THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16504, 4 August 1919, Page 3

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

GERMAN TROOPS. ORDERED TO LEAVE BALTIC PROVINCES. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received August 4, 9.30 a.m.) PARIS, August 1. The Supreme Council requested the German Government to evacuate General von der Goltz’s troops from the Baltic provinces by August _ 20, and added that if necessary tho British Government will provide transport.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SETTLING BALKAN BOUNDARIES. PARIS, July 30. The Council of Five has granted the Austrians an extension of a week to submit their observations on tho peace treaty. The Supreme Council has given, Rouiiiania tho whole of the Dohnidja, accepting her voluntary rectification of its southern frontier. In the Chamber it was pointed out that the Germans had disguised a number of merchant ships as Dutch. The Bulgarian Delegation’s Note to tho Peace Conference demands that Bulgaria, shall obtain Macedonia and the Dohnidja. it is semi-officially stated that the Supreme Council will allow Bulgaria a commercial outlet to tho Aegean Sea, which means a special railway across future .Hellenic territory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE COST OF "THE WAR. PARTS, July 31. M. Klotz, Minister of Finance, has informed the Peace Committee of the Chamber of Deputies that tho total owing by Germany, including the cost of the war, was over a thousand milliards of francs, implying, with five per cent, interest during 75 years, tho liquidation of nearly two thousand milliards of francs. Tho Allies thought Germany’s resources would make that payment impossible, but had not declared Germany's inability to pay the cost of the war. The principal debt established by tho treaty was that the Germans must pay pensions, allowances and reparations. It would have been dangerous to fix the net total, owing to the fluctuations in values. The figures, however, would he settled in May, 1921. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.