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In the House of Commers, Mr. Lloyd George, opening the reparations debate, said that strong Allied actión had been sacrilated, not merely by Germany defaulting but by her general attitude, and the growing indications that she did not intend to carry out her obligations. She was beginning to challenge her responsibility under pressure of public opinion. She had been invited to make an offer to discharge the whole of the claim; but her offer when at length made was so inadequate as to constitute contemptuous defiance of the treaty. The only thing left was to allow the treaty to function.
Mr. Lloyd George then detalled the financial proposals already cabled and emphasised that an important concession. had been made in not allowing the interest on unissued bends to accumulate
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"GAP ROCK”
INTERRUPTED COMMUNICA-
TIOK.
Prominence has recently been given in the Hongkong newspapers-to the continued Interruption of communica tion between that port and 'Gap Rock While the report before us seems to be written in an apologetic vein throughout, in that it touches on the matter and yet apparently is not desirous of offending the Hongkong. Government, we contend, with all due respect to the Government, that the prolonged interruption in the working of the cable-in question is exceeding the limits of a puisance—it is assuming the shape of a menace, | says Shipping and Engineering.
months
we He believed
past. and, that the demands handed to the German For
surmise, for months hence, the Ambassador that morning -were fair, just and.. considerate familiar phrase "Telegraphic com The German people refused to face disagreeable facts and munication with Gap Rock is inter- must be confronted with a more disagreeable alternative. Herupted" has appeared and will appear emphasised the nature of the alternative by picturing what occupation of in the Hongkong press and we sug gest that the only sequel needed to the Ruhr, Germany's great pre-war arsenal, meant, saying that with the this catch phrase is a shipping disaster Ruhr gone industrial Germany would wither. He paid that France was in the vicinity of Gap Rock, with go prepared to march on May 1. but stayed that force on appeal in order to means of summoning assistance from Hongkong Is not the recent terrible give Germany full opportunity to consider the findings of the Reparations disaster of the "Hong Mob" enough Commission. Germany must make up her mind and realise that there was to convince and urge those concerned, no alternative bat acceptance. Mr. Lloyd George deprecated impatience of the absolute necessity of seeing that these outstanding islands of the with the attitude of France whose position was not out's or Italy's
Calma Coast
ar- "adequately provided with means, other than visual of obtaining assistance
case of need? It
WAR CRIMINALS.
LONDON, May, 5.
Mr. Lloyd George, dwelt on the forbearance of the Allies during the past two years in making every allowance for Germany's dificulties. She had undoubtedly defaulted. As regards disarmament her surrender and destruction of guna had been very satisfactory but there were still too many machine-gurs and rifies not yet surrendered while the existence of irregular military organisations was disquieting because they were capable of be coming the nudeus of a formidable army, thus pereating France and Belgium from settling down. Germany had also defaulted with regard to war criniials. The position in this connection was quite unsatisfactory. especially as the Allies had made very substantial concisions to Germany, Mr. Lloyd George speaking on the proposed boug Bus, emphasised that the Z5 per cent duty on German, exports would be în bilis of exchange and want dat boat, sam tha mesiacy of erican a export trade wish before the war was £500,000,000 and the now be about £1,000,000,000. A 25 per cent. tax on that basis £250,000,000,
in
cannot
too strongly be reiterated that the China Coat with its fogs, variable and doubtful currents, its dangerous typhoons and numerous outlying dangers in the form of surface and sunker rocks, demands, in the in- terest of safe navigation and human life,-urgent attention in the matter of communication with the mainland. Long has this demand been ignored while the list of wrecks and the number of lives lost in consequence steadily increases. From the report before us we are told that various discuities. He i the way of repairing the cable referred to
deep-water, DO bably cured avalable and p We are not aware za to dÓW REL Mr. Lloyd George, dealing with the London conference's proposals, difficulties have arisen after months of silence, but what we do know is that pointed out that the question whether the financial result of them would be Gap Rock is a bare 30 miles from higher or lower than the Paris proposals depended entirely on German Hongkong, that cable laying or repair- prosperity. If German exports did not improve it would be considerablying vessels are fitted with instruments lower than the Paris proposals. If German exports approximated pre-war that indicate, within a few fert, the spot at which a cable is severed or figures at present values it would equal the Paris figures, and only if Germany damaged, and that two cable steamers became exceedingly prosperous would the figures exceed the Paris figures. frequently enjoy prolonged stays in The whole point of the new scheme was that Germany's annual Shanghai harbour. It certainly seems liability would vary according to her capacity to discharge It. mysterious that, after all these A special commission sitting in Berlin would be appointed to supervise its collection. Receipts from this and other revenues would be hypothecated to pay interest on the bonds issued.
THE POINT.
COMMONSENSE NOT MENACE
-Probably Germany would be able to pay the equivalent of £150,000,000
INCREDIBLY STUPID:
months, difficulties are raised and
made
cable for this excuses still not being in working order, But let us for a moment, get down to facts. Taking a straight line, from a point near Cape 'Agullar and West of the Lema Islands, gives a distance of 29 miles to 'Gap Rock with a greatest depth
a year in gold marks during the first two or three years but if German prosperity developed 'much more considerable amounts under certificate LW.OS.T., of 18 fathers. As would be available and the advantage of the allied scheme was that they suming the cable to be laid East of would be available in currenty equal to gold.. Concluding, Mr. Lloyd the Lemas we find the maximum George said that the Allies realised the difficulties German statesman depth, under the same tidal condi- tions, is 23 fathoms. We can only faced. Public opinion was against the acceptance of Germany's obligations remark that a cable vessel which is It was a good thing for the German people themselves to be brought up unable to operate at the depths be relegated to sharply and told firmly and distinctly that unless they accepted this the named should
the more useful work of dredging Allies must and would (cheers) take action. He was not talking the Considering that vessels engaged in cable work perform their language of menace but of practical commonsense.
daties In the Atlantic where depths exceed a thousand fathoms, the Lord Robert Cecil said that the British held the opinion that Germany's remark in the Hongkong paper attitude on reparations had been incredibly stupid. The maintenance of regarding" deep water" seems some British and French friendship, was immensely important pending the fulwhat humorous. The same report continues that an attempt was establishment of the League of Nations. He appealed to France to frame made some time ago to establish a policy and particularly to model their language so as to avoid a cooling wireless communication between Gap Rock and Cape D'Aguilar but that of British and French feelings.
the installation used proved to be too Hearty commendation of the proposals was voiced by Mr. Asquith small (low powered ?) to transmit the | who said that their great merit, in contradistinction to their predecessors shit distance between these two was that they followed the machinery of the treaty. He very emphatically points Tothatplea wecan only retort declared that it would be a criminal mistake which would never be that a wireless installation that can- not transmit a distance of 29 infles forgiven in the world's history if the opportunity were allowed to pass of must be a recent invention, of which accepting a really reasonable method of discharging the legal and moral we are not acquainted. There seem obligation the actual extent and of scope which could not be measured by an unnecessary delay in the restora tion of communication between pecimiary.compensation.
Hongkong and Gap Rock, a delay that may be the cause of a heavy Mr Asquith appealed to the House to unite to prese those shortly death rou unless immediate steps are responsible for taking the momentous decisions not to reject an opportunity taken to restore a service which is which might not recur and what was more important would enable the re of great value in the matter of weather conditions and as a means starting of the whole Economic future of Europe and the world on lines of obtaining assistance, from Hong of agreement (Cheira)
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