NEW BLACK LIST

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 23 February 1920, Page 5

NEW BLACK LIST

MIXED RECEPTION IN GERMANY {By Electric Telegraph- -Copy right) (Anatralian 4 N.Z. Cable Aaeodatiou) BERLIN, Feb. 18. The Allies' new black list Note had a mixed reception in Germany. Government circles are relieved, as it releases them from a difficult position. The newspapers comment in various ways. The Pan-Ger-man Press boastfully regards the Note a climb-down. Some profess to see the influence of Mr Lloyd George and a rebuff for the French policy. The Radical and Socialist newspapers are calmer, and discuss ways and means of making the German tribunal effective. The Vorwaerts believes that the tone of the Note is an indication that concessions are possible in lather directions, especially financial and economic. BERLIN, Feb. .19.

The Government considered the Allies’ Note with reference to war criminals, and decided to reply demanding that the accusations against several of the persons mentioned should be precisely defined. General accusations against Hindenbnrg and Ludendorff cannot be regarded as satisfactory. AMSTERDAM, Fob. 19. Royalists at Munich issued a proclamation that the people’s fidelity to the Sovereign was merely suppressed by the revolution, and must again be aroused. The Royalists hope to achieve this by a plebiscite and a revision of the ConstitiP tion, not by revolution. LONDON, Feb. 19. A semi-official German view says that the new black list shows the influence of rational considerations, but cannot be regarded as a victory for European reconciliation, because France yielded only when she sajw that compliance was a physical impossibility. There is no indication that France is renouncing other plans. | Nationalistic newspapers protest against the proposal for trial by a German tribunal, which must not be taken seriously. The Government has resolved to proceed with the tribunal according to German law, as the Allies propose. Yorwaerts doubts if justice will be done by Prussian judges, who are saturated fyith the spirit of Prussian militarism. Reports from Amsterdam indicate that while the Dutch reply to the latest Note adheres to the refusal to surrender the ex-Kaiser, it is increasingly likely that Holland will agree to intern Wilhelm in the East Indies.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) AnstraUaa & N.Z. Cable Association) (Ree. Feb. 23, 8.55 a.m.) THE HAGUE, Feb. 20. Unusually close surveillance has been introduced at Amerongent. The ex-Kaiser’s guards now number twenty. Nobody is admitted to the Castle grounds without a pass signed by the ex-Kaiser and Count Bentiek. (Ree. Feb. 23, 11.35 a.m.) PARIS, Feb. 22. The report that the ex-Crown Prince telegraphed to the Allies offering his unconditional surrender for trial is confirmed. The Allies decided not to reply.