PEACE CONGRESS

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16541, 5 June 1919, Page 7

PEACE CONGRESS

THE GERMAN TREATY. ORAL NEGOTIATIONS. (B ? Cable. —Press Aeeoch'ion.-CoprnSb 4 -) (Australian and ' As=on . NEW YORK. The Paris correspondent of the York "World" stutos: —I oni a e . state, on indisputable authority, '• oral interchanges between the and Allied renrescntntives will ,0 mitted regarding certain essential mattors in dispute. lam informed t l.it t e French suggested that oral interchanges should bo arranged, fearing the pcssi- | bility of Germany refusing to sign the Treaty. UNDISCLOSED AMENDMENTS. PARIS, J" 710 3 - The Council of Fnnr is considering two important undisclosed changes i the terms. MODIFICATIONS HINTED AT. (Received June 7.10 n.m.) PARTS, June 2. In connexion with c"tain nn'T! se o««l peafK! terms, it is understood tn'it the Council "f F-tt is reconsidering tee incius:on of a red-ctio- 1 of tho Ooi-mnn _ in ~ tfomnity. TV dissolution of the AI If y'l Fiufine'nl Commission. and a pleb'seita in Riles I 'a. in order t-i guarantee G-er J many coal from tho Silesian mines. REPARATION ACCOUNT. (Received June 4tV 10.1§ p.m.) LONDON. May 23. It is understood thft onemv propertips in the colonies will be Mild. Any debts duo by the enemy owners will be settled out of the proceeds. and th° ba!nn"o devotod_to meetins tiie reparation claims ncainst Germany. The owner will thus havo to make n claim on Germany for the balance tnken by tho Allies on tho repatriation account. THE AUSTRIAN TERMS. VEHEMENT PRESS ATTACKS. (Receired Juno 4th. 10.15 p.m.) VIENNA, June _3. The "Neue Freie Prcsse," "Wiener Journal," and "Arbeiter Zeitung" all vehemently assail tho peace terms, declaring that they aro unacceptable because they mean the annihilation of Austria.