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...Monarchical doings in Germany, delivered himself of a three hours' oration. He was working for peace- France's actions at Geneva proved that, (TIME, May 5) but he would never give up the security of his country while militarism was fostered on the other side of the Rhine...
...reminded the enthusiastic Deuties that France gave up her historical claims to the Rhine as her military frontier in return for a tripartite defense treaty( U.S., Britain, France) which never materialized. "But now," he continued, "while France is being asked to keep and is seeking to keep her engagements, has she not a right to say to her allies and associates, 'Remember your own engagements, reread the texts of the discussions during the framing of the peace treaty. Think how, while France is seeking to establish peace, she has a dagger pointing within a few centimeters of her heart...
Walter D. Hines of Manhattan accepted from the League the directorship of the Commission for Investigation into the conditions of the Danube* and the Rhine.† The Commission is to report on the means of relieving the stagnation of river trade which has been caused by difficulties arising from the creation of new frontiers along the Danube's banks. Major Brehan B. Somervell, U. S. A., was granted five months' leave of absence to accompany Mr. Hines as his principal engineering advisor...
...There is a project in hand to cut a canal between the Rhine and the Danube in Bavaria, called the Ludwigs Kanal. It is expected to be completed in 1932 and will open a navigable watercourse of over 2,500 miles from Rotterdam in Holland to Sulina in Rumania-from the North to the Black Seas...
...came as a relief to the people on both sides of the Rhine that both Governments agreed, in the event of a final rupture of the treaty negotiations, that there would be no dread tariff war. France made known that her general tariff rates (for all countries not benefiting by a most favored nation treaty) would apply to German goods. Germany declared that her single tariff for all countries would be applied to French goods...