THE TREATY.
“MUST BE SCRAPPED.” GERMANY’S LATEST PROPOSALS By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 14, 7.30 p.m. Berlin, Feb. 14. Herr von Simons (Minister for Foreign Affairs) in a speech at Stugart. declared that the reparations demands, which were based on Germany’s future exports, were fantastical. A 12 per cent duty was impossible, and would injure the entire European trade. Counter-proposals would show that Germany was ready to work in bitter earnest to heal its war wounds provided it was within her capacity. The counter-proposals would not be fantastical. but would be what Germany could pay with an effort* A large sum would be necessary to rehabilitate the tottering countries, but this could only be raised by scrapping the terms of the Versailles Treaty.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1921, Page 5
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125THE TREATY. Taranaki Daily News, 15 February 1921, Page 5
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