GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

THE REFUSAL TO SIGN. GOVERNMENT WILL NOT YIELD. Received Dec. 4, 1010 p.m. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Berlin, Dec. 1. Pan-German newspapers applaud the Government for refusing to sign Hie protocol. A semi-official journal declares that the Government will not yield.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE STUMBLING BLOCK. NAVAL CONDITIONS OPPOSED. Received Dec. 4, 5.5 p.ni London, Dec. 3. Germany has offered to sign the Treaty if the Scapa conditions are eliminated. — Aus-.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WILL NOT SIGN PROTOCOL. POWERS OF FRANCE OPPOSED. London, Dec. 3. Germany has refused to sign the pro. tocol. Berlin, Nov. 30. Germany resists the protocol annexed to the Peace Treaty empowering France at any time to make a military advance into Germany for the enforcement of conditions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. According to the newspaper Frieheit the real reason for the withdrawal of the German delegates from Paris was not the prisoner question but the c\esire to postpone the enforcement of the Peace Treaty, the Government fearing a reactionary outburst when the Allies present the lists of those accused of war crime.— Reuter. NO MILITARY FORCES. Received Dec. 4, 5.5 p.m. Paris, Dec. 2. The Supreme Council adopted Marshal Foch's resolution calling upon Germany to suppress military organisations formed contrary to the terms of the Treaty. —Reuter Service.