LYOYD GEORGE INTERVIEWED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14880, 7 April 1919, Page 3

LYOYD GEORGE INTERVIEWED

THE INDEMNITY QUESTION.

(Australian anJ N.Z. Cable Association! (Received April 7, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. Mr Lloyd' George, interviewed by the Matin, stated that at the end of April or the beginning \of May, the Conference would be able to invite the Germans to come and sign the Peace treaty. Tho reparation question was complicated by a disagreement between, the technical experts regarding 'the method of payment and amount collectable. There were no differences m the Conference. Plenipotentiaries were settling those between, the experts. According to the newspaper Journal, the first, instalment of the indemnity will be seventy -five milliards of francs, of which five milliards will be for payment fov raw material necessary for the resumption of Germany's economic existence. France will receive ten milliards of the first instalment, aiid Belgium five. The remainder of the indemnity will be spread over thirty-five years, amounting anually to fifteen milliards, according to some, and to seven milliards, according to others. . (Received April 7, 11.30 a.m.) PARIS, April 6. President Wilson has been absent from the Big Foiir meetings for tho last ten days, owing to a chill. They still an; trying to reach a conclusion on the total indemnity to be imposed on Germany. (Received April 7, 11.30 a.m.) PARIS, April 6.

The Peace Conference Financial Commission has prepared eighteen articles for inclusion m the peace treaty, the majority of which were unanimously adopted. ■