ENEMY LEADERS IN CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 282, 17 August 1918, Page 7

ENEMY LEADERS IN CONFERENCE

SETTLING BOUNDARIES DISQUIETING NEWS REACHES BERLIN POLITICAL CIRCLES ALARMED tpi tm -, London, August 15. ine Daily Chronicle's" correspondent • 4 m^ cr(lain stnt<? s that political circles in Berhn anticipate that a decision re*arning Poland will not favour Austria, wit will recognise a so-called independent kingdom, though it will be really under German authority. Hie conferencfl is likely t<, settle the boundaries of loland Lithuania, and Finland, and choose then- rulers. The Pan-Germans oppose such schemes, on the ground that the ne\v kingdoms may develop disloyalty m the future. The only solution is annexation. However, Russia is the worst prob em. News has readied Berlin "inch paints the picture dailv in more «wil>re colours. Alarm in* political circles is increasing. Meanwhile .the entire German Press urges the Government to declare its war ) i'T' TiK "HanrtwßW Nachrichlen" declares that Germany's reverses on the •Marne and the Somme have produced deep emotion, and advises the Chancellor (Count von Hertling) to support the League of Nations. This demand ceenw strange, but Hub "Westfalische Zeitung " which is equally imperialistic, supports the demand, explaining that it rnuot be coupled with tho independence of Ireland and Egypt, am l other portions of tho Hmisn hm L iire.-AHs..N.Z. Cablo Assn.