SUPREME COUNCIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16546, 22 September 1919, Page 3

SUPREME COUNCIL.

UPPER SILESIA

NOT TO BE OCCUPIED BY ALLIES

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright,

(Received Sept. 22, 10.15 a.m.)

LONDON, Sept. 20. Apparently the Supreme Council has not adopted the recommendations of the. Allies’ Military Mission to Upper Silesia, which were in favour of Allied troops occupying the region. It is now semi-officially stated in Berlin that a German police force under Allied supervision will be formed in East Prussia for the period of plebiscite and that there will bo no foreign occupation so long as order is preserved.—. Reuter.

BULGARIAN TREATY

SUMMARY OF THE TERMS

PARIS, Sept. 19

The presentation of the Bulgarian peace terms was a dull ceremony. There was a meagre attendance of spectators. The Bulgarian Premier, in a speech, said the Bulgarians were impelled by a sisister influence to enter the insensate war against the wishes of the Bulgarian people. All the authors of the excesses would be ruthlessly punished. The official summary of the Bulgarian treaty is as follows: The frontier between Bulgaria and Roumania remains unchanged. Small portions of territory are ceded to Jugo-Slavia, of which the most important is the town and district of Strumnitza. The southern frontier follows a line from a point eight miles south-west of Rassmakli to Kilkik, passing close to Ardadashi and Danders, which remain Bulgarian. , South-east a small piece of Turkish territory is introduced into Bulgaria,, which renounces in favour of the Allies all rights in Thrace, which has not yet been assigned to anybody. The Allies assure Bulgaria that outlets to the Aegean Sea will be fixed later. Bulgaria recognises the British protectorate over Egypt. The military terms stipulate that the Bulgarian army be recruited on a voluntary basis, the strength not to exceed 20,000. No new forts shall he constructed, nor poison gas or liquid fire manufactured or imported, also there are to be no tanks or armoured cars. The manufacture of munitions shall bo confined to a single factory controlled by tho State, the output being strictly limited to the needs of the above force. All Bulgarian warships and submarines are to be surrendered to the Allies or broken up. The wireless station at Sofia is to be under Allied; supervision. The armed forces must not include military or naval air forces. , , , While recognising that the resources of Bulgaria, are insufficient to enable adequate reparation to bo made, the Allies agree to acce.pt such reparation as possible, and have fixed the sum of 2250 millions of francs in gold (£90,000,000), which amount is to be discharged by a series of half-yearly payments, including interest at 5 per .cent, on the capital sum outstanding and provision for sinking fund sufficient to extinguish the total amount on January 1, !9oS. In case of defaulted! the payments, the Allied commission shall be entitled to control, collect, and disburse certain taxes and revenue for the purpose of payment of the indemnity. Bulgaria undertakes to return to Greece, Roumania, and Jugo-Slavia, all records, archives, artistic and archaelogical articles which wore stolen during the war, also to deliver up livestock in restitution for the stolen animals, while by way of special compensation for the destruction of Serbian coal mines Bulgaria will deliver to Jugo-Slavia during the next five years 50,000 tons of coal annually from the State mines in Pernik, provided the inter-Allied commission is satisfied such deliveries will not interfere unduly with the economic life of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian delegates have been given 25 days in which to make observations on the Peace Treaty.—Reuter. PARIS, Sept. 20. The Roumanian Government’s memorandum sent to M. {Jlemenceau explains that the Roumanians’ refusal to sign the Austrian Peace Treaty was due to the indifference displayed regarding Roumania’s sacrifices and aspirations. She expected the Allies to guarantee her rights over the whole Banat, also part or Bukovina and the Hungarian regions inhabited' by the Roumanians-—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. T7EW YORK, Sept. 19.

The Times’ Paris correspondent says it is understood that the Supreme Council will shortly request Poland to cease fighting the Bolsheviks and depart from Russian territory, in order to devote their efforts exclusively to their own internal economic affairs.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE WITHDRAWAL FROM RUSSIA.

LONDON, Sept. 19. The Exchange Telegraph Company’s Paris correspondent states that the latest -explanation of the discrepancy between the British and Allied statesmen regarding the withdrawal from Russia is that at the close of Monday’s sitting of the Supreme Council, after discussing the Roumanian and' other questions, Mr. Lloyd George turned to his colleagues with the remark: “What about Bussia? I think you will agree with me that we have had enough of this Russian expedition. I think it would be better to let the Russians alone to look after their own affairs.”

As no dissent was expressed, he concluded that his colleagues agreed, and the British announcement followed.— Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.

THE BALTIC PROVINCES

LONDON, Sept. 19

A report from General Gough, rend at the Supreme Council, says that the presence of German troops in the Baltic provinces is dangerous, both militarily and politically. They are making the provinces a basis for intervention in Russia. General Gough expresses the opinion that the German Government can, if it so desires, secure the obedience of the troops and the recall of von der Goltz.—Reuter.

OCCUPATION OF THRACE

PARIS, Sept. 19,

The Supreme Council has decided that the Bulgars must evacuatei west Thrace, which is to be occupied by the Allies. The Greeks will only occupy the zones at present held by the Fieacii—Reuter.