THE PEACE TREATY.
GERMAN COUNTER-PROPOSALS. \ Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received S p.m., Mav 26th. PARIS." May 20. A Berlin correspondent of the "Temps" states that the German coxui-ter-proposals include the following:—: Germany is ready to assure to France Saar ooal, and even certain rights In the Ruhr basin. Germany will accept tie occupation of the left 'bank of the Rhine for a period to be fixed by the Versailles Conference, but will ask the Conference that •{be area remain under German administration, and that the plebiscite clause be suppressed. Germany will recognise Polish sovereignty over territory within the line of demarcation fixed in the armistice terms, and will demand a plebiscite in other districts now proposed to be included in Poland. Germany will propose a free port of Dautzig, with an Polish, administration of the Polish railway. Germanv will demand a fixed figure i or indemnities, contending that it is impossible to draw up a budget and impose taxes without knowing exactly what the country has to pay.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16820, 27 May 1919, Page 7
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169THE PEACE TREATY. Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16820, 27 May 1919, Page 7
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