POSITION OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11762, 24 February 1919, Page 5

POSITION OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT.

WEEN UPPER AND NETHER /- MILLSTONES. ami MAURICE GIVES WARNING,

KtcoivecTFeb 24, 10 a.m. London, Feb 23 teal Maurice says there is little pospsct of obtaining terms with Gsnnay if there is no authority v?itn rtichto treat. Monthly renewals tfthe at tuistico, coupled with inE«ed demands, makes the position tithe Gorman Government extraei:natily difficult. If we upset the dated Government; we can only toin terms through military ocRpation, involving large forces on icsmpDlsory ba-ds for an iudetimte fetiod. General Maurice, writing frotn Puis, says: Somewhat late in the if the conditions of the armistice Be being considered in relation _to its conference instead of being Bated solely as a question for the Versailles Council. Recent exagtcations of Germany’s military teaeth and alarmist reports of her intentions, circulated with ulterior stives,wer j not productive of the alanec?fsary for a sound peace Sort in Germany. It must not be itgoden that it is iu our interests Sit the Government at Weimar be fatly established. ..