BELGIUM’S DEMANDS

Southland Times, Issue 18076, 1 May 1919, Page 5

BELGIUM’S DEMANDS

Serious Situation Created QUICKER PAYMENT OF INDEMNITY WANTED 111.I 11 . . "" l 1111 11 Turkey and Constantinop’e MORE RIOTING IN VIENNA Anti-Bolshevik Offensive Proceeds (By Talagnph.— Proai Amb.— Copyright.! Aatn I**" 1 **" and NJZ. Cable Awooistion.)

THE INDEMNITIES, .) BELGIUM DISSATISFIE.D THREATEN TO WITHDRAW FROM CONFERENCE. (United Service.). PARIS, April 29. Received May 1, 12.35 a.m. Another critical situation has developed. Six Belgian Ministers are in Paris as a result of a meeting of the Belgian Cabinet at which the repatriation schemes were strongly denounced. The Belgians claim that an immediate large indemnity is essential in order to avoid a serious internal crisis and enable reconstruction works to proceed. The Cabinet threatens to withdraw from the Conference if the scheme is not modified so as to provide that Belgium receive priority in the initial payments and her whole share of the indemnity within ten years. The Council of Three will receive the Belgians to-day. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. FIRST MEETING PLACE. WASHINGTON, April 29. Received May 1, 1.15 am. It is understood that the first meeting of the League of Nations is to be held in THE LEAGUE DEFENCES. FRANCE WANTS PROTECTION. PARIS, April 29. Received April 30, 8 pm. M. Bourgeois referred to the French amendment for strengthening the League’s power against sudden military aggression. France, he said, considered the League weak in this respect. TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL. PARIS, April 29. Received April 30, 8 p.m. Baron Makino addressing the plenary session of the Council regretted that the covenant did not enunciate the principle of racial equality, leaving the Governments concerned to devise in a fair spirit the means to meet it. If just, equal treatment were denied to certain nationals it would have the significance of a certain reflection on their equality status and their faith in the justice and righteousness of future International intercourse between members of the League might be shaken. This would be detrimental to the harmony and co-operation on which the League could be securely built. Japan would not press the proposal at the moment, but the Japanese Government and the Japanese people felt poignant regret at the Council’s failure to approve their just demand. They would continue to insist on the adoption of the principle by the League in the future. FATE OF KIAO-CHAU. TO BE RETURNED TO CHINA. NEW YORK, April 29. Received April 30, 10 p.m. The New York World’s Paris correspondent states that the Peace Conference has tentatively agreed that Japan is to return Kiao-Chau to China. The date is not fixed. THE WAR CRIMES. KAISER’S RIGHT OF DEFENCE. PARIS, April 20. Received April 30, 8 p.m. The tribunal appointed to try the Kaiser will assume that the Kaiser has the right of defence. The Allies and America will request Holland to hand the KSser over for trial. The other war criminals will fie tried by military courts. AN ORDINARY CRIMINAL LONDON, April 29. The Evening Standard has the fullest authority for stating that the Kaiser will be tried on an ordinary criminal charge. ITALY’S DEMANDS. MASS MEETIMGS SUPPORT ORLANDO. ROME, April 29. A mass meeting took a solemn oath to remain united in the demand for Dalmatia and Fiume. There ia trenmendous excitement. . ORLANDO’S SPEECH. BRITAIN AND FRANCE STAND BY PACT OF LONDON. LONDON, April 30. Received May 1, 12.5 a.m. Rome telegrams report that Signor Orlando in the Chamber of Deputies maintained a calm attitude. He said that Britain and France wished loyally to adhere to the Pact of London, They asked that Fiume should be an independent free city. Such freedom would be worthless if it did. not respect Flume's desire to be united with Italy. ORLANDO'S RETURN. WILL MISS SIGNING OF TREATY. WASHINGTON, April 29. Received April 30, 10 p.m. Dr Nelson Page, Ambassador at Rome, telegraphs that Signor Orlando will be unable to retain to Paris in time for the signing of the Peace Treaty.

