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Show i GER W5 INTEND i Terms of the Versailles Treaty to Be Fulfilled, Says Foreign For-eign Minister BERLIN. Oct. 30 Speaking In the reichstag Friday on the recent announcement an-nouncement by Great Britain of her determination to renounce tho right of confiscation of German property in the United Kingdom. Dr Simons, the foreign minister, declared the value of this action must not be exaggerated, as It is in conformity with tho economical eco-nomical and personal Interests of Great Britain." Dr. Simons referred also to tho Versailles Ver-sailles treaty, saying the government must recognize It as an obligation which it signed and carry out the terms loyally. He expressed tho determination de-termination of Gorman) to restore the dovastated regions and the hope that Germany would reach an understanding understand-ing on this subject with the governments govern-ments concerned. FEARS NEW WAR. Dr. Simons also touched upon what he called the serious situation In East-' crn Europe, fearing Gtrmany might be drawn Into the conflict since matters there, he sold, wero in no wise onded by tho Riga peace treaty. Dr. Simons declared that very large formations of Polish troops were concentrated con-centrated on the south Lithuanian front and that a state of war could be looked for at any moment Responsibility Responsi-bility for this, ho added, could not be , placed upon German), whose only possible pos-sible attitude was strict neutrality The Gorman govtrnm nt, said Dr Simons, disapproved violation of th Prussian-Lithuanian frontier b what wemed to have boon considerable transfers of war materials across it This was done without the knowledge and against the will of the government. RIILATIONS WITH RCDS Regarding Russia, he stated that caro must bo exercised against the admittance ad-mittance of disturbing Influ-ncf Into Germany, lest distrust aria, endanger- Ing tho economic relations between I Russia and Germany, which Germany! would dooply rfgreL The soviet zv-' I , T ' ornmont, he declared, now actually ul8 an overwhelming part of Russia tc rrltor und must 1m dealt with ac-' t ording to the principles of international interna-tional law. Ir Simons announced that Germany Ger-many did not intend to recognize the efforts of General Wrangel or the movement in Ukrnnia and the Far Cast |