SPA CONFERENCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3525, 12 July 1920, Page 5

SPA CONFERENCE.

A GVERMAN APOLOG-Y.

Received 8.50.

-9}’.-X_._ July 11. Lloyd George has (tatwglxt. 1-1‘ Slight chill. .

}é‘eh2'cnback :Ind,Slmol-is apologised in the sccl'etzu'y of 7:110 Conference for W. Stinness’ insolent 011tl)111':9t,z111(l declared had they known. his intention they Would not ha v(=. pt-rnlittted. him 1-0 speak.

I.IV.OYD GE()RGE’S I\II*JSSAG-‘E TU AMERICANS.

Received 9.50.

NEW “YORK, July 10.‘

The Suu’s conespondent. at Spa in» terviewed Mr Lloyd Geol'ge while wzflksing The gardcm The corre'v ‘.9.-pendent xasked ‘;whdthe.r Fthe Prime Ministel" did not."‘f.‘Hink the American }3no_ple would befieve -fhe‘Allies were giiving way considerably before the Gornlans. Lloyd George answert’-<1: “l’er}laps they will talk~—th:lt is the way in Alnericzl; b11?,“T want you to tell the Americans this for‘ If the An.loric:ms were here w‘ii‘h vs 'fl'lillg‘s might be entirely <.lifTeronAt:v, ‘nut rlley fhsavé. lofltt ‘ms’. "Na:-.v’x-ra. om: .-\€ fit; ,thoy are" not giving us any help tn solve theée probl-ems. They would have same right to talk if they were here.”

T U RK]’i\‘l-1 TRF ATY

Received 10.15. ‘ SPA, July 11. Lord Curzon took Lloyd George "5 place at this morning’s conference.

Minor changes were made in the Turkish Treaty. which will be presented to the Turks on the seventeenth. Rig'n:lt.l.n*c is required kvithin ten days.

POL_A“ND IN EXTREMIS‘

GERMANY ’S PROPOSALS.

Réceived 10.35.

SPA, July I]..

5 Conference decided to place -‘rrans,pol't :u'r:lugenlellts Dautzig under ‘a joint commission of Poles .and- representatives of the free city of Dantzig. Its ch:3.irmzul will be seiected by and represent the League of Nations. A high Ukrainian representative refel‘l'in»g I:o.'.B«'_olshevik opel'zLfli~ons ‘flogWards Warsaw, remarked .to 3 ne}v-s----paper correspondent_. "the game. is up; Poland is completely beaten.” 1 It is rumoured the Allies are prepared to make considerable concessioils in order to reach a scttlexnent rereparations. Millel'and’s e()ncilidtOr}' declamtion that the Allies are not anxious to iiusist on their fuhl literal I'igh’r.S has impressed the German delegaticon, and created gptimistic hopes of :1 settlement.

Jt is nude-..2-stood» (’ncx'm.any’s prut 1_)0:~‘:'l1>', which "were Ixandecl to the AL lies to-night, will ask: Firstly, that specific. annual payments be fixed; sec—, ondly, tllat the total. indemnity be (lefinitely fixed; thirdly, that. Gel‘nlziny will be :111<3w»e(1 to pay with coal and m:lteria‘ls for I'ecoustructioll 03:‘ the de~ vastated areas: fourthly, that arrange.ments be made whereby Germ-.any’s cl'odi_tol-S shall be paid proportionately to ‘tho :u.lnual progl'css of improvemums in Germany.

,xI;:.1;1:«:s* NEW 'L‘I:}RMS TO GER-MAl_\‘Y.

PR.(‘)'\’il‘Sl()l\'S ].<‘()R Rl£li)L'()7l‘lON OF

ARMY

Received 8.50. LONDON, July 9.

A Spa communique 5131.05: At the ()P(f[]i]]g' of the l‘.ollf(_‘l(¥ll(’.t‘ Lloyd George L‘-xpl'es.s'od HlO Allies’ (lel:(r1'1nin~ :I‘r.ioll' I’eg':u'dilJg fhe execution of the Treaty, which hitherto had been in-, acleqtlate as regards_ the sllrronder of, <_lostl'Ll(*tion of rnzxtoriul and the r(:jcluc—tion of eflbciziw:-s. He innclicutenl The (.‘.\'lrClll.' to which the Allies had t:1l~:on into account the <)l.».~iex'\'zlliulls rmd (lithLaullics of the new (frel'tx):lll (;}uvel'll- - on whose sixlc.(>l‘lty of i.nl'e.nl‘:iuns he did not wi..~'h to c:l.\‘t a dollbt. He also pointo<l."oul‘ the fl'l‘.\'ll po.~_'tpom~mont was granted on“ilelinitc uml (-mu I'zl.in cnmlitions, of ‘which the 1-ezllisu.~ tinn would be checked, guaranteed by pp-oci.~'o s:lncl'iuns. Following is the Alfipa ngply to the Gel'nl.:ln proposals, fhon I'v:l<'l:~;—"‘C‘on‘(litiona.lly that Germany: (:1) Proceeds immediately to :ll>?:iI‘nI. the 'Einwollnel'\vehren and Sic-hm-hcits polizei; (b) ‘publishes a. pmu'»‘:unut.i‘oll \d.«(:*nmllding ‘the ilnmediztize» delivery of all arms held by the civil population. and docreeing effective penalties in case of cvontravention-——if tho Gov(=rnment’s legal powers are ’ul~ .\‘nfi‘l'cl(3nt‘ for the purpose it‘ shall immediately”‘obt:Lin. such by legislation; (c) immedi-ately executes a series of rneasurcs ne:3.ess-my for the abolition of ‘compulsory military service and o“'2,':ln'iszxltion of the army on the hash of a long term 01". Inilitlary “service as provided by the Treaty; (G) delivers to

the Allies for deshuctinn. and he-Ips {ho Allins fo 3osh‘o_v. an mums and military ma’tm~ia‘. ‘neyond fire‘ quantifies authorise'cl- by the Treaty; Ce) usétfresi

l -and naval ellausesg then the A'L".ies iagree, firstly, to extend to October 1 E the period provided for the reduction oof reichsweher efi’ectives, at which 0 date it shall be reducecl to. 150,000 men_ The Allies also agree‘ to a further postponement, expiring on Ja.nuary 1 next, for 3. reduction of eil'eet.ives to 100,000, when it expects the composition and organisation must be coniplet ed according to the ’l‘re{iTy‘; secondly, authorise the German” Government to keep in the neutral zone until October 1 for assisting in the collection of arms such number of .ei'fecl'ives as will ‘be communicated by the inter-Allied military commission of control; thirdly, take all necessary measures to prevent contraband tratfic in arms from the occupied territories intended for other parts of Germany. It‘ before January 2 next. the Allied Control Commissions in G~erl'n:Lny find the present arrangements are not being carried out locally, the Allies will proceed to occupy more Grerinan territory, either Ruhr or some other region, and will only ‘"é"v7acuate it when the present conditions are wholly fulfilled.” MEE'I‘ING- Ol‘ LEAGUE Ol‘ NATIONS Received 10.10. WASHINGTON, July 10. '; 11: is learned from the State Depart A‘ mcnt tha»t.Mr Wilson wilf issue 9. call} for a meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations for the fifteenth! N'ovember. 1” i