GERMANY’S OBLIGATIONS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3664, 30 December 1920, Page 5

GERMANY’S OBLIGATIONS.

PAYMENT OF WAR COSTS A PERTINENT QUESTION LONDON, December 28. Mr Maxse, in an article in the made an earnest fight during the negotiations preceding the armistice for the principle that Germany should pay the British war costs, but fortified by the vigorous support of President Wilson, the American dele, gates, in informal conference, persuaded Mr Lloyd George, Signor Orlando, and M Clemenceau to oppose Mr Hughes’ and Lord Sumner’s contention.

The Morning Post, commenting on Mr Maxsfe’s article, says the British public are entitled to konw \exactly why Mr Lloyd George gave away the British ease and supported President Wilson in the line that damages be paid by Germany on the narrowest possible scale.