A New Treaty

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 70, 6 March 1923, Page 5

A New Treaty

PEACE TALK IN FRANCE. CLEAVAGE IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES. GERMAN MAGNATES DEMANDING NEGOTIATIONS. ißy Cable.—Preus Association.—Copyright.] (Received 6, 11.20 a.m.) t v London, March 5. “The Times’s” Paris correspondent states that the terms ultimately to be offered to German are being discussed with greater earnestness. The idea of a new treaty to supersede or amend the Versailles Treaty is making headway. There appears to be, however, a cleavage in French official circles. One section desires a great inter-Allied debate in consonance with the spirit of Versailles. The other wishes to confine the negotiations to France and Belgium, which would mean a separate treaty. Meanwhile, early action is unlikely. The “Daily Mail’s” Dusseldorf correspondent states that the steel and coal magnates, faced with the closing down of their works, are making a more insistent demand on Cuno to open negotiations. One important plant at Duisburg has exhausted its steel reserve and has dismissed its employees. Even the great Thyssen-Stinnes works are approaching the end of their resources, with the prospect of 100,000 workmen being rendered idle.—(United Stats.) RUPTURE OF RELATIONS. BERLIN REPORTS. (Received 6, 12.20 p.m.) Paris, March 5. “Le Matin’s” Berlin correspondent says it is asserted in Parliamentary circles that Germany intends to break off diplomatic relations with France, for which the Reichstag has been convoked for Tuesday.—(A, and N.Z.)