STILL BLUFFING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 7

STILL BLUFFING

LATEST GERMAN NOTE

WILL SIGN—WITH CERTAIN RESERVATIONS

THE ALLIES' REPLY (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. June 27, 10 p.m.) Paris, June 23. . Herr .Bauer sent a Note to if. Cleiueiiceau requesting that the Peace Treaty be re-examined by the League of Nations within two years.' lie added: "Germany is ready to sign without recognising that the Gernian people were the authors of the war. and without undertaking to'deliver up the war criminals. Germany signs only in the sense that her signature is imposed .by force, .and. declines responsibility for tiie consequences when, as is bound to happen, the impossibility .of carrying out the conditions comes -to light. Germany cannot give up the Kaiser." - ',

The Council of Four replied to Herr Bauer that tho time for discussion had passed. "Tho Allies cannot accept.any qualification or reservation. They re j ouire the Germans' unequivocal decision to sign and accept the Treaty as a whole, or reject it." —Aus.-N.Z. • Cable Assn. (Rec. June 27. 11.35 p.m.) London, June 23. The.German Note intimating the signing of the Treaty says: "Germany is in consternation that the Allies are resolved to wrest l>y sheer force even the acceptance of conditions -which seek to take away the honour of the German people, which, however, remains untouched by any act of violence. Germany, after years of frightful ■ sufferings, lacks the means of defending her honour externally, and is yielding to overwhelming force, but without' abandoning her views regarding tho injustice of tliß terms. Germany declares Hint she is ready to sign the terms the Allies nave imposed."—Renter. "unhearmflnjustice" GERMANY'S FINAT, PROTEST ' AGAINST THE TREATY. (Rec. Juno 27, 8.20 p.m.) Paris, Juno 23. Germany's final "Note on the Peace Treatv savs: "Germany yields to overwhelming "force, but the terms involve unheard-of injustice."—Keuter. feelingTOeiwany OUTBREAK OF LAWLESSNESS. London, Juno 2G. A. great outbreak of lawlessness iu Berlin followed demonstrations for and against tho Treaty. Armed mobs plundcred many shops, robbed Tjedcstrifiiis, and attacked soldiers and police. Thol'o was shooting in the elreqts during, the night. Serious disturbances'occurred ,at Mannheim, where shops and housos were plundered. Tho troops resisted an attempt by the rioters to enter the barracks, using grenades. Thirty peoplo woro seriously injured, and two hundred arrests were made. There were Spartacist riots, at Cnssel. and martial law was proclaimed. An attempt to storm tho prison was unsuccessful, but the rioters 6eir.ee! the food warehouses. Firearms were freely used, and there wore a- number of casualties. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

MILITARY REVOLT AVERTED Copenhagen, Juno 26. ' A military revolt in Gennauv has been averted. The. generate have favourably replied to Herr Nosko's request to support the Government. General, Gropor, Chief of Staff, .has w.ithdrawn' his resignation until the crisis is over. ' llerr Nosko (Minister for War) lias, withdrawn his threat to. resign. Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. RT.OTS. AT HAMBURG. (Bee. June 27, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, June 26. Riots at Hamburg .culminated in Spartacist. attacks on the Central Railway Station and : 'tho police stations, which the S'partacists' secured after a midnight coup. The fire brigades hosed the crowds and prevented repeated attempts to fire the Stock Exchange. Troops cleared the streets, and the town was declared'to be iu a state of siege. The Government is hurrying up reinforcemThero lvere the wildest demonstrations in Berlin, the plundering of shops and the robbing, of wayfarers by 'bands, of robbers, who held up trams and trams, robbing the passengers, and even taking the rings from women's fingers—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. . THE MOBBING OFTHE GERMAN DELEGATION

\[ CLEAIENCEAU EXPRESSES ' REGRET.

(Eec. June 27, 5.20 p.m.) Paris, June 18. : In connection with the incident which occurred on the departure of the German delegation, M. Clemenceau has sent a letter to Count Hantaan stating that he had learned that tho crowd assembled outside Count Rantznu's .residence, and that disorder had' followed. 11. Uenieiiceau hastens to express his regret tor these -unjustifiable'acta, "which' are quite contrary to our laws of hospitality, and mentions that "the- Prefect of. the .Seine has. apologised: to Herr von Hajuel, wlule the police commissary will be relieved of his - post for'not taking the prescribed measures for tlie maintenance of order.—Reuter.

THE IRISH PROBLEM

HEARING REQUESTED PROM THE PEACE CONGRESS.

1 Paris, June 10 (delayed). The Irish-American Commission has notified the American delegation that the Senate's resolution requesting a hearing for De Valeta, Griffiths, and Count- Pluiikett has been presented to the-Peace Conference. The Irish-American Commission demands a sweeping and disinterested inquiry into its report on English outrages in Ireland. — Aus.-.V.Z. Cable Assn. Paris, June 20. Official—A German delegation has been appointed, and is expected to arrive on Saturday.—Aiis.-N.Z. .Cable Assn. DE VAT/ERA GOING INTO THE LOAN MARKET. (Rec. July "27, S.2ft p.m.) New York, June 2.">. De A r alera's secretary has announced that the purpose of the Sinn Pein leaders' visit to the United Staves is to float a bond issue for the. benefit of the Irish Republic.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assr,.