THE PEACE TREATY.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 July 1919, Page 5

THE PEACE TREATY.

“ M .v y .. —_ &L_(_.'_)l§l‘DON, July._9._ M. The ‘_Assem.’oly. ratified ' the Treat)’ - fay 208 votes to 150. ' y ' _ . i V rm-mrrcn-non or TREATY - SGNED. Received July.ll, 9.45 e.m. ‘ _ ‘I _ BERLIN, July 19 v M Ebert has signed the ratification o'. tie 'l‘.reaty.v M A PAYING run Bu;L_ ‘ . COPENHAGEN, July 3 Herr Erzeberger, will shortly submit to the German National Assembly proposals for a levy on fortunes and business turnover, with drastic death duties and heavy taxation of unearned incomes, ~ 1 _. MR. MASSEY GENERALLY SATISFIED. E _ OTTAWA, July 9. Mr. Massey, interviewed at Tor-on— ' jo, said he was generally satisfied with the Peace terms. Some‘ articles‘ possibly might be improved. He did? not think the ex-Kaiser would be exeioutea or committed to prison, but ‘unless the ex-Kaiser was punished it was impossible to punish lesser oficers_ . GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS ‘ RELEASED. WASHING»TO’N,_ Tlll 9. The Departmei. oi Justice his re leased all Germans and A',u:.».«r.ian-.' lwhosej parole was accepted in lieu of infernment. " V’ E V V 1.. » GERMAN wA'R"cR"IM|NA‘Ls. WI=.LL_ fI‘H.E KAISER:-.BE TRIED? ~ ‘ - - ' «LONDON; July:9_~~:-, ' The “Manch‘este‘r'.“ Guardian‘? sayse} \ There’-are signs .:ine familiar’ Jchannels.-4: that the’ trial ‘of the _ ex-Kaiser: may ~be‘ l dropped: ‘Paris newspapers. Isuggest -J that Britain alone is‘ demanding‘ nzhisi’. {..extraditlon' on behalf ofthe I'&lli'es.-~r' 7 Berlin‘ ’messag'e"g"*state that -Prince‘: Henry ‘rof Prussia, telegraphed to‘ King George denying his. brother’SN responsibility for beginning the ward and appealing to King George: “In the name of-justice” not to proceed with his extradition. Prince Henry ‘ in t.he.saliie“-inessag'e,~ offers himself to assist-in ’elu"c_idating the’ cause of the war. " "" ,4 The Daily Chroniclefs Berlin corres- " ‘pendent reports that thousands of men and vvomen, are offering to act as substitutes’ "for the ex-‘Kaiser, including Prince Friedrich iWilhelm of t Lippe. Societies are being formed _to Dl‘e‘7elltithVe trial of_War crirninals'. Mr. 'Bo,nal-.LaW, in the House of Commons, said every step" was being .taken”to prevent the escape of the ex-Kais‘er_ ‘ E . ' V.

THE PEACE TREATY =A, SCRAP _ V or PAl=Eßj.’ V »_ WITHOUT THE LEAGUE OF " ‘ NATIONS _ . Received 11.35 a.m. F‘ _ WASHING;TO'N, July 10. President Wilson delivere(‘l“-Cl’ speech in the Senate, in wihch he stated that the Peace Treaty would be a scrap TI .of paper without the League (if Na-- ‘ tious, which the people demanded, and ‘would brook no denial.