PEACE TREATY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10274, 8 May 1919, Page 5

PEACE TREATY

CLAUSE BINDING GERMANY

TO AGREE TO ALLIED TREATIES WITS OTHER COUNTRIES.

By TWeCTapb—Press Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 7, 11-30 p.m.) •NEW YORK. May 4.

Tne <'NeV'Yofk Times" Paris' correspondent interviewed a member ot the French Foreign Office and learned thai the Peace Treaty with Germany will .contain a clause by which Germany agrees with the settlement the Allies make with Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Hungary. Minor «* at, « with other enemy countries will be made- afterwards.

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": (Received May I,,}}* 0 F: m -> ' NEW lORlv, May 4. The -New Ttork World's" *"»' corespondent says Tie. treaty will not inciuTTe tne prohibition ot the use ot submarines.

GERMANS MUST SIGN TERMS

OR SUFFER ECONOMIC ISOLATION.

PARIS, May 6. The complete economic isolation ot Germanj- has been decided upon in the event of her delegates' retn.al W sign the Peace terms.

MARSHAL FOCH OPPOSES SIGNING PEACE-.

FRANCE INADEQUATELY PKO- • TECTED.

PARIS, May e. Viaishal Foch opposed the signing of peace on the ground that the military protection atl'orued to i'rance is inadequate.

TERMS OF PEACE PRESENTED TO MINOR POWERS.

PARIS, May 6

The Peace Treaty has been presented, to-the., delegates °i tho . nunor Powers at a. secret plenary session.

HANDING THE TERMS TO GERMAN!.

DOMINIONS TO Bli REPRESENTED B* PKE&&.

PARIS, May 0,

Yielding to strong .pressure against exclusion 'of tne l'ress at tue Handing over of the terms .40 tho Uermans, the Council of "Three' flas decided to providu seats for twenty-five Allied journalists, live uermans, ten from the small States, and hvo from the Dominions. Mr Lloyd George strenuously insisted upon tne inclusion of representative's 6f the 'Uomimons. who hjjd oon« go much m the war..

FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR BKL- ■•■ ■-■ '■ -GIUM. ■'•'-

-" ai o<w,p^m Sj 'Slay 6. 'The Allies will release Jtieigium of the repayment of 240 millions ot loans, besides gmng her priority in the payment or XOu millions 01'the ucitnuu indemnity in gold.

DiFiictiLTj&S. smoutHEd awa"*

PAlilS, May 5

The difficulties with regard to the Beac* '.treaty. ato,.boiug gradually smoothed away. ;Xhe Crown Council or"Jbeigi!im» under tho...presidency ot toe-iviiig.,decided to sign the '.treaty, but to draw the attentiou of the Aiiiet; to. the grave economic and, nnancial oratress in. Belgium and' tne necessity tor the moat complete, support. ~, ' The Plenary (Jouncil has agreed thai. Poland,. L^etno-aJovaKia,., and . Jugo iilavia. shall take over a proportion ot Germany's-pre-war debt in return io» the: Vroveinuient property and railways situated in their wrrltory. Ue'imany w" to unUertaKe to renounce her economic privileges in Austria-Hungary, iSulgaria, Turkey, and iiussia.. r jNeutrals are to be compelled to hand over interned German tonnage, but will be compensated tor their own submarine losses out of tho reparation luad or in tonnage. '■.... ITALY AND JUGO-SLAVIA. BATTLE ABOUT~FIUME IMMINENT. NEW YORK, May «J. The Berne correspondent ot' the "New York Times" states that 300,000 Serbian and Jugo-Slav troops are preparing to march to Fiume, and tho Italians are ready to send reinforcements. The correspondent adds that tinless a solution of the Fiume question is speedily found there will certainly soon be bloodshed.

PEACE WITHOUT ITALY'S CONCURRENCE.

NEW YORK,- Maj» 3. The Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the Allies hare decided to arrange treaties with Germany and Austria without Italy's concurrence if .she persists in her attitude regarding Frame. Two articles concerning compensation to Italy have been omitted from the substitute draft Treaty. . It was first claimed that Japan, would side with Italy, but Japan is now working in close harmony with Britain, France, and the United fjtates. Japan is greatly satisfied over the Shantung settlement, which displeases some members of the American Peace Delegation.

Messages of later origin indicate that the Flume problem has been settled ou the basis of an offer of a delayed cession of the city to Italv

IRISH-AMERICAN DELEGATION,

SAFE CONDUCTS TO PARIS SOUGHT.

(Received May 7, 9.10 p.m.) _. lTrr NEW YORK, May 3. The ' World s" Paris correspondent states that President Wilson's assistance has been invoked to obtain safe conducts to Paris for Do Valera, Griffith, and Plunkett, in order to present the Irish casa beforo ,the Peace Confe^enc9:', A correspondent was lold that President Wilson wa* likely to heed the wishes of Irish aympathis-