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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15089, 11 December 1919, Page 8

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ANOTHER UI:MINjsI-.R TO HIE GERMANS. T.k>.".. IVi. r:oi(.v:i»:i-.i ' <■'.'„>■.{ F-;v:-:.h A&-.U. iKi-uhT'^ l'i :h-grnm J (Received "Dec. 11, 1.30 p.m.) PAUUS, IX-.-:. 6. Tho Supreme C'UiK'il ':■> !;uto to G_:rmmy saya that the pvut.-uoi ii»id deposit of "ratifications w ; :l determine tho operations of -he treaty and consequent stale of p;!.aui •tvhich will be guaranteed by goner:,! treaty stipulations as well as ordinary methods recognised by international* law until the treaty ope'rit •. . The Supreme Council reminds Germany, for the last time, that denunciation, of the armistice will be sufficient to jive the Allied armies full latitude with a view to the military measures they judge necessa-ry. "Tn this spirit we expect signature to the treaty," it states, "without delay and the deposit of ratifications referring to the sinking at Scap.a Flow." The note sharply repudiates the Germnn declaration that ihe destruction of the ships m nowise constituted a violation of Germany's obligations, and that- the bbme for the destruction lay with the Allies themselves. The Council declares that it considers this npthing but an inexplicible attempt . to wilfully delay the enforcement of the treaty and the definite restoration of peace. In view of the circumstances the Allies consider the Germans cannot repudiate tho responsibility or seek m arbitration a solution for nots of -war the ppttlement of which belongs to the Allies.