PEACE TASKS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1920, Page 5

PEACE TASKS.

PAYMENTS FROM GERMANY. PLEA FOR LIGHTER BURDEN. By. Telegraph.—Press Assn.«-Copyrlght Berlin, July 3. A memorial by 22 prominent German economists, which was to be presented to the Peace Conference on July 1, and will i t iw be presented to the Spa Conference, states that the German offer of May, 1919, to pay a maximum of one hundred milliard marks cannot be repeated, as the economic position of Germany is considerably worse now. Germany's minimum import needs for the next twelve months are 3,500,000 tons of foodstuffs and 300,000 tons of phosphates, for which Germany requires foreign credits in the form of an emergency loan The memorial lasys down a number of conditions for the new German offer, including one that the restitution of articles taken from occupied territories should be considered as part of the reparations debt. GERMANY WILL PAY. N BUT LABOR WANTS HELP. Received July 5, 8.30 p.m. London, July 5. The Daily Mail's Spa correspondent interviewed the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Simons, who declared Germany must fulfil the Peace Treaty as far as possible, but she cannot make proposals to that end unless the Allies give prac tical help to assist to preserve Germany's working capacity. Labor must be encouraged, fed, and supplied with raw materials. He hoped German industry would be able to discharge its obligation, but it must be permitted to work in peace and tranquility He trusted the discussions would be conducted with mutual understanding, aiming only to heal humanity's terrible war wounds. London, July 3. The Daily Mail, in a leader, condemns the unproductive conferences at San Remo, Lympne and Boulogne as "a series of peace picnics on a scale of great extravagance," and says it is believed that the Paris conference cost £2,000,000, which was expended on destroyers, special trains, motors, living expenses and retinues of notabilities. The correspondent of The Times at the Brussels Conference describes the proceedings as chiefly nomadic jaunts to watering .places; otherwise the results Were jneagre —United Service. Brussels, July 4' The German delegates, with 65 departmental secretaries, experts, ex-clerks and I telephonists, have arrived at Spa.—UniI ted Service. PROCEDURE AT CONFERENCE. Brussels, July 3. A communique states that the second session of the conference considered a report of committees of fxperts in regard to naval, military, and air disarmaments, in which Germany had failed to fulfil her obligations under the Treaty of Versailles. The procedure to be followed at the ■SDa Conference was tlien discussed, and tbe next meeting of the conference was fixed for July 5 aj; Spa. The German delegates will be asked to participate in the conference. Finally the conference took up the examination of official communications from the Reparations Commission regarding the failure of Germany to fulfil her obligations in Tespect to the delivery of coal, despite the fact that the demands made on Germany have been less than those provided by the treaty.— Aog.-N.Z. Cable Assn.