PEACE TREATY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5607, 2 May 1919, Page 2

PEACE TREATY

Release for Publication PROBABLY TO-MORROW (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) 1 Received May 2, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, May 1. It is expected that the Peace Treaty will be handed to the newspapers on Saturday. THE BELGIAN CLAIMS. ALLIES MEETING THEM. (Australian and N.Z. Cab'e.) (Received May 2, 11.30 a.m.) PARIS, May 1. The Allies have quartered out to Belgium £100,000,000 out of the first Ger- | man payment, and relieved Belgium of repayment of Allied loan*. PEACE CONFERENCE WORK. I i 1 BRITAIN'S GREAT SHARE. I SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENT'S. i (Australian and N.Z Cable > (Received May 2, 11.30 a.m.) PAULS, May 1. The British delegates have played i » more prominent part in the work n the Conference than appears on the surface. The Labour Convention in the j i Treaty is solely a British achievement. ! 1 The British can cljvim a great share in I framing the League Covenant, and to ; ‘ this Sir E. Drummond’s appointment as ; i Secretary-General is believed to hi due. The air terms are almost entirely the work of the British; and 'although I the French naturally exercised a pie I pondcrating influence in fixing the mih- * , tary terms, yet it was Lloyd-George’s insistence that secured the abolition ol conscription (in Germany. The British also insisted on the Kaiser’s punisli--1 ment. Nothing can yet be said about ) reparation, but when ihc Treaty is published it will certainly be found that particular losses, such as those by the submarine campaign, will receive lull compensation. Under the Treaty Germany loses 70 per cent, of her iron ore. one-third of her coal, 20 per cent, of ! her potash, and between seven and eight million of her population. JAPAN RETURNS KIAU-CHAU. DISPUTE SETTLED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 1, 8 p m.) PARIS, April 30. The Council of Three to-day cousidj erod the rival claims of China and Japan to Kiiau-Chau. I After the conclusion of the mooting s It was officially announced that the dis j putc had been settled and that both China and Japan h*ad accepted the volution arrived at. It is stated that Japan has agreed to surrender the whole of the Unmei German concession to China in due coune, t LEAGUE OF NATIONS. i ' FIRST MEETING IN WASHINGTON. i | WILSON TO BE PRESIDENT. 1 (Australian and N.Z, Cable.) ’ (Received May I 2.25 p.m.) PARIS, April 30. ! The first meeting ol the League of ! Nations will be held in Washington in the autumn, when President Wilson ; win be elected President. Thirteen non ; trals have notified their intention o. being present. It is expected that the enemy Powers wil’l then he admitted. Sir Eric Drummond's salary as Secre-tary-General will be £5,000 a year. with a similar sum for expenses. THE BAVARIAN REVOLT, GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON SPARTACISTS. NUMBER OF CAPTURES. (Australian and N.Z, Cable.' (Received May 2, 9.40 a.m.) BERLIN April 29. Government troops have begun an attack on Munich from all sides. A numbel of villages have been occupied. 'I be Spatraoists will be given a last opportunity to surrender. ROUMANIAN ADVANCE ON , HUNGARY. < -■ - t J FLIGHT OF DEFENDERS. r, (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) t a (Received May 2, 9.40 a.m.) f LONDON, April 30. c A Hungarian communique states: — j w “The Roumanians have capturcdSzut- e-

marenyi The fall of Nagyvard is inevitable:! Only the smallest section of cur troops stood firm. The remainder fled before- the enemy,'’ (Received May 2, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, May I. The Roumanians -have advanced 100 miles, and are now half-way to Budapest. ALLIED SUBJECTS IN HUNGARY. SPECIAL PROTECTION GRANTED. 1 DEATH THE PENALTY FOR INSULTS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable ) (Received May 2, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, April 29. As an oucome of the Entente warning, the Hungarian Government’s decree places Allied subjects under special protection, and persons insulting them art- punishable with death. Unknown armed persons attacked a Greek fibssel at Buda-Pest, and the Government is endeavouring to find the wrong-doers with the view of inflicting exemplary punishment. BOLSHEVISM IN RUSSSIA. FAST DYING OUT. LEADERS SEEKING REFUGE. FRUITLESS APPEALS TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 1, S p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 30. The State Department 'learns from ’.initial sources that the Bolshevik regime in Russia U collapsing. It is unlorstood that Lenin and Trotsky have been socking refuge in Scandinavia. Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, but were refused admittance everywhere. The only possibility now is Hungary. THE ANTI-BOLSHEVIK CAMPAIGN. SPLENDID ADVANCE BY THE FINNS. PEASANT ASSISTANCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 2, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 1. The Finns have advanced to Lake Ladoga region. Two columns are con- ■ verging on Petrozavrodsk. The third is advancing from Olonotz, and have occupied LadcinaipoHa, cutting the Petro- ' grad railway. The Finns received support from the inhabitants, who have risen en masse against the Soviet Government. The situation of Maynard’s raid Ironside's fronts has thus been relieved, MORE BOLSHEVIK DEFEATS. CONSIDERABLE BOOTY TAKEN. (Australian ana N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 2, 9.40 a.m.) WARSAW, April 29. The fight for Vilua lasted' three days, Lida was captured by the bayonet. Confide ruble booty has been captured at ill the places taken. THE BOLSHEVIK RETREAT. EVACUATION OF PETROGRAD REPORTED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 2, 11.30 a,ra.) PAULS, May 1. It is reported that the Bolsheviks are evacuating Pctrograd in consequence of the events in Olonetcz. BRITISH REPRESENTATION AT WASHINGTON THE NEXT AMBASSADOR (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 2, 9.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 30. The New Y'ork Times’ London correspondent states that the next ambassador tc the United States will probably be •hosen from the following men Gilbert Murray, Hall Fisher, Sir Auckland Geddes, Lord Burnham. The most informed circles believe that Mr Lloyd George’s purpose in asking Sir Auckland Geddes to defer taking up a post at the McGill University was a desire to send him to Washington. SIGNOR ORLANDO PROBABLE RETURN TO PARIS (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 2, 9.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 30. The New kork Times’ Paris cor. respondent says;—“There is a general feeling that the Italian Parliament will permit Signor Orlando to return to Paris in order to renew the negotiations regarding Fiume. It is believed that although ’ no Italian delegate participated in the ratification of the covenant by the ' plenary session, Italy will probably also 1 ratify the league." i