PEACE TREATY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 241, 6 July 1920, Page 5

PEACE TREATY

. _—«. GERMANY'S FAILURE TO FULFIL OBLIGATIONS CONSIDERED AT ALLIES' CONFERENCE CBy Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright . London, July 3.' A communique from Brussels states that the second session of the Allied Conference considered the report of committees of experts in regard to naval, military, and air disarmaments in which Germany has failed to fulfil her obligations under the Treaty of Versailles. Tho procedure to be followed at the Spa Conference was then discussed. If; was decided that the next meeting of tho Conference would be hold on Monday, at Spa. and that the German delegates would be asked to participate in tho Conference. Finally, the Conference took up the examination of the official communication of tho Reparations Commission regarding tho failure of Germany to fulfil her obligations in respect to the delivery of coal, in spite of the fact that the demands made on Germany have been less than those provided 'by the Treaty. .—Eeuter. GERMAN DELEGATES ARRIVE AT SPA. Brussels, July i. The Gorman delegates, with sixty-five Departmental secretaries, experts, clerks, and telephonists, have arrived at Spa.— Auo.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , . reparatlqTpayment . GERMANY'S ABiLITY TO PAT. ' Berlin, July 3. A memorial signed by twenty-two prominent German economists, 'Which was to be presented to the Peace Conference, on July I, in view of the Spa Conference, states that the German offer made in May 1919, to pay. a maximum of 100,000 million marks could not.be Tepeated, as the economic position in. Germany was considerably worse / now. Germany's minimum import needs for the next twelve months were million tons of foodstuffs, and 300,000 tons of phosphates, for which Germany required* foreign credits in the form of an emergency loan. The memorial lays down a number of conditions of a new German offer, including one that the restitution of article.! taken from the occupied territories i should be considered as part of the reparation payment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMANY IN NEED OF ALLIES' HELP FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES JOB MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. (Reo. July 5, 8.30 p.m.) London, July 3. '. The "Daily Mail's" Spa correspondent interviewed the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Simons, ivho declared that Germany must fulfil the Peace Treaty as far as possible, but she could not make proposals to that end unless the Allies gave practical help and assisted to preserve Germany's working capacity. Labour must be encouraged, fed. and supplied with raw materials. He hoped German industry would be able to discharge 'its obligation, but it must be p'er'mitted to work in peace and tranquillity. He trustwd the discussions would be conducted with mutual understanding, aiming only to heal humanity's terrible war wounas.-~-Un.ited Service. "SERIES OF PEACE PICNICS" PRESS CONDEMNATION OF UNPRODUCTIVE CONFERENCES. London, July 3. The "Daily Mail," in a leader,' condemns the unproductive conferences of San Remo/Lympne, and Boulogne as "a series of peace picnics, on a ecale of great extravagance." _ It says it is believed that the Paris Conference cost two millions sterling, which was expended on destroyers, special trains, motors, and the living expenses of the retinues of the notabilities. "The Times" correspondent at the Brussels Conference describes the proceed ings as chiefly nomadic jaunts to water. ing-placc9; otherwise, he says, the results were meagre.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.