PEACE PROBLEMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17903, 7 April 1920, Page 5

PEACE PROBLEMS.

HUNGARY MAY REJECT TREATY TERMS. Pt«»e Afleooiation—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 5. The Times Vienna correspondent writes: "There- is a possibility that Hungary will refuso the peace conditions. Coiuit Apponyi, in an interview, stated that public opinion unanimously rejects the terms, which are considered unjust, and dangerous to European peace." The correspondent adds that Count Apponyi is likely to decline to sign the treaty, ■but it is hard to believe that the Hungarian Assembly will prefer a reimposition (if the blockade and other penalties.— Times. AMERICA AND THE TREATY. SENATOR HITCHCOCK'S PREDICTION. WASHINGTON-, April 5. (Received April 6, at 0.25 p.m.) The New York Times Washington correspondent says that Senator Hitchcock predicted that the League Covenant would bt- separated from the Treaty and offered as an amendment to the joint peace resolution. The Republicans expressed surprise that Senator Hitchcock considered it possible to separate the covenant from tho Treaty, and said they would offer the Treaty terms as an amendment to the peace resolution. Some Republicans said the covenant should be rejected since tho peace resolution was inten'ded onlv to declare peace between Germany and United States, while the league of which Germany is not yet a member concerned the Allies and the United States.—A. and N.Z. Cable.