The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-30
GERMANY WANTS
A LARGER ARMY
Asks for Permission to Double
Its Size
FRANCE STRONGLY OBJECTS
Germany Must Secure The Coed Will
OF The Allies For Revision Where
The Conditions Imposed Are
impossible.

San Remo.-Germany has asked the
Interallied Conference, at San Reno,
to increase from 100000 to 100000
men the standing army provided for
Germany by the terms of the Treaty
OF Versailles
The request was contained in a
note handed to the French Foreign
Office, with the demand that it be sent
to the Supreme Council, at San Reno
The note set forth that an increased
force was necessary for the main
tenance of order in the interior, and
that furthermore, the army would not
accept an order for its dissolution.
The note further requests that Ger
many be allowed to retain the entire
general staff and corps of officers,
which means the entire framework OF
the active army. 1t proposes that
the forces she is permitted to main
tain be divided as follows:
Twelve divisions of infantry, with
a complement of artillery; three di-
visions of cavalry; five special bril-
gades, composed each of two regi-
ments Of infantry and two groups of
artillery. The note also asks for one
battalion of heavy artillery for each
division of infantry; 160 airplanes,
divided into eight groups, and four
special companies of troops for rail-
way work.
WV of
handed to the Foreign Office at the
same time. The first referred to the
disbandment of the civic guards as
demanded by the Allies. Germany on
April 10 presented this note, announc-
ing the decision to disband the guards,
to General Nollet, head of the Allied
Commission Of Control in Berlin, and
it already has been made public.
Supreme Council Problems.
Discussion of what shall be asked
of Germany and how what is asked
shall be exacted has begun by the
Supreme Council Tension between
the French and British delegations on
this subject has been considerable.
!. The French are declared to feel
deeply that they have been the great
est sufferers from Germanys omis-
sion in fulfilling her treaty obliga.
lions; that Germany's retention CT
war material obliges France to re-
main armed, and chat the reduction
in coal deliveries keeps an important
fraction of the French indutries idle.
They say that Germany during the
last nine months had indicated clear
ly to the French mind that she in
tends to do nothing she cannot be
compelled to do, and that unless the
Allies sharply warn her and prepare
to follow up the warning by forcible
measures, Germany will default upon
the essential clauses of the treaty
counting upon escaping any further
penalties or upon revision of the
treaty greatly Instantaneous to the
French.
The British position is that, al
though Germany has defaulted in sew
eral extremely important respects and
that she must be required to fulfill her
obligations, she can be made to do SC
without further occupation of her ter
ritories and by severe economic re
strictions.
The British statesmen are under
stood to look askance on the French
aims and feel that leadership among
the Allies is being disputed.
The premiers decided to end the
council on Saturday. Many questions
will be left unsettled, but each Prime
Minister has internal problems al
home demanding his attention. That
is the official explanation.