ENFORCING THE TREATY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17339, 10 December 1919, Page 9

ENFORCING THE TREATY.

MILITARY CONFERENCE. SIR HENRY WILSON AT PARIS. i SUMMONED BY FOCH. By Telegraph—Press Association—-Copyrieht. I (Received 11.30 p.m.) Router. LONDON, Dec. 4. , The War - Office announces that Field-Marshal Sir Henry ■; Chief of Staff, has departed for { Paris, in response to an urgent sum- t mons to consult Marshal Foch in t connection with the Versailles t Treaty. ] — j PROTOCOL MODIFIED. ' < ALLIES' CONCESSIONS. \ A. and N.Z. PARIS, Dec. 6. < The Allies have consented to J modify the protocol to the Versailles ( Treaty in the direction of submitting to The Hague whether the tonnage demanded in substitution of the ships lost at'Scapa Flow will cripple Germany. Other features have been modified, and it is expected that Germany will now sign the protocol. NO SYMPATHY IN AMERICA. PLAIN WORDS TO GERMANY. ' Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. 1 (Reed. 11.30 p.m.) PARIS. Dec 4. J Mr. Polk, head of the United States Peace Delegation, in con- j, versation with Herr von Lorsner, ! i German Charge d' Affaires at Paris, j , declared that Germany would com- j, mit a grievous error, which would i prove disastrous to her, if she interpreted in her favour the delay in , ratification of the Versailles Treaty : at Washington. He added that there ] were divergences regarding the , treaty, but there were no two opin- j. ions in the United States regarding . Germany's obligation and the affec- 1 tion binding the Allies, notably, to ' j France. Any attempt on the part , of Germany to escape her obliga-1; tions would accentuate the strong , anti-German sentiment existing in the United States.