NEW ZEALAND AND THE TREATY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 6 August 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND AND THE TREATY

ATEMENTS BY LEADERS. E MAY NOT SHARE THE INDEMNITY. AUCKLAND, Aug. 5. Parliament of the Dominion -will ren an. opportunity of discussing Tms of peace. The Prime Minisbated that a motion, to approve srms of the Treaty would be in3ed, and that the carrying of such a would embody ratification of the j by the Dominion. . j h regard to the question of the' ablishment of trade with Ger-, , the Prime Minister pointed out tinder the terms of the Treaty ins must be supplied with maand v this would necessarily lead s. re-establishent of commercial res to that extent. On the matP treatment of enemy aliens allivin'g in Britain and the various lions, together with the policy els immigration from those counwitM which peace has already aonoluded. he stated that no unipolicy had been adopted: each nment was left absolutely free to its own arrangements, sing to the question of the govmt of the Empire, Mr Magsey jterised the statement cabled America recently, declaring that would be introduced in the Brito set up a scheme of ament for the whole Empire, as ut authority. Nothing had yet done.^and nothing would be done idly or Avithout mature consideraA conference of parties affected L be held to decide on the steps taken, and to formulate whatplans were held to be necessary, dominion, he 6aid, was a party to Anglo-American-French Treaty, ertainly had obligations under jt. obligations, however, were by imion oriiyT' ed Whether he expected that New nd /tfftder Jihe indemnity and reion proposals in the Peace Treaty receive any repayment for the difrure incurred in connection the part she took in the war, Sir h Ward sard it was exceedingly It to forecast the outcome in this 3t. He was quite firm in his view the enemy should pay the cost of ar an<J also bear the burden of ■estoration of the ruined cities, i and villages in Belgium and $c, where much of the destruction een wilfully carried out by enemy , fiilt no definite estimate of the of the financial proposals of the y could, in his opinion, be made ■e«ent. Meantime the only safe > for New Zealand to pursue from ncial standpoint was not to count anything coming to her at all unhis heading. Indeed, he thonfrht all other parts of the British Emas well as onr Allies, except in »se of restoration work: in France felgium, were in a similar position is respect.