Rhine in the zone. Signor Scialoja (Italy), contrary to the usual custom, has his headquarters in a small suburban hotel, adopting an attitude of isolation while awaiting overtures from France on the one hand and from Germany on the other. In the meantime the Government in Rome is reported to be holding back a treaty with Germany pending developments at Geneva. Munir Bey, Turkish Minister in Berne, appeared on the seene as official observer, though there are no Turkish questions on the agenda. FRANCE AND GERMANY COMPROMISE REPORTED. RHINELAND OCCUPATION MAY SOON END. Received December 8, 7.15 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 8. The Paris correspondent .of the “Daily Mail” says it is reported from Geneva that M. Briand and Dr.»Stresemann have reached a compromise, by which the present Allied military control in the Rhineland will probably end in Jajiuary.