PEACE TREATY

Grey River Argus, 22 June 1920, Page 3

PEACE TREATY

THE SPA CONFERENCE. . PRELIMINARY ALLIED CONFAB. [A. & N.Z. Cable Association.! LONDON, June 23. M. Millerand 1 , .and Marshal Fbch, with tEeTr financial and military advisers* haVe*~ arrivec! . at Lynipne for" a preliminary discussion with Mr Lloyd Ge~orge in preparation for the Boulogne conference of the Allies, which will precede Spa Conference with the Germans. MEETING OF BRITISH DELE- ! GATION. (Rec.. June 21, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 20 A meeting of the British Empire Deleagtion to the Spa , Conference, held in th c House of Commons, was attended by members of the Cabinet, and representatives of Canada and New Zealand. CONFERENCE POSTPONED. A HITCH IN GERMANY. (Received at 5.5 p.m. June 21). LONDON, June 20. The "Echo," states that owing to difficulties in the formation of a Gorman Cabinet Jf-ie Spf* Conference has been further postponed till July 10th. Besides the German indemnity for Boulogne the Conference will discuss tho disarmament of Germany, GERMAN CABINET FORMED. A NEW COALITION (Received at 5.5 p.m. Juno 21.) " BERLIN, June 20 It is reported Jjhat ,Herr Fahrcnbach has now completed the formation of a German, National Cabinet. It is based on a coalition of the Democrats, and the People's Party. THE NAURU AGREEMENT. DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. DISSATISFACTION EXPRESSED. (Received at 5.5 p.m. June 21). LONDON, June 19. In the House of Commons the question of the Nauru agreement was' again raised. Colonel Kcnworthy maintained that owing to the distance between Nauru and the United Kingdom the arrangement eoiild not be a good commercial proposition for this country. Mr Leslie Wilson, replying, pointed out that before the War, Germany took all 'r/hc phosphate she could get at Nauru to Stettin, an even greater distance than that to England and the company paid between 25 and 50 per [ cent, dividend. Sir Newton Moore congratulated the Government on the arrangements which would be of the greatest value to agriculture and would mean cheap wheat in many 'countries. . Beveral members repeated the opposition to the argument regarding the League of Nations * aspect of the the question. SECOND READING MOVED. 1 THE NATIVES AND BRITISH RULE (Received at 5.5 p.m. June 21). LONDON, June 18. \ In nipving the second reading of the Bill confirming the agreement between the Imperial, Australian and Now Zealand Governments regarding Nauru

Island, Mr Leslie Wilson emphasised the richness of the phosphate deposits on the island. He pointed out that the natives Keenly desired to remain under British rule.

1/Ixo speaker also emphasised the urgency of the need for more phosphates in view of the world shortage of wheat in 1919, and the exhaustion of soils. He quoted an estimate in .a report to "the New Zealand Parliament that there were at least 80,000,000 to 100,---000,000 tons of phosphate on Nauru, which is believed to be the largest reserve of hi.^i grade phosphate rock in ""the world; while the deposit at Ocean Island is believed to bo the deeper. , INTERNATIONAL COURT PROPOSAL. (Rec. June 21*5.5 p.m.) OTTAWA, June 20 An international commission of jurisconsults for the establishment of an International Court of Justice has opened here.