THE PEACE TREATY.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1919, Page 2

THE PEACE TREATY.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.^

THE PLEBISCITES. LONDON, November 15,

The Allied Supreme Council has notified Germany that it reserves the right to consider the Upper Silesian plebiscite null and void.

A few British troops will shortly be sent to Schleswig to ensux-e the plebiscite there being carried out without undue German interference, and in accordance with the Peace Treaty provisions.

FIUME QUESTION. MELON, November 13. The Ukraine Government has relaxed the land blocakde of Fiume, in view of the peoples actual privations, and their prospective winter sufferings. The Italian public demands the removal of the sea blockade. ROME, November 14. . D’Annunzio has landed at Zara, at the head of a new expedition. The Vatican has officially recognised the state of Jugo-Slavia.

A GERMAN WANT. BERLIN, November 14,

The Lubeek Chamber of Commerce, has requested the German Imperial Chancellor not to comply with the Entente’s demand for the handing, over of tlie German dry docks, which it is pleaded, would mean the entire decay of Germany’s economic life. ALLIES ATTITUDE. LONDON, November 14.

It ,is how unofficially intimated that America’s reservations to the Peace Treaty are not acceptable to the Allies, lies.

ALLIES THREAT TO BOUMANIA LONDON, November 15.

It is announced that the Allied Supreme Council’s ultimatum to send to Roumania demanding her signature of the Peace Treaty within six days was drafted but not sent.

It frankly enumerated Roumania’s shortcomings,. including as one that she delayed in entering the war, and that ; she abandoned the war while four hundred thousand of her troops were available under arms.

The ultimatum was not actually dispatched, but the announcement of its terms brought a communication from Roumania to the effect that th© latter was ready to sign the Treaty.

SENATE AND TREATY. . (Received this day at 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, November 15,

The Senate rejected the substitute proposed by Mr Hitchcock declaring Monroeism unaffected by anything the Treaty contained and adopted the Committee’s reservation unchanged. The Senate also rejected Hitchcock’s substitute for an alteraion of the reservation" continuing American control of domestic questions. The reservation allowing Congress to control mandates was adopted. Shantung reservation was carried by 53 to 52 and the reservation giving Congress authority to regulate American delegations to commissions, was also adopted.