THE PEACE TREATY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12646, 2 June 1919, Page 3

THE PEACE TREATY.

A STORMY CONFERENCE. T , - , PARIS, May 30. ■ I ’'yi'cnced 11 UKmg the German t t’ afc tU! , rncMin S betiveen Count JUnUam and the Berlin cmisRaues at Spa was stormy, and that it t la n Count Ka «tßau will rehv 'cam \ Ho may ho replaced by Scheidemann. Scheidemann at a n cotmg of the Grand Council at Berlin advocated an appeal to international demociacy and an alliance with the Russian Bolsheviks. The generals present protested that the remedy was worse than the disease. The opinion prevailed that armed resistance was impossible Rantzau and Scheidemann are unable to inlluciico the Allies therefore acceptance is inevitable. ’ SYMPATHY FROM THE UKRAINE, API- • , MHHN, May 20. A Berlin wireless message states that kL? k V u ” ,, T Centr " l Executive at Kieff adopted a resolution protesting against the Entente’s severity towards Germany. TROUBLE BREWING IN SILESIA.' T , „ n LONDON, May 20. • dironicle’s ” correspondent visited Silesia and found the fire of revolt burning among a million and a half out or two millions of the popumtion. Despite rain and cold, demonstrations were made against the preposal to give the Silesian mines to i oland. It is pointed out that the peopc s sentiments overwhelmingly support this attitude. A German' leader declared that the enti-e working class is preparing to defend the home soil A thousand with upheld hands swore in imi=on : 1 Wc will remain free till death rather than enter Polish slavery ” The correspondent adds that the people are in deadly earnest and will not submit to control bv people of lower knltur. A I obsh attempt at occupation of Silesia will precipitate bitter and bloody war. RANTZAU WILL NOT SIGN. . , LONDON, May 31. The German Foreign Office has categorically declined to sign the Peace terms- Count Rantzau, addressing several departing colleagues, at Versailles,, declared: u lcll Berlin I will never sign the Peace preliminaries unless they are seriousy modified. Someone else may sign. I will not.” Possibly Herr Eraberger will replace Count Rantzau.