THE PEACE TREATY.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1920, Page 2

THE PEACE TREATY.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright-) WANTED FOR TRIAL. BERLIN, Jan. 4. The “Deutsche Zeitung” says • that the German Government lias received a somi-offipifll 10s0 v * 1011 the Entente requires for trial for war crimps, - The Government lias summoned several of those to come to Berlin forthwith.

JAPAN AND CHINA. PEKIN, January 5. There are Japanese warships at Foochow. It is stated they wijl be with drawn. NEW YORK, January 2. Baron Uchida has; written an article declaring that Chijia will be really benefited by the Shantung Settlement, on the Peace Treaty. Japan, he says, is determined to return Tpingtao to China, with the full sovereignty going to China, but Japan is retaining the economic privileges formerly granted to Germany. Japan will enter mto negotiations with China for such a return as soon as the Treaty comes into force.

A JAPANESE AIM. (Received this day at 8.15 a.m.) PARIS, January 5. The Japanese reservation in the request for mandates, is regarded as a further effort to secure racial recognition. It is anticipated that when the full conference resumes, the Japanese will seek to secure recognition of equality in mandates and. probably ’.take the view that the League of Nations should not discriminate between nationalities included in the League on the question pf immigration jbo mandatory terri. tories. That legislation by any particular nation holding a mandat© should not be allowed to inflict disabilities on other parties to thg League, ip the territories for which the League merely delegated its trusteeship. It is not considered likely that the British will accede to any departure from the methods adopted at the conference, when a highly placed meinlier of the British Delegation expressed the opinion that the laws of the country holding the mandat© should applicable to the territory. The Japanese, if unsuccessful now will carry the demand to the first assembly of the League of Nations.