SIGNING OF PEACE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3386, 15 January 1920, Page 6

SIGNING OF PEACE.

TA HISTORIC CEREMONYSURRENDER OF WAR CRLNIINALSW .......——- V . PARIS, Jan. 10. 3 Peace was ratified in the 531011 Dol‘ 3 1,,-01-logie’ the small room. in which the‘ League of Nations was born. The ceremony took place punctually at‘ 4 o’clock. The proceedings were brief. The formal private protocol was read’ and then the ‘seals of the Allied and German delegates were atfixed. Clemenceau afterwards handed to the‘ German delegates a letter confirming‘ the verbal assurance in reference to“ dock materi'al. No outside witnesses attended, and -this was the first =oceas- 1 ion of note when the American Alnbas- ‘ sazdor was absent. "No. description of! the details ‘of the signing are avail” able, but it is nunderstood that the‘ Allied delegates, after signing, shook‘ hands with the Germans. Al-range-l ments for the renewal of ' diplomatic relations begin -immediately. About a; dozen commissions will immediately be ‘ established to supervise the carryingout of the treaty whicll?'by,protoool'} Germany promises ‘to execute .in its en- l tirety, although America willino-t par-p ticipate in the first meeting. It is‘ President Wilson’s duty to summon the League next Week, Ityis, pointed-out that as one- of the .first.,» -obligations. Germany is to hand,p,ver.:”ghose :aceu_sed. of, War crimes, the number.of.whom is uncertain. 3‘Some reports-,sa,’y._7fsg; and. others 300.: A» -»revisle.d,‘._i«._, Bl:it?'tS}l' list numbers 100., and includes .« the, . exKaiser._ - many eornniandersl ,pfi ~sllbma'r- I ines, the judgesdwrho.segiteneed Captain Fryatt,_. and [the ~..col_";}Jmandants of‘ several prison camps. The,_A,Erenell list includes the Crown Prince, and the generals who ordered‘ the outrages atl Louvain, Dinant, and Aershot. I _, DEPRESSION IN GER-I\IAN.Y _ TERMS OF THE TREATY. , BERLIN, ‘Jan. 11. ' The exchange of natifieations has produced a. marked depression in Germany. The Tageblatt. says it is Germany’s duty to use all peaceful means to secure alteration of the Treaty. The pan-Gm-nran newspapers also niake strong comment. .

_. GERMAN VIEW. ~ __;._., I TREATY EXTREMELY SEVERE. I : BERLIN, Jan. 11. The conccnsus of German newspaper ! Opinion is that the territorial, econ-‘ omic, and military conditions imposed I on.Ger,man',y. are extremely severe.‘ Warm greetings are extended to those Germans excluded from the Empire.‘ They are told‘ lthat they nvay rest! assured that there exists the possibig lity of their return. The Tageblatt adds: “The treaty lacks inherent permanence. The' quicker “Germany rel covers her moral strength the quicker she.will obtain opportunities for modi- I fication of the Versailles Treaty of Force.” : ll THE PEACE or EUROPE. fl A GERMANPLEA. . PARIS, Jan. 11. Eerr Lersner, interviewed, said he‘ hoped the Entente would help Germany to Work clieerfully to fulfil her oblige-, tions, because economic prosperity,‘ especially that of France, depended upon Germany’s economic recovery_ He urged the Allies not to insist upon the,, literal extradition of \Va.l“,,;C}'p'.ll§_ll,.,l}fill.§,; bee‘:-luse such action _\_v"o}ll_d__have the gravest. consegpiy:‘nceLs,_(,no_ts_Krlt‘;_){filfy in‘ Germany, but as effecting the peace of E“"°P°' AMERICA AND THE TREA'i9y';§:,!”;f RATIFICATION PROBABLE ' SHORTLY. 'xV.illsli=f‘l‘r‘«l‘é4i‘€)l“~lT,~’a°a§’l.””l-'2f“‘ In the Sonar’-tr<.9Cfif?*:n>zi':toi7mßh'lllg Ash-I worth expressed thefopiirion. -that the Treaty would -ls.L[“"“l{2gti’f'rT(4d'T’s}iE‘li’l“l39:.;ll:le thought Mr .*Bl'~'jr'.'fL’n"§” ixiFéi’i“'e:Tlti?J‘h' was likélymto 1856‘ tH’e'l»')fi£l}lt6‘cn:lf.é° £6 ab.an<lo'r: theirr d:'»:‘t-h'~{2ri'ilcv‘s’<')pl'feS’sfi:ti'oii. Mi" Brjran I:aci!<ia'l~’c~é’ioiasi';% ""6§’ln-cssezi’ wild’ opinion that the Senate would t‘a'tify the‘ Treaty"i‘ll'"t‘il‘ne tn allow the Unit‘e'd States to -’en.t'ei~ the League at its in-'] cepfion. ' l