SENATOR LODGE OPPOSES PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, April 30. Received May 1, 1.15 a.m. Senator Lodge (Republican Leader) in a statement declared that Italy should have Fiume since her claims rest on grounds of national safety. THE LABOUR CLAUSES. SOME OF THE PROVISIONS. WASHINGTON, April 29. The Labour clauses proposed for inclusion in the Peace treaty provide for a day of rest weekly, the abolition of child labour, the right of association for all lawful purposes, a standard eight hour day and equality of pay for the sexes. GALLIPOLI GRAVES. TURKEY TO HOLD CONSTANTINOPLE. PARIS, April 24. Mr Massey has secured a Gallipoli agreement providing that the battlefields be transferred in perpetuity to Britain in order that they may be permanently maintained exclusively as a cemetery memorial for the fallen. The Ottoman Government must, within six months of the signature of the treaty, take legislative and administrative measures for vesting the title in the British who will be entitled to transfer it to the Imperial Graves Commission or similar body to improve the land which will be exempt from taxation and free of access to visitors. Turkey must punish violators and desecrators. A clause shows that the Council intend Turkey to retain Constantinople under a mandatory power. FOOD FOR EUROPE. BRITAIN’S SHARE IN RELIEF WORK. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, April 28. Received April 30, 5.5 p.m. The Food Controller states that, excluding Germany and Bulgaria, nearly 12,000 tons of foodstuffs daily were delivered to Europe during March in order to avert starvation, and also that thousands of tons of food have been delivered to Germany since the relief arrangements were completed. During April 100,000 tons will have been sent to Germany. Plans are being formulated to feed over 1,000,000 childreh in the liberated areas in Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore Britain is largely helping to feed France, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Switzerland and Portugal. SCHEMING IN BERLIN. TRYING TO HOODWINK THE ALLIES. LONDON, April 30. Received May 1, 12.5 a.m.

The Daily Chronicle’s Geneva correspondent states that the German Government and the party leaders had a secret conference in Berlin an # d decided ostentatiously to oppose the signing of peace and to organise popular demonstrations to create a fictitious Cabinet crisis in order to secure an amelioration of the terms. RIOTS IN VIENNA. PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS SET ON FIRE VIENNA, April 21. Received May 1, 1.10 a.m. An unemployed demonstration outside the Parliament buildings led to an encounter with the police and several deaths, A number of the police sided with the demonstrators who set fire to the Parliament buildings. The flames were extinguished and mounted police are now patrolling the streets and maintaining order. ANTI-BOLSHEVIKS ADVANCE. GOOD RESULTS REPORTED. LONDON, April 29. Received April 30, 10 p.m. Official despatches from Warsaw report that the anti-Bolshevik offensive has opened with good results. Vilna, with the towns of Lida, Novo Grodek and Baranovichi to the southward have been captured with two thousand prisoners. MORE BOLSHEVIKS SURRENDER. LONDON, April 29. Received May 1, 1.15 a.m. A Ukrainian message says: The Bolshevik army operating in the region of Gomel, consisting mainly of peasants, surrendered with 20,000 rifles, 200 machine-guns and thirtyfive field guns. Many of the prisoners offered to join the Ukrainians fighting against the Bolsheviks in the Zitomir district. GOVERNMENT AT LIBAU. JEWS AND WORKMEN EXCLUDED. (Reuter’s Telegrams.) LONDON, April 25. Received April 30, 5.5 p.m. Advices from Libau state that a new Government has been formed, composed of six Letts and four Germans. The Reverend Needra is Premier. Jews and workmen are not represented in the Government. BANDER ft SONS were challenged by Hatton ft Co. Sander ft Sons’ statement is proved by report of Age, Melb., 5-8-16. (Advt.) BANDER ft SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved at Supreme Court, Melb., 1905, to possess antiseptic qualities possessed by none other. Get the genuine SANDER ft SONS.—(Advt.)