SIB JOSEPH WARD'S VIEWS
PARIS, May 12. Sir Joseph Ward, interviewed, said the treaty covered such gigantic areas that its length was not surprising. It was a groat experiment, necessarily based on uncertainty, but if it prevented one great war it would confer an inestimable benefit. The fact that Germany would be compelled to give up her" ill-gotten territories would be cordially approved by all civilised peoples, whilst it would act as a check upon her aggression on peace. The world demanded the Kaiser's punishment. He believed the reparation proposals would prove effective. The financial proposals should fall on the enemy, not on the Allies. If the Samoans ultimately desired to join New Zealand, the League of Nations would grant the wish. Rant7,an spoke more ag a victor than vanquished, but obviously intended his speech for propaganda. There was no likelihood that the Allies would bleed Germany.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17569, 13 May 1919, Page 7
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