HEARING FINAL PEACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17111, 17 March 1919, Page 5

HEARING FINAL PEACE.

THE GERMAN DELEGATES. « FOUR DISTINCT TREATIES. SIGNING TO BE CONCURRENT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5-5 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 15. The Gorman Government at Weimar has appointed the following peace delegates Count Rantzau, Dr. David, Dr. Mueller, Professor Schuekin, Herr Giesberts, Bavarian Minister at Berne, and Herr Warburg, a baker, of Hamburg. The delegates have been ordered to refer the terms to the Cabinet. A. and N.Z. PARIS, Mar. 14. M. Andrew Tardieu, one of the French Peace Commissioners, addressing allied journalists, said that the signature of the preliminary peace terms would largely increase Germany's freedom to trade, although some reservations would be imposed. He thought in fixing the preliminary terms the military \ authority and not the governments] would come in touch with the Ger-i mans. It seemed probable that all the German frontiers would be settled before the end of next week. It was not likely that Germany would be allowed to own or make any aeroplanes for a considerable time. There would be four separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria, but an endeavour would be made to have them signed concurrently. It was impossible for the' peace treaty to be signed before next Thursday.

DEFINING THE FRONTIERS. RHINE THE WESTERN LIMIT. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, Mar. 14. Mr. Frank Simonds, correspondent of the New York Tribune, cables from Paris that the allied plenipotentiaries have decided that the Rhine must form Germany's western frontier, while the old western boundary of Poland, existing before Poland was partitioned in 1772, will be Germany's eastern frontier. Germany will also lose the Danishspeaking population of Schleswig and the Polish-speaking population of Upper Silesia. France will gain Lorraine and the Saar coalfields. Germany will probably be allowed to join German Austria. A Rhenish republic will be created on the left bank of the Rhine.

TERRITORY IN CHINA. LEASE TO BE ENDED. A. and N.Z. PARIS, Mar. H. The Supreme Council has, decided to compel Germany to relinquish her lease of Tsing-feii and her other concessions in China. It is expected that the financial embargo refusing loans to Germany will shortly be lifted.