THE INDEMNITY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1919, Page 5

THE INDEMNITY.

APPREHENSION IN ENGLAND. Ml ■ TEAT GERMANY WILL IKE LET, COT" ~§ TOO LIGHTLY. f: Received April 13, 5.5 p.m. ; j London, April 11. '" ' ■,-> Mr. Lloyd Georgee's reply to the mm- ' • ,; bers of the House of Commons on the •• indemnity demand is considered in some ; quarters to be a frank threat to thote .* who are contemplating censure la the v House of Commons. The originators of '/■' the telegram disavow disloyalty. They ' y ! consider the reply satisfactory.—An*. ■['■■/;, N.Z. Cable Assoc- . ''* Eeceived April 13, 6.6 pf.m. London, April Ik Four hundred members of the Hottfft. ..- '■) of Commons have now signed a message ' v | to Mr. Lloyd George, urging the fullest ■(, indemnities. '-'\

Mr. George's reply has not al> 'lived the' parliamentary uneasinMS, used on various reports and romwi rom Pari*. i ' ■ i*{

Two hundred members of Pailiamttl arc signing another hurried memorial t* Mr. Lloyd George, stating they hav< learned with great concern of the pfo posal of the conference to recognise thi Moscow Bolshevik Government, and urging the British representatives to refute to sign such lecognition. The Times, in a leader, states the indemnity memorial reveals an overwhelming British feeling against the confer-< ence's vacillation and perversity in hand- - ling the question. We must compe\Qer* many to acknowledge liability. If Germany Is unable to suggest a means of' payment we must choose our securities. The Daily Mail asks that public opinion is most profoundly alarmed. If German v does not pay, the British will be burdened with taxation for genera-, tions. Already the nation is taxed nine hundred million annually. There is bo reason why the agmressor should not be taxed on the same scale.—United Sanvice, i '

FULL RESTITUTION AND REPARATION. Received April 13, 5.5 p.m. Paris, April 11. Following the example of the British members of the House of Commons a Inraw number of French senators have, signed a manifesto demanding full, restitution and reparation, together with the full cost of the war. Secrecy' is maintained by the Ccuncl of Four, and a hint given that the term of the treaty will not be published till after they have been submitted to the Germans has occasioned uneasiness that the terms are not as stern as th« enemies' crimes demand. France hat profound concern in rogaid to the fmancial terms, as she is confronted with an annual budget of twenty-three milliard franos.

M. Peret, chairman of the Chamber's Budget Committee, in correspondence with M. Cleinencean regarding the lack of information supplied by the Peace , Conference, points out that the committee is unable to formulate special .' taxation because it is kept in tho dark over the conference's findings. He appeals for the reimbursement of too cost of the war.

M. Clemenceau presided at the 'foUTt'' plenary session. Paderewski took a. seat with the Polish legation. Mr. Hughes, Sir Joseph Cook, and Mr. Massey attended as the. British panel, which was fully occupied. ThcTe was no vacancy foriSir Joseph Ward, who is visit- . ing London—Aus N.2. Cable Assoc..