THE PEACE TREATY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5609, 5 May 1919, Page 2

THE PEACE TREATY

MINOR ALTERATIONS PRESENTATION TO GERMANS. DELAYED TILL WEDNESDAY. (United Service Telegrams.) (Received May 4, 8 p.m.) PARIS, May 2. Minor alterations in the Peace Treaty have compelled a postponement of the presentation to tho Germans till Wednesday. (Received May 4, 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 4. The Austrian P'oace delegates have arrived in Paris. They will probably receive the Treaty about the middle of May. (Received Slay 5, 9.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 3. The New York Times ’Paris correspondent states that tho Council of Three has decided that the negotiations with the Gorman delegates must not be oral. The terms will be presented to the Germans, who will be given fifteen days in which to submit their written objections. It is expected that the Allies will take five days to consider the objections. The peace terms will then bo presented to the Germans, who will be required to sign immediately. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. GERMANY’S COUNTER.-SCHEME. READY FOR PRESENTATION. (Australian and X.Z. Cable.) (Received May 5, 8 a,m.) AMSTERDAM, March 3. The German Government is shortly publishing its own League of Nations scheme, which the delegates have been instructed to present at Versailles as a substitute for the Paris Confedence proposals. GERMAN PRISONERS. IMMEDIATE RETURN OR NO PEACE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 5, 8.50 a m.) COPENHAGEN, May 4. The frankfurter Zeitnng states that the German delegates have been instructed that Germany cannot sign the peace preliminaries unless they provide for tlte immediate return of the German prisoners. FIGHTING IN RUSSIA. BOLSHEVIK ATTACKS REPULSED WITH GREAT LOSS. (United Service Telegrams.) (Received May 4, 8 p.m.) LONDON. May 3. The Bolsheviks attacked on the Archangel front in groat strength, but wore repulsed everywhere, with groat loss. REPORTED FALL OF PETROGRAD BOLSHEVIKS LEAVE CITY. AFTER CLEARING OUT STOCKS. , (Australian and N.Z. Cab's ) (Received May 4, 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. It is reported that the Finns have captured Petrograd. A Stockholm message states that information from a trustworthy source is to tho effect that the Bolsheviks have evacuated Petrograd and ordered the entire population to leave. They cleared out stocks of every description. It is significant that the Bolsheviks are suppressing all news regarding the position in Olonetz district. BOLSHEVIK ATROCITIES. DEATH BY STARVATION. SENTENCE ON A POPULATION. (Australian and N.Z, Cable.) (Received May 5, 8.50 a.m.) WARSAW, May 3. The inhabitants of Mesweiz, in Poland, learning of the advance of the Polish army, incautiously celebrated their approaching deliverance from Bolshevism. The Bolsheviks mercilessly suppressed tlic demonstrations. I hey shot 50 persons, burned many houses, and pursued the fugitives, who sheltered in Slavkono and Karzanovitch, The \ Bolsheviks shot every roan in both these 1 villages, and then returned to Mesweiz

and condemned tho entire population to death by starvation. They slew the children at the local Polish college, and bayoneted many farmers and refugees. SIBERIAN CAMPAIGN. ALLIED PROGRESS CONTINUES. (United Service Telegrams.) (Received May 4, 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 4. Lenin, speaiving at Moscow, declared that all sympathisers with Knolchak would be treated without mercy. It is reported that Knolchak continues his advance, and is preparing to transfer his scat of Government ro Ekaterinburg. “KILL THE JEWS AND SAVE RUSSIA, TERRIBLE CARNAGE, (Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received May 5, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, May 4. Reports from Homel state that a pogrom occurred early in April. Refugees from Pinsk arrived in a train bearing a notice “Kd'l the Jews ano save Russia.” The Armenian Red Guards took the notice literally, and began a massacre. Bolshevik newspapers say that 2500 were killed, while escapees say 10,000 to 60,00 ft. BAVARIAN REVOLT. BITTER FIGHTING IN MUNICH. GOVERNMENT TROOPS HOLD CITY. REVOLUTIONARIES KILL HOSTAGES. (United Service Telegrams.) (Deceived May 4, 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 4 Hofmann’s troops, despite stubborn resistance, have entered IMunich, and been enthusiastically Tne Spartacists still hold out in some" of the streets, and are fighting bitterly, it is reported that when the city fell the Spartacists killed the hostages, including a Bavarian, General Obhmer, commander on the Carpathian front during 'the war. FINANCIAL CRISIS. WHOLE OF EUROPE INVOLVED. NINE-TENTHS BANKRUPT. SCHEME TO SAVE. DISASTER. (United Service Telegrams.) (Received May 4, 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 4. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Express says that the financial advisers have awakened to tho fact that nuic- - tenths of Europe is bankrupt. They 2 'car that Germany will drag all Europe into the abyss. The Allies, therefore, will offer her an enormous international loan, enabling her to meet her treaty obligations and revive her Industries. America, however, according to the Paris edition of the New York Herald, opposes this plan,