Treaty Problems.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 18, 5 January 1920, Page 5

Treaty Problems.

ANOTHER HITCH.

RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGE AGAIN POSTPONED. MORE GERMAN DECEPTION. (By Cable.—Presa Aseooiation.—Copyright. 1 London, Jan. 3It is understood that the Peace Conference reassembly is postponed till the 9th. It is unlikely that ratification will be exchanged before mid-January-It is rumoured in Paris that some hitch has occurred. It is authoritatively estimated that the present strength of the German armed forces is over a million, composed of an army of 400,000, a navy of 12,000 temporary volunUVis or army reserves 150,000 to 200,000, civic guards 300,1X10 to 400,000, and armed constabulary 40,000 to 30,000. .The last three are controlled by the Ministry of the Interior and are regarded as a contravention of the Peace Treaty, and this fact has been notified to Germany bv the Supreme Council. 'The Reparation Commission has intervened in connection with the large sales of German horses and cattle to neutrals, the discovery of which illustrates Germany’s continued deception, as recently she indicated that she was unable to comply with certain reparation demands owing to the necessities of agricultural and of revictualling her population.—(A. and N.Z.)

THE SAFEST PLACE.

INSIDE THE LEAGUE.

London, Jan. 3. Lord Robert Cecil, speaking at Leeds, said: “Think as badly as you please about Germany, but. you are foolish unless you realise that Germany is safer inside than outside ■ the League of Nations.” —A. and N.Z.

JAPAN AND SHANTUNG. EARLY RESTORATION TO CHINA. London, Dec. 28. Baron Uchida (Minister for Foreign Affairs) has written an article declaring that China will be benefited by the Shantung settlement. _ Japan is determined to return Tsingao. with full sovereignty to China, retaining only economic privileges formerly granted to Germany, and will enter into negotiations with China for such return as soon as the treaty comes into force. —(A. and N.Z.) JAPAN’S RATIFICATION ALREADY SENT IN. New York, Jan. 2The New York Times’ Washington correspondent states that the State Department has been informed that Japan’s ratification of the treatv was sent to the Secretariat of the Peace Conference on December 26.—(A. and N.Z.) CONSTANTINOPLE. MANDATE~FOR ITALY. (Received 5, 9.55 a.m.) Rome, Jan. 3. The newspaper “Idea Narionali” states that Italv is likely to secure the mandate over Constantinople in exchange for Fiume-—(A. and N.Z.)