LOOPHOLES IN THE TREATY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 240, 4 July 1919, Page 7

LOOPHOLES IN THE TREATY

GERMANS MUST BE KEPT UP

TO THE MARK

EVASIONS LIKELY

(By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright

Paris, July 2. Tho Germans are expected to ratify tho Peaco Treaty within a week.

(Eec. July 3, 8.15 p.m.)

London, July 2. It is expected that the German National Assembly will ratify the Peaco Treaty on July 12.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Asan. LOOPHOLES~W EVASIONS FLAWS IN THE TREATY. London, June 28. Tho "Times," in a leader reviewing the Peace Treaty, insists that it_ is not really finished in" any important respect. It teems with opportunities for ovaejon and had faith', especially that portion on which the democracies rely. "We know that the Germans do not intend to adhere to tho Treaty, from their character and history, their own lips, and their latest acts. They must be constrained to keep every engagement. "Unless the Allies maintain a firm grasp of tho situation for many years, the Treaty will become a dead letter, in its most vital clauses."—Ans.-N.Z. -'Yble Assn. THE PEACE NEWsTn NEW YORK CALMLY RECEIVED. Now York, Juno: 28.' The news of p?ace was received calmly. A few church bells ran?, end steamships whistled, but tho people continued business as usual. There waa no evideuco of the wild enthusiasm which marked the armistice celebrations. The Stock Exchange was not influenced, traders explaining that peaco had "been anticipated. The United States warships flred a salute of 21 guns.-Aua.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. NO DEMONSTRATIONS IN CANADA. New York, Juno 28. The New York "Times" correspondent at Montreal says the news of the signing of peace was received quietly in Canada, contrasting sharply with the receipt of the news of the Cable Assn.