ARMISTICE TERMS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1174, 15 February 1919, Page 5

ARMISTICE TERMS.

SHORTER PERIOD SUGGESTED

QUESTION OF BUFFER STATE.

Paris, Thursday

Probably a shorter armistice will be agreed upon to enable greater consideration of questions . which have aris.i;. There iB a likelihood of a new situation if Germany really means what some Germans say, that the terms must be submitted to the Weimar Assembly, creating a position in which the armistice terms might merge into military peace terms. The Council still awaits the answer to the question put to Germany during the week-end, that she should inform the Allies what stocks of war materials are still in her possession. It is understood that the latter proposition was put at the instance of President Wilson. The French consider that they have every ground for resisting the admission of raw materials into Germany. The Ministry for Reconstruction declares that the enemy destroyed factories only when they saw defeat was inevitable Four-sevenths of the Frenen sugar production came from the devastated area. It is estimated that years will elapse before the industry is reinstated. The Germans long viewed with concern French rivalry in sugar. The most wilful destruction Bnd robbery were in connection with the textile industry. Over a million wool bobbins were destroyed oat of 2,500,000, while 75 per cent, of the breweries were totally destroyed.

Diplomatic circles are seriously discussing the establishment of a buffer State on the Rhine with a status under the League of Nations.