PEACE TREATY

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1919, Page 5

PEACE TREATY

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<fc».-fBISP3aST GERMAN EVASION QV tibrmh By-Telegraph,— Press Assn.—Copyright. London, June 28. I The Times, in a leader reviewing the treaty, insists tha£ it is not really finished in any important respect. The treaty teems with opportunities for evasion and -bad faith, especially the nortion on which democracies rely. We Know the Germans do not intend to a?.hflta to the treaty, from their character, history, their own lips, and their palest acts. They must he constrained to keep every engagement. ' Unless" the Allies maintain a firm grasp on the vitiation for many years the treaty trill became a dead letter in the most fttal clauses. —Times Service. GERMANS RATIFY (WITHIN A ■ I , WEEK. Becefved July 3, 2.30 pan. Paris, July 2. The Germans are expected to ratify the treaty within a week.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. fItSOEPTION OF HEWS IN CANADA. deceived July 3,2.30 p.m. New York, June 29. 'We New Tort Times' Montreal cor-1 fceipondent reports that news of the Higning of the peace was received Quietly in Canada, contrasting sharply! Wtli the receipt of the news of the ar-Joi*tice*-^Aiiß.-NH. Cable Assn. <£A£MLY RECEIVED IN UNITED STATES. New York, June 28. - JThe populace received the news of '-peace calmly. A few church bells frere rang and steamships whistled, but people continued business as usuaL There was no evidence of the wild enthusiatm Which marked the armistice celebrations. The Stock Exchange was not influenced; traders explained that peace bad been anticipated. The United States warships fired a taltfte of "21 gUM.-Aus.-NX Cable lira.

AUSTRALIAN PEACE PREPARATIONS. Melbourne, July 3. Mr. Watt announced that the 6th WlVjbe proclaimed a day of thanksgiving for peace, and the 19th for the peace sueferations. RAISING THE BLOCKADE. Wellington, July 3. A telegram from the Secretary for State says tfie German delates at VerBailie* have been 1 satined that the 'Allied and associated Governments are ready to raise the blockade upon ratiflMtfoa of the peace treaty by Germany. LABOR AND PEACE. Auckland, July 3. The Auckland Watersiders' Union carried a resolution, to be forwarded to the acting-Premier, urging the release of HQ political prisoners' and the abolition of the War Regulations and Military Service Act as the most fitting Jtoethod of celebrating peace. It further suggests that no useful purpose can be served by the further exclusion of aliens *Who previous to the war earned a living on the wharves. It wa9 also resolved that, failing just clemency by the Government, drastic action should be taken by Labor to prolong the peace celebrations until all political prisoners jtrere leased.