MILITARY CONTROL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 9, 8 December 1926, Page 9

MILITARY CONTROL.

CONDITIONS IN GERMANY. GENEVAN CONSIDERATION. HOPES OF SETTLEMENT. GENEVA. Dec. 7. The indications early in the day were that the delicate position over the Allied military control in Germany might be settled by M. Briand and Sir Austen Chamberlain, while firmly holding Germany to her disarmament obligations, agreeing to the withdrawal of the Control Commission in January or February, after which the League Committee would revise the League’s 1924 control plan for adoption at the Council’s March meeting in Berlin, at which Dr Stresemann will in turn preside. It is reported to-night, however, that France insisted upon Germany’s unqualified acceptance of the 1924 plan, while Dr Stresemann insists upon a definite time limit for the evacuation of the occupied zone. The hope of settlement lies in Germany’s acceptance of the League plan, with an understanding that it will be modified later. Great importance attaches to the meeting of the Big Five to be held in Sir Austen Chamberlain’s sitting-room this evening.—A. and N.Z. cable. FRENCH SUGGESTIONS. CONTROL OF DEMILITARISED ZONE. Received December 8, 9.15 a.m. PARIS, Dec. 7. The Petit Parisien says that a result of the Geneva discussions may be that the date of withdrawal of the InterAllied Control Commission will be fixed after the demolition of the Koenigsberg fortifications. The Echo .de Paris says that M. Briand designs special control of the demilitarised zone by the five signatories to the Rhineland Pact.—A. and N.Z. cable.