PEACE PROBLEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17727, 11 September 1919, Page 5

PEACE PROBLEMS

THE AUSTRIAN TREATY. RUMANIA WILL NOT SIGN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, September 9. Rumania has refused to sign the Peace Treaty to be presented for signature by the Austrian delegates to-mor-row, September 10.—A. and N.Z. Cable. ITALY PLEASED. A "NATURAL BORDER" ADOPTED. ROME, September 9. _ The newspapers comment with satisfaction upon the Austrian Treaty giving Italy a natural border and ensuring her safety from attack from the north. The Idea Nazionale says that, with the Brenner line (in the Tyrol) in Italy's hands, and with the mastery of the Upper Adige and the Pusterthal roads, Italy is on an equal footing with the former German Empire, and thus the Po Valley will no longer be an international battlefield, which it has been for centuries.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE GERMAN TREATY. PRESIDENT WILSON'S CAMPAIGN. NEW YORK, September 9. At Minneapolis President Wilson said that the Peace Treaty was the end of the old system of Balance of Power. A new order had been set up whereby the rule of the stronger had been abolished for ever. Mr Wilson added that the United States citizens must either be provincials or stateaned, either ostriches or eagles. If American leadership did not display itself at _ this moment another great war was inevitable sooner or later.—A. and N Z Cable. BULGARIAN TREATY SIGNED. WASHINGTON, September 9. State. Department adv'ces from Paris state that the Bulgarian Treaty has been signed.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE DOMINIONS' INDEMNITIES. / . ____ AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND CANADA. MELBOURNE, September 10. Mr W. M. Hughes announced at a. party meeting that Australia's share in the indemnity would be £60,000,000. OTTAWA, September 9. In the Canadian House of Commons Mr C. S. Doherty, Minister of Justice, replying to a question, said he did not lenow on what basis Mr Massey estimated New Zealand's war indemnity. It was impos-

sible to indicate what Canada mirdvt receive as her apportionment of the "indemnity from Germany provided by the Peace Treaty—A. and N.Z. Cable. A MINISTERIAL DISCLAIMER MELBOURNE, September 10. (Received Sept. 10, at 9.20 p.m.) Federal Ministers deny Mr Hughes's alleged statements regarding the Australian indemnity. They state that the matter was not even discussed at yesterday's meeting of the National Party.. TREATY AND MANDATE. SUBMITTED TO COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT. MELBOURNE, September 10. (Received Sept. 10, at 9.20 p.m.) „ In „ the , House of Representatives to-day Mr Hughes tabled the Peace Treaty and also a Bill to, approve of the agreement amongst Britain, Australia, and New Zealand in relation to Nauru. THE SHANTUNG SETTLEMENT. UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. • NEW YORK, September 9. The New York Times Tokio correspondent states that the Japanese "press continues to discuss the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee's attitude regarding the Shantung settlement. Certain papers consider that the committee's stand is unnecessarily insulting and provocative.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE GERMAN ARMY. FRANCE SUSPICIOUS. PARIS, September 9. Le Temps publishes circumstantial details confirming the widespread belief that Germany is reconstituting an army of 800,000 men.—A. and N.Z. Cable. SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TREATY. MR HERTZOG'S PROTEST. GENERAL SMCTS'S REPLY. CAPETOWN, September 9. (Received Sept. 10, at 7.15 p.m.) In the Assembly debate on the motion for the ratification of the treaty, Mr Hertzog protested against South Africa becoming involved in the maelstrom of European politics by undertaking obligations as a member of the League of Nations. General Smuts, replying, declared that the Union Parliament was exactly in the same position as regards ratification as the British House of Commons. The British Government could not, without the , Union's consent, pass any law bindine South Africa.—Reuter.