ALLIES DETERMINED TO MAKE WORLD SAFE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14841, 19 February 1919, Page 3

ALLIES DETERMINED TO MA KE WORLD SAFE.

! (United Service.) I - PARIS, Feb. 16. 1 Tlie armistice terms include not only the reduction of the German army and the surrender of arms, but the destruction of manufacturing processes which only serve war purposes. This probably mil involve the Allies going to Essen to see that the destruction is carried out WEIMAR, Feb. 17. "While instructing Herr Erzeberger to sign the new armistice, the Government ! issued a statement complaining of the j terms, especially those involving the j evacuation of an important place m favor of the Poles, against whose encroachments Germany considered it should be authorised to defend itself. Regarding the carrying out of the terms hitherto unfulfilled, the statement assumes that Germany will not be obliged 1 to carry out terms incompatible with President Wilson's principles. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) LONDON, Feb. 17. The Daily Chronicle's Paris correspon- ' dent foreshadows that, further armistice conditions will include the breaking up ! of the German warships and the destruction of fortifications on Heligoland and the Kiel Canal. i PARIS, Feb. 16. I M. Pichon, referring to the happenings at Weimar, said they necessitated our taking precautions to make clear to tlie Germans that they are beaten. The Germans already speak at Weimar as if they were not guilty of international crimes. Tliey speculate on a division between the Allies, but the last few days' discussions must conclusively disappoint tnem. Tlie Allies are determined to make the world safe against Germany. The French elections a fp\v months hence would satisfy Germany m regard to the attitude of Alsace-Lorraine. He believed that not a single deputy would be sent to the Chamber who would protest against the restoration of AlsaceLorraine to France. In reply to a question, he said he saw no reason to refuse to recogni.se the new German Government, which was the outcome of a duly elected assembly.