BULLYING PRUSSIANISM.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1919, Page 5

BULLYING PRUSSIANISM.

COUNT RANTZAU'S DISPLAY. ■ J " i : Received May 12, 8 p.m. t Paris, May 9, Mr. Keith Murdoch says: Count Rantzau's speech continues to affect the situation, I learn from the highest British source that the Council is united in its determination not to proceed with negotiations in such a spirit, which is interpreted as a display of "Deutsehland über Alles" arrogance. When the British and American delegates expressed surprise at Count Kantzau's extraordinary attitude, M. Clcmenceau replied: "Yes, fou have never seen bullying Prussianism before, but we have lived under its (shadows for fifty years, powerless and bumiliated."—United Service.

MR. MASSEY'S VIEWS. LOOPHOLES FOR GERMANY'S ESCAPE. Received May 2, 8 p.m. Paris, May 8. Mr # Massey, interviewed, said there were'many risky experiments, giving Germany loopholes to evade her responsibilities. The reparation clauses were disappointing, and seemed to have been loosened at the last moment. The net around the Kaiser had wide meshes, and evidently the legal view of the sanctity of the heads of States had prevailed. The display of aggressive arrogance by Germany's military caste yesterday at Versailles should he regar.led as a warning. Count Rantzau forgot the ordinary courtesies, and spoke defiantly and rudely, only using suavity when referring to President Wilson and the proletariat.— United Service.

THE WILY BUNA PRETENCE AT NEGOTIATION. Received May 12, 845 p.m. London, May 6. The Daily Express' Cologne correspondent learns that the Berlin business agents have their bags packed in readiness to return to England the moment peace is eigned. It is believed the treaty will be signed if the delegates can save their faces by appearing to negotiate, instead of having to swallow the terms whole. The present German Government is undoubtedly shaky, and if it falls, reactionaries will endeavor to secure control of the country. A period of anarchy is then inevitable, followed by a military coup d'etat, probably on monarchical lines, but without the Hohenzollerns. Prominent Germans declare the exKaiser will never again be tolerated, because he failed.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. BELGIAN INDEMNITY. GERMANY TO PAY DEBT TO AMERICA. Received May 12, 5.5 p.m. New York, May 6. The New York World's Paris correspondent says Germany will undertake to pay Belgian debts to the United States. Belgium will receive a total of 6,000,000,000 dollars indemnity from Germany, of which 500,000,000 will be received, privately.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

ITALY'S SIGNATURE. Paris, May 10. The treaty was finally printed, omitting Italy, whose representatives will attend at Versailles to-morrow. The treaty will be reprinted hastily.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn