PEACE TREATY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 31 May 1919, Page 3

PEACE TREATY.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE emphatic. GERMANY MUST SIGN PEACE. AT BERLIN IF NOT AT PARIS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 31, 9.20 a.m.) PARIS, May 30. Mr. Lloyd George, recently addressing a Welsh Division at Amiens, said: “Hie Germans have been reckoning on this war for years, even counting the spikes per yard in the barbed wire. We are bound, in order to prevent its incurrence, to make the terms seveie. We must carry out the edict of Providene© and se© that tho people inflicting these horrors is never in a position to do so again. The Germans, their newspapers,, and politicians say they will not sign; wo say ‘You must: if not at Versailles, you will sign in Berlin.’ The world’s future depends on this peace being imposed; if necessary you soldiers will march to Berlin, though your leave will he cancelled and your return delayed.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REPLY OF THE ALLIES. TO THE GERMAN NOTE. . . PARIS, May 25. The Allies’ reply to Germany’s Saar Valley Note points out that exploitation of the mines is a part of the general reparation as well as for the destruction of French mines. The reply denies that the inhabitants of the valley are wholly German, and asserts that the control will not be by the French hut by tho League of Nations. Germany is also reminded that the inhabitants of the Saar Valley will be guaranteed certain social and fiscal liberties, and states, lastly, that with a view to avoiding misunderstanding, that if Germany, after the expiry of one year after the plebiscite, has effected payments in gold, the League of Nations may revise the reparation plan, perhaps liquidating the outstanding amount with part of the mines.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. PARIS, May 29. President Wilson and Signor Orlando have reached an agreement regarding the Adriatic.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN DELEGATES RETURN TO PARIS. (Received May SI, 12.10 p.m.) PARIS, May 19. Count von Rantzau and the entire German delegation have returned. THE AUSTRIAN TREATY. LONDON, May 29. The Austrian treaty text will probably not be presented before the 30th. The Allies’ terms to Austria include unconditional renunciation of the lost territories. The army is to be limited to 20,000. The navy disappears.—United Service. A PRO-GERMAN AMERICAN. LONDON', May 29. L’Humanite publishes a letter in which W., M. Bullit announced his resignation from the American delegation to the Peace Conference. He complains bitterly of President Wilson’s acquiescence in the decisions regarding Russia, Shantung, Tyrol, Thrace, Hungary, the Saar Valley, Danzig, and the abandonment of the freedom of the seas doctrine. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SECRET DIPLOMACY. A THING OF THE PAST. (Received May 31, 10.0 a.m.) PARIS, May 80. President Wilson, in a Memorial Day speech, said there had been secret councils of the nations in the past, but, because the peoples -were now in the saddle, private meetings of statesmen would no longer determine the destinies of nations.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AN IMPORTANT CLAUSE. (Received May 31, 10.0 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 16. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times, 'according to information received says the peace treaty contains a clause not included in the summary cabled from Paris. The clause makes the treaty operative when signed by three of the principal Allied Governments and Ger-many.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE LEAGUE MANDATES. MR HUGHES WATCHING WORDING. (Received May 31, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, May 19. Mr. Hughes is actively engaged in London in connection with the terms of the mandatory, the wording of which requires the most careful drafting in order to secure the special interests of the different mandatories. Mr. Hughes is also negotiating with the Supreme Economic Council over the sale of Australian products.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.