PEACE TREATY

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1919, Page 5

PEACE TREATY

GERMAN COUNTER. PROPOSALS. (CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL OP FOUR. UMITENG HER LIABILITIES. By Telegraph —Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 8, 5.5 p.m. _ Paris, June 7. Tn« Council of Four considered the German counter-proposals, aiming at an early reply.

Received June 8, 5.5 u.m. New York, Mav 27. Herr Schiedmann, interviewed, stated: "W» offer the following counter-propos-als to the peace, treaty, namelv, Germany to be immediately admitted to the league of Nations. Germany agrees to restore the destroyed French territory and pay full reparation for the ruined French coal mines. Germany also agrees in respect to Belgium's claims, and accepts the limitation, of her army to 100,000, and Germany is ready to completely disarm on land and sea, provided other nations do likewise."—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

*HE GERMAN DELEGATION. "THE HOUR IS GRAVE.'' Received June 7, 5.5 p.m. Paris, June 8. «ne additional members of the German delegation have quitted Versailles. Count Von Rantzau, in farewelling them, thanked them for their patriotic Collaboration, and'added: "The hour is for our dear Gertnany. We have still to live through terrible hours. You can assure those in Berlin that I shall MVtr sign the peace preliminaries unless they are seriouily modified. Others may sign, but not me."—Aus. N.Z. Cable iAMoc.

THE OLD DIPLOMACY. BLAMED FOR THE WAR. - Bectived June 7, 3 pjn. . Paris, May 21. Pfttideflt wiltOtt, addressing a gathering at Sttresfiea, .paid homage to the Amerifrta dead. He said 6000 Were buried at Suresnea. He referred to the leafftte of Nations as a legacy of the fallen to their sons. He fearlessly denounced the old diplomatic bargaining, whiah Wis at the root of the war, and declared that if the present war was not final fw the right then there must be another which would be final.—Au3. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Bulgarian representations. "AUDAdtOOBLY tMPODENT." Received Jane 7, 5.5 pjri. Paris, June 6. Five lengthy notes from Bulgaria filtered through to Paris, although the conference had not invited Bulgaria to> expfett Its views. The notes are chiefly the l&ndfWork of Gueshoff, ex-Premier. The tone of them is audaciously impudent. The notes claim 2500 squr 3 miles of the iSMtern part of Serbia, including ■Vrania, Pittft, Kniajevatz, and Belapalanka, «entaming 300,000 inhabitants. The documents deny responsibility for festering the war. The great majority *ere in opposition, and protested against fc&tranee Into the conflict, but were terMrittd toy Ferdinand. Gueshoff fails to see any difference between the Bolgars •hd Jngo-Slava, 'He thinks the Bulgars ■fe entitled to the same confidence as tie Jugoslavs.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

THE BIG FOUR. IRON HAND OR VELVET GLOVE. K ' —— London, May 27. Mr Bona* Law, speaking in the House of Commons, denied that Mr Lloyd George was at variance with Mr Wilson and M.. Clemenceau. Mr Lloyd George denied the rumor current in London that,political, financial or labor pressure had been eSerdsed to induce him to modify the peace terms in favor of {Qtrmaajr.

London, June 6. Despite official assurances, several reports from Paris declare that Mr Lloyd George ii disposed to make concessions. The Paris correspondent of the Dally News says it is well-known that Mr Uoyd George advocates - important though nit fundamental alterations. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Graphic states that the question that fca» arisen is whether the iron hand or the velvet gkrve should be employed at this stage. It is understood that Mr. £loyd George is preparing a Note explaining the British delegation's view of the point.*-Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

pERMANS IMAGINE THEE ABE THE VICTORS. pJWBOD OS! SIGNING THE TREATY. Received Jane 7, 8.9 pjn, > Paris, May 21. The English And French translations the counter-proposals an so indifferently prepared by the Germans that it bat neeetoitated their being done Canting delay. The nature of the proposals show they are from anything but * vanquished nation. It la openly said that it may require something in the nature of a military demonstration to. hrine the Germans to their senses. The armn?ement has practically been completed as to the method to be adopted in signing the treaty. It was first Contemplated to paw the document round the conference table for signature. It is now decided that the treaty he placed a dais in the Salle dee Glues. Eadi member will waflc to the itbh and ngn.

MAXIMUM GERMAN INDEBTEDNESS fIETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN THORP 1 8 AND MILLDOfN. Received June 8, 6& pin. Parti, June & The Allies are likely to lay down the. ftiaximum German indebtedness at iw* jtween eight thousand and ten thousand ir> ;n '~» —An*. N.Z. Cable Assoc. fit is that the ymt costs ftf the Allies were/over tbsshf thousand pillkmj *