THE PRICE.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1919, Page 5

THE PRICE.

MORE CLAIMS ON GERMANY. THE SCAPA PLOW DEBT. ANOTHER PARIS CONFERENCE, Us Telegraph—Proas-Assn.— Copyright. Received Nov. 9, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Nov. 6. A communique from the Entente has notified Germany that in consequence of the ratification of the Peace Treaty a large number of provisions have come into force, including. inter-Allied Commissions of Administration in the Rhine Provinces, functions of the military, naval, air and reparation missions in Germany, inter-Allied occupation of Upper Silesia and Schleswig pending the plebiscites, also Memel and Dantzig, and the transference of the Saar district.

The Supreme Council requests Germany to send representatives to Paris before the 10th inst., to arrange details concerning the foregoing. Further, Germany is requested to surrender five light cruisers as compensation for the Scapa sinking, within sixty days. Also, she must surrender floating docks, tugs and dredges, totalling 400,000 tons, within ninety days, and certain U-boat machinery, as compensation for undelivered submarines, within tea days.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. Received Nov. 9, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, November 6. The newspapers, commenting on the Supreme Council's Note demanding five light cruisers, etc., declare it is fresh evidence of British hatred, and emphasise that coerciye measures are threatened in the event of non-compliance.