GERMAN OBJECTIONS
SUGGESTED DELETION OP
CLAUSES
THE ALLIED RIGHT OF INVASION,
(DOTTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIQUT.) (AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLB ASSOCIATION.) PARIS, 3rd December.
Herr yon Lersner, interviewed, said that he was authorised to sign the protocol of ratification if the last sentence were eliminated. This reserves the right for foreign armed forces to enter Germany after peace has become effective, if an infringement of the terms occurs. He admitted that the wording of the protocol showed that it was only intended to apply to important matters, but he contended that when put to the test it might be applied to insignificant points. He said that Germany's suggestion to invite The Hague Convention's decision regarding the Scapa Flow sinkings was based on the argument that Germany was not responsible, and therefore desired an impartial judgment. Germany was prepared to sign the protocol immediately the Allies agreed to that proposal. He contended that the Baltic question was already settled by the complete evacuax tion of German troops from Lithuania.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 137, 8 December 1919, Page 7
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166GERMAN OBJECTIONS Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 137, 8 December 1919, Page 7
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