THE GERMAN POSITION.
CONFIDENTIAL CONFERENCE,
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Saturday. 9.5 a.m.)
COPENHAGEN, Friday
Tho Daily Chronicle's Geneva correspondent learns from a reliable, source that a confidential conference was held at Berlin On Saturday between the Government and the most influential leaders of the Assembly, when they discussed the situation prior to the peace delegation's departure.
Herr Rantzau said that he was confident that the delegation would secure yital concessions in the Saar Valley. They would refuse to sign terms involving its veiled annexation.
He stated that the armistice negotiations with the Russians were progressing favourably. A truce is desirable for the purpose of freeing the Germans in order to deal with the Poles.
Herr Rantzau opposed an alliance with Lenin which would compromise Germany's future. He preferred to establish good relations with the antiBolsheviks by offering more effective support than the Entente was doing.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13824, 3 May 1919, Page 5
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