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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17189, 17 June 1919, Page 7

UNKNOWN.

CONDITIONAL REPARATION.

VOTE IN ALSACE-LORRAINE.

DEFENCE OF THE EX-KAISER. By Telojraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 9,15 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, Juno 15.

The German counter-proposals 1/ the peace terms agree to the reduction of armaments, but ask for time to affect tlw transition, and that only the League of Nations shall have the right to supervise tho disarmament. Tho Saw Valley must bo settled exclusively on an economic basis. A plebiscite in Ak *«-L t/aiD'.' is demanded. U it favours France, the latter is ../jked to assume a propellion of ihh German debt. Germany ';sfp»Cß to yield Danzig, and ask", 'or a special committer '..o decide on the cc'onie3 which Gtrramy is prepared to administer under tho league ■•■■' -e »ii immediate taenber on an v ■ .- with the others. She de- .'.■:«••,■. eedom of tariffs for *'•' "' •* o V payments t-«..? „ ■ ''vf JB' hi\v. ..-■?. ■■ ;~. ■■„! '• '■?% -:w(,< V:: ►•■-?v.i\i. ;,.••:, '.V': s?»>*<*.; ' '.•-•*>.' Put ''' ■':'(d -i-oVYn {fi'Myki, ':.-;•■';><• •/•j- •,, bl-j'-B UK. t». "il ui '„•.», '~'. 1i.5..' ' in. l duu .Vv; the cv.'vCua' ion of V ..*<« ■ v\-J v ovists % la-iKlis ~*•?■ -i.e

A. mi _; ';. IV. £ : .'if'.; 'C. . v .i>» 15. ] " ■■;» St:. i'J'.jT-. .? r?nt >'.«*? i,?MioJ 5 «i.'-"V3;.rv ■•■; '■.!' • •«?»" c ;v.ht* ."- pr&j»C6JyS • /*•' '. .:..•'.'. '.i'.-w.,, i>iir ,1:;. .viv.'.. ,0 »■■'-.! '. it 4 •>!-•• -: ctdv/ujes ci;i *c -uitf ■.:' i'c. irapro7oi.ents Bile tnavie tv /e. { Germany agrees to pay a maximum | reparation of £5,000,000,000 provided j the Allies accept the other German counter-proposals concerning overseas trade, colonies and territories. . Germany refuses to accept the trial of the ex-Kaiser or to sanction | his extradition. She demands immediate admission to the League of' Nations. She finds the labour clauses in the treaty unsatisfactory, protests against the occupation of the Rhine provinces, and ' demands an allied withdrawal within six months after peace is signed. Germany proposes that an international court composed of judges from neutral countries shall determine the facts of the crimes of all i halligerents during the war. i "

j CONCESSIONS OF ALLIES.

! PLEBISCITE FOR SILESIA. A and N.Z. PAM£I. !mi> 16.

The Allies will publish the rep\y of -he" Allies to the German counterproposals to-morrow. The reply rfates that directly the economic re • stHctions end, Germany will enjoy I the same advantages as other members of the league.

Allied amendments to the treaty include the following:—

First, Germany must submit within four months proposals regarding the amount of reparation and methods of payment. Second, A plebiscite will be taken in Upper Silesia within 18 months, on the question of remaining part of Germany or joining Poland. Third, Germany will bo admitted to the league in the near future.

Fourth, Negotiations will be opened immediately with a view to a general reduction of armaments. Fifth, The effective strength of the German army will be limited to ; 200,000 for three years.

MARSHAL FOCH READY.

RETURN TO THE ARMY. A. and N.Z. PARIS. June 15. Marshal Foch has left Paris on a tour of the army front. He will remain at hi 3 headquarters in Luxemburg in readiness to give the order to advance in the event of the German refusal to sign the peace treaty.

SENTIMENT IN GERMANY.

RIVAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.

United Service. PARIS. June 6 (delayed)

The Berlin correspondent of the Temps, reviewing the situation in Germany, says that the contest is between two men, Hcrr Erzberger, who invokes national unity and declares refusal to sign peace is theatrical and useless, bringing about the occupation of the country, disunion, and ruin, and claiming that peace treaties m» not eternal ; and Count Broekdorff-Rantzau, who heads the " Bluff it out'' school, holding that tho Allies in Germany arc powerless, that the armies are demoralised aid strikes increasing. The German Socialists are attacking the treaty and refuse to sign. The correspondent adds that the mob in Germany is compounded of fatigue and fatalism.

A. and N.Z. PARIS. Juno 11 (delayed)

A French semi-official message says that the German Government as a 1 whole is now unwilling to sign, but a i large minority under Herr Erzbcrgcr j is readv to construct a new Government which will sign. Count Richthofen, the principal Democratic leader, approves of the reconstruction. _______„__«. I