FRENCH VIEW OF PEACE.
QUESTION OF INDEMNITIES. HEAVY FINANCIAL ' TASK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, April 19. M. La Croix, ex-Minister for Finance, speaking on behalf of the Senate's Finance Committee, said he could not doubt that the French Government obtained from the Peace Conference full recognition of France's primordial rights as a privileged creditor, but he was surprised at the Government s silence on the subject. The newspapers devote much attention to the financial situation, stating that even if France gets 55 per cent, of Germany's first instalment, she will have a definite £250,000*000,000 to provide for national requirements. The question is whether the peace terms mean victory or ruin. SECURITY IN FUTURE. ALLEGED COMPACT DENIED. A. * nd N.Z. PARIS, April 19. American headquarters deny officially that Mr. Woodrow Wilson has entered into any form of FrancoAmerican alliance under which Britain and the United States agree to aid France ia the event of any future attack by Germany. Headquarters add that the League of Nations remains the only American agreement supporting France in the event of attack.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17140, 21 April 1919, Page 5
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182FRENCH VIEW OF PEACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17140, 21 April 1919, Page 5
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