GERMANY AND THE TERMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17178, 4 June 1919, Page 7

GERMANY AND THE TERMS.

mtiyity OP MILITARISTS. OPPOSITION TO signature. i organising RESISTANCE. By Telegraph—Press Association— (Received 9.15 p.m.) [ % and N.Z. AMSTERDAM, Jims 3. A conference of German militarists in Berlin opposed the signature of the peace treaty. They arc attempting to organise active resistance to allied coercion. RIVAL PROPAGANDA. SOCIALISTS IN BERLIN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Red. 11.40 p.m.) BERLIN, May 22 (delayed) The Majority and Independent Socialists held rival demonstrations, the former protesting against the peace terms, and tho latter favouring the signing of the treaty. Tho Chancellor, Herr Schieclemann, addressed 5000 Majority demonstrators. The Independent Socialists number 50,000. — __ PINAL ALLIED CONDITION.

ASSENT BEFORE JUNE ENDS. A. and N.Z. PARIS. Juno 2. It is stated authoritatively that it' the treaty is not signed by the end of June Germany will instantly . be invaded from the west, or from the Baltic, and peace will not then bo accented until Berlin is occupied. ' The Allies have sent an ultimatum stating that the German troops in Lett-land and Lithuania must be withdrawn to a certain line. General von dor Goltz will be permitted to retain command provided a coalition Lettish Government be formed and arms restored to the Lettish troops. As a concession to Count Brock-dorff-Rantzau the Council of Four is likely to increase the German army to 140,000. the figure originally suggested by Marshal Foch, approved by the Americans, but reduced to ] 00,000 at the instance of Mr. Lloyd George. Rantzau's tenth Note requests extension of time after June 22 for j final German observations of the: treaty. M. Clemenceau will prob- < ably grant the request but will indi-! cate that the Germans must act promptly. It is too late now to raise aliments denying their responsibilities. The Echo' de Paris states that tho Allies have decided to refuse the latest German proposals and notify the Germans that they must sign or refuse before June 26. AUSTRIAN TIME LIMIT. FORTNIGHT FOR REPLY. A. and N.Z. TARIS. June 2." The Allies have granted Austria 15 days to prepare her reply to the peace terms. ■ Prior to the presentation of the terms, Signor Orlando and Colonel House debated the Adriatic question with a view to agreement on final details. When the terms were presented, Count Renner, the Austrian leader, replied in French on behalf of the Austrians. Mr. Balfour, Mr..Lansing, M. Paderewski, and Signor Orlando were present. President Wilson arrived late owing to, an automobile puncture. M. Clemenceau spoke, for three minutes in presenting the terms. PLOTTING WITH RUSSIA. GERMAN GUILE REVEALED. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Juno 2. The Allies have obtained possession of a remarkable document circulated secretly by Herr Erzeberper among influential Germans at the end of April. It asserts that the Allies had steadily weakened since the armistice, and the process was continuing. America and Britain having destroyed German competition, were unsympathetic to France s rccuritv. Ambitious aims and antimilitarist agitation were reducing the fighting spirit of the allied armies. Germany must look eastward for rehabilitation. Poland, created at the instance of France, as a second anti-German Power, was balanced by the Ukraine and Lithuania. Germany was cultivating Russian friendship, and would find the road to Paris reopened within 10 years.