13 FEBRUARY 1926, Page 2

Another sign to the good is that Herr Stresemann, speaking

in the Reichstag on Tuesday, answered Signor Mussolini with a calculated moderation. Herr Stresemann strongly rebuked Herr Held for his gratuitous interference with the conduct of German foreign affairs. Then he declared explicitly that Germany made no claim in regard to the people of Southern Tirol and that she would respect its frontiers. Further than that, he admitted the exag- geration of some of the German propagandist stories. He said that so far as possible he had discouraged unwise propaganda, and then he added with acid irony that, after all, he had not that control of the Press which was enjoyed by the Italian Government.