GERMANY'S "PEACE TERMS"

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2676, 24 January 1916, Page 9

GERMANY'S "PEACE TERMS"

REARRANGING THE MAP OF THE

WORLD,

The "Journal des Debate" recently published a long article from its Zurich correspondent on tho question of the systematically organised peace propaganda, which the Germans have initj'ated in neutral coiuitriej The conditions which the Austro-Gormans '.would presumably be willing to accept are summarised and discussed as follows:—

As far a France is concerned, the principal iondition seems to be the reprincipal condition seems to be the reies, but, as German troops occupy a much larger oxtent of ground? Franco would have to pay a compensating indemnity of at least three milliards of francs (£120,000,000). Belgium also would be evacuated on payment of a similar indemnity guaranteed by Franco and England. England would restore all German colonies already seized, and thero would be a dividing up of the Belgian and Portuguese colonies, a joint indemnity being paid to Portugal., Serbia would retain lier independence, but give up Macedonia and enter a fiscal union with Austria. . Besides this, Bulgaria would 1 hold the Enos-Midia line and take back the territory ceded to Rumania, which would be indemnified in Bessarabia. Rusia would lose tho whole of Poland, pay two milliards (£80,000,000) to get back the portion of already occupied Russian territory, and would' further liave to compensate Turkey in Russian Armenia. •

Finally, Greece would keep the islands and receive a slice of Albania, but give Austria the right of passage through Salonika.

All belligerent countries would accept a commercial arrangement favourable to the Zollverein (Customs Union), into which Austria-Hungary would enter. The article conculdes: "It 'will be noticed that in this project very little is demanded from England, at any rate ill appearance. It is hoped thereby to reduce British egotism, while retaining the means to strangle British commercial power later oil by a cleverly conducted commeicial. war. That is tlie best bargain they can hope for at the moment. If we accepted that Germany would rely oil soon recovering what she had lost, and then would exploit the world freely.—Renter.