ALLIES CONFER.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1920, Page 5

ALLIES CONFER.

TRIAL OF THE EX-KAISER. FUTURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE. By tfelegr4ph>-PreM Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 9, 9 p.m. London, Jan. 8. Mr. Lloyd George, accompanied by fifty officials, departed for Paris to attend the Inter-Allied Conference, which will really amount to a second Peace Conference, dealing with most momentous questions The questions for decision include the trial of the ex-Kaiser and his accomplices. It is stated that the British Government adheres to the declaration of Mr. Lloyd George that the ex-Kaiser and other guilty persons must be tried. Meanwhile, Germany is agitating against the surrendering of war criminals. Berlin is developing a Society called the "Save Your Honor League." The Berlin Government is being urged to defy the Allies and to tell them to come and fetch the guilty parties. If the Allies do, surprises are promised. The future of Constantinople is another big question. It is hinted that the British may adopt the French view to leave the Turks at Constantinople, but establishing machinery for guarding the Straits.—Aus.-N,2. Cable Assn. PROBLEM OF TURKEY. BRITAIN AND FRANCE AGREE. Received Jan. 9, 11.25 p.m. Paris, Jan. 7. France and England are now in accord about occupying certain parts of the Turkish Empire, the inter-national isation of the Dardanelles, and the institution of a new Armenian regime, but the future status of Constantinople is unsettled.

It is unlikely that the Turkish question will be discussed at next week's conferences. The French desire to hold the matter over until the new French Cabinet ic formed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asm.

FEELING IN GERMANY. FALL OF GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE. Received Jan. 10, 12.45 a.m. Berlin, Jan. 7. The question of surrendering officers accused of war crimes to the Allies is the chief topic throughout Germany, and is likely to embarrass the Government considerably. The Conservative press demands that officials should disobey orders to hand over,, war criminals. A general railway strike is threatened for increased wages. The western railwaymen have already declared a strike. The trouble may involve the fall of the Government.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.