CONCESSIONS IN SAAR

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 105, 3 May 1919, Page 7

CONCESSIONS IN SAAR

DEMANDED BY GERMANY. INTRIGUE IN RUSSIA. (Received 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 2. The ''Daily Chronicle's" Geneva correspondent le'itrns from a reliable source that a confidential conference was held in Berlin on Saturday between the Government and the most intluential leaders of the Assembly to discuss the situation prior to the peace delegation's departure. Count Brockdorff Rantzau (German Foreign Minister i said he was confident that they would secure vital concessions in the- Saar Valley, and would sious in the Saar Valley", and would refuse to sign terms involving its veiled I annexation. 1 lie stated that armistice negotiations with the llussiuns were progressing favourably. A truce was desirable freeing the Germans to deal with the Poles. Rantzau opposed an alliance with thu Cossack leader Dcnikin which would compromise Germany's future. He preferred jto establish good relations with the anti- ! Bolshevists by offering more effective support than tho Kntentc would give.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) FRENCH IN ALSACE LORRAINE. RECOGNITION BY THE POPE. (Received 11.45 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, May 2. Berlin messages state that the Vatican has recognised French sovereignty in 1 Alsace Ijorraine, and French bishops have i replaced the Germans at Strassburg and jMetz.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) THE DANZIG CORRIDOR. (Received 10..15 a.m.) LONDON, May 2. The "Daily TelrgraphV Berlin correspondent learns on excellent authority ; thnt the Danzig-Vistula corridor will be I under Polish administration. The GovI ernment's overthrow seems inevitable if I Gcrmanv accepts this position.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)