REPARATION ISSUES REOPENED

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 224, 16 June 1919, Page 5

REPARATION ISSUES REOPENED

Paris, Juno 13. The British representatives on the Separation Committeo have reopened tho reparations issue by proposing control of the raw materials to bo furnished Germany in the future! The proposal is delaying the reply to the Germans' counter proposals.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

TOTAL GERMAN INDEMNITY, Paris, Juno 7 (delayed). It is possible that the' total German indemnity will be fixed at 000,000,000. -Aus.-N.Z- ■ Cable Assn.

THE AMERICAN CLAIMS. (Rec. June 15, 5.5 p.m.)

New York, June 8 (delayed). The "Times" AVashington corespondent states that the State Department has announced that the claims of tho American citizens against Germany, arising from submarine warf.ivo and the scizuro of American property in Germany, amount to a billion dollars (^400,000,000).—Au5.N.Z. Cable Assn.

AUSTRIA DISAPPOINTED

TERMS MORE SEVERE THAN' TOR GERMANY.

(Rec. June 15,. tr.s p.m.) Paris, June 9.

Dr. Renuer, who has returned -from Austria, declares that tho Austrians arc profoundly disappointed with the terms, which aro more severe than those imposed upon Germany, and simply mean Austrian destruction. The terms, nre impossible to sign, and may driyo Austria to Bolshevism.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

TURKISH PEACE DELEGATES

OPPOSE LOSS OP SMYRNA .(Rec, June 15, 5.5 p.m.)

Paris, June 9. Tho Turkish delegation will bo located at Vaucresson, three . miles from Versailles.-. It is understood that the Turk 9 aro' agreeable to the loss of (Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Thrace, but oiipose tho Greeks i having Smyrna. The lurks lay the responsibility for the war at the door 'of the. Young Turks.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STRAIGHT TALK BETWEEN POLAND AND THE BIG FOUR (Rec. June 15, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, June 9 (delayed). Some straight talk has passed between the Council of Four and Paderewski, in which it was pointed out Poland had not suffered much during the war, and the Powers could not be expected to go to war over Poland. Therefore some frontier modifications might he expected, and that further a commission' might bo appointed to consider details.

Memyer, a Polish delegate, is reported to havo .said: "The concessions we are asked to make in favour of tho Germans ate, both territorially and economically, manifestly unjust, and while ready to submit, to them we cannot forgo the surrender of Upper Silesia, which would leave Poland at Germany's mercy, and deprive the Poles of coal mines and paralyse industry."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ (Rec. June 15, 11.20 p.m.) Paris, June 10 (delayed). Tho Polish armies facing the Germans number 200,000. General Holler leads the 1 main body, which is concentrated in tho north ready to march on Danzig. A number of disaffected Austro-H.ungarian generals aro employed in other forces concentrated towards the Silesian objectives while the armies watch the Russian Czecho-Slovakinn and Ukranian frontiers.—United Service.

THE SHANTUNG SETTLEMENT

ANTI-JAPANESE STRIKES. IN CHINA. Tokio, Juno 13. The anti-Japanese strikes and boycott resulting from' the Peace Conference in Shantung settlemsnt are spreading Japan has sent warships to Washu and Shanghai to protect the Japanese.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. AMERICAN PEELING (Rec. June ]5, 11.45 p.m.)

New York, June 8 (delayed). The New York "Times" Peking correspondent states that the Anglo-American Association of Poking has passed a resolution expressing disappointment at the Peace Conference's decision to transfer the German rights in Shantung to Japan, and the conviction that the transfer will result in discord between ■ China and Japan. The association addressed a request to the American and British Governments to devise a new and more just settlement.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

GREAT DEMONSTRATION IM LONDON (Rec. June 15j 5.5 p.m.) ' London, June 13,. A great and representative gathering to further the League of Nations campaign was held at the Albert Hall. Viscount Grey of Falloden presided. Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. J. N. Clynos, and other leaders were present, and had a splendid reception. Lord Robert Cecil, referring to criticism that the British Empire had too much voting power in th eLeague, .said that it was usually forgotton that no vital decision could be take nwithout the consent of the Couir.-il of the League, on which Britain had only one ix>present(itive. "The League of Nations," he said, "must be a league of peoples, not governments, otherwise matters will soon degenerate and we will have tho old diplo-macy."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.