THE BLACK LIST.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1920, Page 5

THE BLACK LIST.

FEELING IN GERMANY. MORE CONCESSIONS EXPECTED. 0y Telegraph.—Prsss issn.—Copyrle'nt. Received Feb. 22, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Feb. 18. The Allies' new Black List Note had a mixed reception in Germany. Government circles are relieved, as it releases them from a difficult position. The newspapers comment variously. The pan-German Press boastfully regards the Note as a climb-down, and some profess to see the influence of Mr. Lloyd George and a rebuff of the French policy. Radical and .Socialist newspapers are calmer, and dis;uss ways and means of making a German tribunal effective. Vorwaerts believes the tone, of the Note h an indication that concessions are possible in other directions, especially in financial and economic mat-ters.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMANY AND THE TRIAL. DEFINITE CHARGES WANTED. Received Feb. 22, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Feb. 19. The Government considered the Allies' Note with reference to war criminals, and decided to reply demanding that the accusations against several mentioned should be precisely defined. General accusations against Hindenburg and Ludendorff cannot be regarded as satisfac-tory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE TRIAL IN GERMANY. WILL .It'STICE BE METED OUT? Received Feb. 22, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. IS. A semi-official German view says the new Black List shows the influence of national considerations, but it cannot be regarded as a victory for European reconciliation, because France only yielded when she saw compliance was a physical impossibility. There is no indication that France is renouncing her other plans. Nationalistic newspapers protest agr.inst a German tribunal according to German law, as llic Allies propose. Vorwaerts doubts if justice will be done by Prussian judges, who arc saturated with the spirit of Prussian mili-tarism.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. INTERNMENT OF EX-KAISER. THE EAST INDIES MENTIONED. Received Feb. 22, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. lfl. Reports from Amsterdam indicate that while the Dutch reply to the latest Note adheres to the refusal to surrender the ex-Kaiser, it is increasingly likely that Holland will agree to intern Wilhelm in the East Indies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MODIFICATIONS OF THE TREATY "NOT FROM LOVE FOR GERMANY-" Received Feb. 22, 11.5 pm. Berlin, Feb. 19. Tlio newspapers state the German Government intends to request the surrender of all war criminals flow prison-ci-s in Allied hands to enable them to be tried by a German tribunal. Herr Noske, speaking at Bremen, said in regard to possible modification!? of the Treaty they must not expect England and France to do anything from a love of Germany, hut practical difficulties in- carrying out the Treaty must produce alterations.—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn.