THE PEACE TREATY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16820, 27 May 1919, Page 5

THE PEACE TREATY.

&.':■ ——— •U/MORE GERMAN NOTES. v" RJSPONSIBILTTY FOR WAR. .and SZ Cat)le Assn. Ttye l\w York "'WoildV Paiis correspondent states, that iho Geiman delegates are. preparing se\eial notes for presentation to the W u ( Confenncc one of which will .ha.ge tlu> Allies with criminal responsibility for stalling +il" Tn' !Uld a:sk lor 1ll< " aiiaignment of tno AJJjos'as wrongdoei s In llm, connection it wJH'also dem ind an nnctigaii 011 i of ,, thc Government rirhue-, of all the belligerents in ordei to fi\ the lcspoiisibihty for the vai. SAAR VALLEY. Another note proposes that Geimany shall retain sovereignty ovei the baar Valley, with an engagement tint Germany shall supply Fiance with coal from the mines for o stated period. It further proposes that the quantity ot coal supplied to France shall be diminished on a sliding scale in proportion to the progress of the restoration of ' the trench mines. .' : " l LONDON, May.24. The Council of Four lias modified the formula whereby Germany pays gold ; for the Saar mines if the plebiscite of i 934 goes against France. GERMANY'S HANDICAP. INDUSTRIES OVER-TAXED. . ■ • NEW YORK, May 15. : The "Post's" Berlin correspondent interviewed General Ludendorff, who said it .was due to the tanks that the Allies won the war. He would not concede that the entry of the United States made the slightest difference to the outcome. Germany would have won but for the revolution. Ludendorff added that Germany fnould have built more tanks; but her industries were not equal to the tremendous demands for.war materials. U ; - boat warfare was necessary and 'brought England to the verge of economic ■> apse. The U-boats did not bring the States in the war. The United btates would have entered in any Circumstances. ' ' ' x "J c »«» billing,'; he added, "to testify before a tribunal to enquire into the responsibility, for the war for the purpose of vindicating the Father-

FRENCH RATLWAYMEN'S IDEA „,, ' PARIS, May 15. the l'reneh Railwaymen's Congress denounced the peace terms, demanded withdrawal from Russia and urged the establishment of proletariat rule in nil countries. , DUTY OF THE VICTORS. " r , LONDON, May 15.: . Mr Churchill, • speaking, at Dundee, said that wo were hot going to be a conscript nation. We were going to make Germany abandon conscription and abandon it ourselves. It was necessary that the victorious Powers should exercise patience and be firni and. clear in their guidance in order to preleiit new and small and collapsing Thc\ pi event "the union of German linpeiiahsm with Bol-<-hf>\i^m. Mr Chuichill mec with a hostile demonstration at the outset, the demonstratois protesting against the> cxjiedij tion to Russia.