ALLIES WILL NOT PARLEY OVER THE TERMS
BERLIN'S COUNTER-PROPOSALS
TEXT PUBLISHED BY GERMAN
NEWSPAPERS.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT,)
(AdSTPI.ILIAN-NEW ZEALAND CAJIB ASSOCIATION.) PARIS, 28th May.
The Allies will decline any discussion on the Peace terms beyond the methods of their application.
COPENHAGEN, 27th May.
The German newspapers contain the text of the counter-proposals. These declare: — . That Germany is willing to reduce armaments more than the Allies demand ;, That Germany will propose a special Commission of all the belligerents to settle territorial and colonial questions, and deal with the League of Nations; ■ That Germany will definitely' decline to surrender Upper Silesia or any part of Prussia; That Germany will demand that Danzig shall be a free port, and the "Vistula neutralised; : That Germany will offer to assume the direction of the German colonies under the League of Nations; That German will refuse to accept the punishment terms; That Germany is ready to give an indemnity of one hundred milliard marks in gold, and a further twenty milliards before 1926.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 126, 30 May 1919, Page 7
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