GERMANY'S "PEACE TERMS."

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13996, 28 January 1916, Page 2

GERMANY'S "PEACE TERMS."

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The "Journal dcs Dcbats" recentlypublished a iong article from its Zurich correspondent on the question of the systematically organised peace propaganda which the Germans have initi atied;. in . neutxal coiuitries.The, conditions wliich (.he Austro-Germans would presumably ~be .williiig" to accept are (Summarised and discussed as follows:—

As far '.a'g''J'Vaik*©' ds' ■concerned, the principal condition ,s;eems .to be the evacuation -of certain territory, but, as German troops occupy a much larger extent of ground, Franco would have to pay a compensating indemnity of at least three milliards of francs "t.£120,O0O,00O).

.Belgium. .also would Joe- evacuated on payment of a similar indemnity guaranteed by Franco and England.

EnglancKyould restore all German colonies already, seized, and there would be a dividing up or the Belgian and Portxigueso colonies, a joint indemnity being paid to Portugal.

Serbia would, retain her independence, but give up Macedonia and enter a fiscal union with Austria.

Besides this, B>ulgaria would hold the Enos-Midia line and take back the territory ceded to Rumania, which would be indemnified in Bessarabia. '

Russia would lose the whole of Poland, pay two milliards (£80,000,000) to get back a portion of already occupied Russian territory, iaJid would further hay compensate Turkey in ■ Russian Armenia. !

.Finally, Greece would keep the islands and receive a slice of Albania, but give Austria tha right of passage ■through Safoinkd.."

All belligerent countries would accept a commercial arrangement favourable to the Zollverein (Customs Union), into which Austria-Hiurigary would enter.

The article concludes:—"lt will be noticed that in this project very little is demanded from England, et any rate iii appearance. It is hoped thereby to reduce British egotism, while retaining the- means to strangle British commercial power later on by a cleverly conducted commercial war. That is the best .'bargain they can hope for at the moment. If we accepted that Germany would,roly on soon recovering what she had. lost,; and. then ; .would exploit'the world freely,—Renter. ;