PEACE TERMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17630, 21 May 1919, Page 5

PEACE TERMS

MORE NOTES FROM RANTZAU.

REPLIES TO BE SENT. PARIS, May 12. Count Rantzan presented two further Notes on Sunday, these dealing ■with war prisoners and labour legislation. The Allies -will reply to them on Monday.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ADDITIONAL PRESS COMMENTS. VORWARTS OUTSPOKEN. A CASE OF " HOBSON'S CHOICE." LONDON, May 19. The Daily Chronicle's Rotterdam correspondent, after summing up further evipredicts confidently that Germany "will sign the Peace Treaty after further bargaining. Yorwarts, in an article headed " Burn or Jump From the Window," asks those supporting the refusal to sign the treaty ■ ■what they can offer. It says the most favourable prospect will be starvation through unemployment instead of slavery to the Entente.—A. and N.Z. Cable. DUTCH PRESS ANTAGONISTIC. BITTER DISSENSIONS PREDICTED. ROTTERDAM, May 12. / With the exception of the Telegraaf, the Dutch press unanimously and scathingly condemn the peace terms. The papers waste no sympathy on Germany, but protest that the terms "will provoke bitter dissension in the future.r—A. and N.Z Cable.

DUTCH SOCIALIST'S ADVICE.

WHOLESALE REVOLUTIONS.

AMSTERDAM, May 12. . Troestra (Dutch Socialist) sharply criticises the peace terms, which he says would be a calamity, not only to Germany, but to the whole of humanity. /He favours a_ revolution in the Allied countries, also in Holland, choosing an opportune moment.

Troestra does not rsjoct Bolshevism but opposes violence.—A. and N.Z. Cable!

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

LORD GREY DELIGHTED.

AT SCOPE OF THE LEAGUE,

*. LONDON, May 19. Lord Grey, in an interview, said he was delighted to find that the League of Nations Covenant covered so much ground. Armaments would diminish as the sense of security increased. The acceptance of the mandatory principle regarding backward nations represented a great gain. The key to the whole organisation of the league was the annual meeting of Premiers and Foreign Secretaries. Peace would be secure as long as meet-' ings were held regularly and were wisely inspired.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

NON-INCLUSION OF ITALY. MILAN., May 12. There is much comment in the newspapers at Italy's exclusion from the new Triple Alliance. The Idea Nazionale regards it as an attempt to isolate Italy. Some papers agree that it is a matter for diplomatic negotiations. Not one editorial comment even expresses satisfaction over the Italians not being reto undertake a share in the defence of France without receiving any adequate return.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

KOREA DESIRES INDEPENDENCE;

APPEAL TO THE LEAGUE.

PARIS, May 12. The Korean delegation has petitioned the Peace Conference claiming the liberation from Japan and the reconstruction of Korea as an independent State. The delegation declares that the treaty of Seoul in 1910 was dictated under circumstances of force, which vitiated its validity—A and N.Z. Cable.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN TERMS.

TERRITORY CONSIDERABLY"

REDUCED

ECONOMIC PROVISIONS

PARIS, May 12. (Received May 20, at 5.5 p.m.) The outlines of the terms of the AustroHungarian Peace Treaty show that Austria will be reduced to what is now Itnown as German Austria. Jugo-Slavia will be given the Banat of Temesvar, and Ru-mania-will be given a large part of Transylvania, while Italy gets the Tyrol. Aus-tria-Hungary will get sea- access regardless of the Fiume outcome. Conscription will be abolished, and the Austro-Hungarian armies will be reduced to volunteer and Policy forces. Austria must surrender all munitions and artillery and all but a nominal number of warships. Hungary must reduce the Rumanian frontier fortifications.

~ e . ec °nomic provisions are similar to those zn the German treaty. The Czechoslovaks, Jtigo-Slavs, Hungarians, and Austrians will share the prewar debts proportionate to their interest when they were m the Empire. A permanent Allied Financial Commission will handle the indemnities.

The treaty provides for the trial of those guilty of criminal acts. There is no proChari r kite ex-Emperor

r"\- J T- ec ' a 1 comnj ission tinder the League ni dations will superintend Danube navigation.

(Delayed in Transmission.) m • j J*®* YORK, May 12. (Received May 20, at 5.5 p.m.) Kie New York Times Paris correspondent states that the League of Nations covenant -will not be incorporated in the Cable 13 " 11 Treaty.—A. and N.Z.

COUNT RANTZAU'S BANEFUL INFLUENCE.

PROJECTED REMOVAL RUMOURED,

(Delayed in Transmission.) m . , NEW YORK, May 12. (Received May 20, at 5.5 p.m.) The New York World's Paris- correspondent states that reports are current . the , Bl g Four" contemplate the ref ov , al ° f , Brockdorif -Rantzau as head of the German peace delegation. It is considered that his presence injects an unfortunate element into the conference.— A. and N.Z. Gable.