PEACE TREATY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16723, 5 January 1920, Page 7

PEACE TREATY.

! 4 AMERICAN ATTITUDE. £By C»bW— Pi*«j A»»ci»tion —Copyrirtt) {iotrftliu icd Ciblo ifttios.) (Received January 4th. 5.5 p.m. 1 ' i WASHINGTON, January 2. ! It is understood that tho Republican , "Mild rrservationists"' will consult with t the Democrats, and formulate a compromise, which they will then submit to Senator Ixxlgo for acceptance. The Democratic Senators conferred i amongst themselves to-day, and the "Mild reservat-ionists" conferred with several Democrats. j It is felt that the forces for cotnpnv I miso are progressing satisfactorily. THE IRRECONCILABIJCS. j WASHINGTON. January 1. Senator Borah and a small group of ; irrecrtncilablo Republican Senators bavo started an organised movement to inako the Treaty the issue in the coming Presidential campaign. Thov havo sent letters to several aspirants to the Republican nomination , for tie Presidency, asking them to make j their position on the Treaty clear. Hi is understood that this was dono without consultation with the leaders of the j Reptibi! -ui Party, and may result in i a schism in tho party. _ I (Received .Tanuarv 4th, 11.5 p.m.) j WASHINGTON, January "J. j Senator Borah s letter to the Repub- j lican candidates says that powerful American and European interests an* : seeking to induce the United States to abandon her traditional foreign policy and to allow herself to be drawn into j European afFairs hv secret tacit agreements. The United States operations j in Russia wero a direct violation of tho | Constitution, and against the wishes of j the American people. JAPANESE RATIFICATION. (Received January 4th, 5.5 p.m.') NEW YORK, January 2. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the Stato Department has been informed that tho Japanese ratification of the Peace Treaty was spnt to tho secretariat of the Peace Conferonco on December 26 th. STILL HEDGING. j MORE GERMAN DECEPTION. j (Renter's TolegTama.) j (Received January 4th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Januarv 2. The Allies' Reparation Commission has intervened in connexion with largo sales of Ge-rman horsos and cattlo to neutrals,- tho discovery of which illustrates Germany's continued deception, as recently sho indicated sho was unablo to comply with certain reparation demands owing to tho necessities of agriculture and revictualling her population. It is authoritatively estimated that tho present strength of the German armed forces is over 1,000,000. They aro composed of an army of 400,000, a Navy of 12,000, tomporary volunteers or army reserves 150,000 to 200,000, Civic Guards 300,000 to 400,000. and armed constabulary 40,000 to 50,000. Tho last three forces aro controlled bv tho Ministry of tho Interior. Their existence is regarded as a contravention of tho Peace Treaty, and this fact has been notified to Germany by tho Supremo Council

GERMANY AND THE LEAGUE. (Reoeivcd Janunrv sth, 12.10 a.m.) LONDON, Januarv 3. Lord "Robert Cecil, speaking at Leeds, said: "Think aa badly as you please about Germany; but you aro foolish unless you realise that" Germany is safer insido than outside the League ' of Nations." THE PROTOCOL. MORE GERMAN WHINING (Received January 4th, 11.5 p.m.) BERLIN, January 2. The suspense in Germany has boon relieved by the announcement that the protocol of tho Peace Treaty was signed in Paris on Tuesday. There is deop gloom in Government circles because the Allies did not relent retarding the delivery for trial of the ox-Kaiser and officials and officers for trial. Herr Ebert, in a New Year's messago, says:—"Under tho pressure of ruthless compulsion we must conclude tho Poaco which threatens to place at the mercy of foreigners our honour and welfare, and tho fmits of our past and future labour." Ebert calls upon the Germans to close up their ranks, and to do their utmost to reconstruct tho Fatherland. RUMOUR OF A HITCH. (Received January sth, 1.45 a.m.) IXTNDON, January 3. It is understood tho ro-assomWy of tho Peace Conference has been postponed .till January 9th. It is unlikely that the ratifications will bo exchanged before the middle of January. , I, 3 rnmonred in Paris that some hitch has occurred.