Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
GERMANY DRAFTS
REPLY TO POWERS
Immediate RhineIand Evacu-
alton Is Theme of
Communique.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, September 15.-The Ger.
man governments reply to powers con-
cerned with the occupation of the
Rhineland was drafted at a prolonged
session of the cabinet today and will be
communicated to them by Chancenos
Muei.sr at Geneva tomorrow.
The official conlmunique VIII an-
nounce briefly the cabinets apprs oval
of the procedure thus far followed by
the German delegation at Geneva.
Parliamentary leaders, however, learn
that the German government will re-
iterate emphatically its previous de-
mand for immediate evacuation of all
Rhineland zones.
AS compensation for this concession
on the part Of the former allies, it
is believed that Germany would agree
to the proposal concerning the estab-
lishment of special commission Of
occupation" in the evacuated territory.
Her acceptance of this commission
would be conditioned on the powers
agreement to terminate it in 1885.
Approves Commission.
The cabinet also approved the estab-
lishment of a special commission 10
determine the exact amount of Ger
many's future reparations payments. on
condition that the reparations issue be
dealt with independently of evacuation.
In the absence of Chancellor Mueller
and Foreign Minister Stresemann, to-
days cabinet council was presided over
by the minister of defense, Gen.
Groener, the oldest ranking cabinet
member. The reports of Chancellor
Mueller from Geneva. in the opinion
of Herr Stresemann. who is recuperat-
ing at Baden-Baden, constituted the
basis of deliberations. however.
The cabinets instructions to Herr
Mueller reafirm the German position
on evacuation as enunciated by Herr
Stresemann in his Reichstag speech
January 30. In that speech he declared
that the German government could not
purchase liberation of the occupied
areas at a price which would impose
system of control extending beyond
the letter of the Treaty of Versailles
and which would be calculated to per-
petuate conditions of mistrust between
neighboring peoples, thus hindering the
progress of pacific reconciliation.
1888 Set as Limit.
The cabinets decision today, It was
learned. demands that complete evacua-
ton of remaining zones hall precede
installation of the so-ce@ed commits
sion "for establishment of facts and
| notifications" and that the latters
function shall not extend beyond 1885.
This date is that provided in the Treaty
of Versailles for evacuation OF the third
| Rhineland zone.
In the opinion of the German gov
eminent this commission is to be given
| the character of purely transitory
agency and shall not transcend In It's
| functions the authority OF the League
| of Nations or the letter of the Locarno
pact. This latter proviso, 1t was indi-
Gated, will call for juridical interpreta.
| ton of article four. section one, OF
| the Locarno pact which vouchsafes
GERMANY complete freedom of Rhine
land control.
Little Difficulty.
The cabinet treatment of the repa-
rations angle proved less difficult is
sue. and its acceptance Of special
committee Ct experts to study the repa-
rations problem and determine the fixa-
| ton of German liability was definitely
| coupled with the proviso that such com.
mission shall operate independently OF
the Rhineland issue.
| Leaders of the political parties con-
shutting the present coalition party are
J inclined to take a more hopeful view
of the progress of the Geneva DELHI
erations despite the partisan activities
of the German Nationals, who are de-
msnding the breaking off of Geneva ne
gotiations Immediately upon the return
of the German delegation.
Count Westarp. Nationalist member OF
| the Reichstag. in a statement to the
press today said: I'VE most emphau-
cally warn the German people against
engaging in any one-sided continental
bargaining on reparations. America
gave a name to the Dawes plan. APP
pointed the reparations agent. and Is
creditor and money lender. Only with,
not without, and certainly not against,
America can the solution be obtained.
America declines. as we have hitherto
declined. fusion of reparations with al
lied debt. We must not either In
reality nor even in semblance lend our
selves to being made battering ram
of France in Frances dispute with the
United States"