SIGNING THE PEACE

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5647, 20 June 1919, Page 2

SIGNING THE PEACE

THE TIME LIMIT Expires Saturday PREPARATIONS FOR EMERGENCY

BRITISH FLEET IN READINESS

CRUISERS IN THE BALTIC

(Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received June 19, 8 ».m.) LONDON. June 18 The navy has been reinstated on a war footing, and completed the loading of munitions in readiness fo r eventu ilities should Germany refuse to sign the Treaty. All leave has been stopped. It is authoritatively stated that the army jis equailly ready for any emergency. The army' airship R 34 has postponed her Atlantic flight and proceeded, fully equipped with bombs and machine guns, to cruise the German coast. A Copenhagen telegram states rjiat twelve British light cruisers and many destroyers have arrived, and that others are coming, to blockade the German Baltic coast if Germany does not (ign. Four steamers, carrying 30,000 tons of flour, moat, beans and other foodstuffs for Germany are held up at Deal, pending Germany signing the Treaty. BERLIN PRESS URGES REJECTION. CABINET DIVIDED. PUBLIC CALM AND RESIGNED. (Australian and XZ. Cable.) (Received June 19. 8 p.m.) LONDON. June 18. The Berlin press is almost unanimously opposed to signing the Peace Treaty. The Cabinet is divided, but the najority are said to he in favour of signing. The public are not excited, knowing that the signing of the Treaty is essential and inevitable, whatever altitude the Schcidomann Government adopts.

GERMAN PEACE ;DELEGATES. OPPOSED TO SIGNING. (Tteuter's Telegrams.) (Received June 19, 8 p.m.) VANCOUVER, June 10. The German derogation, at a meev at "Weimar, advised the Cabinet to joct the Peace Treaty. Experts are a o! opinion that it should, he rejected,

IF TREATY IS SIGNED. GOVERNMENT MAY RESIGN. COALITION MOVEMENT. (Australian asd N.Z. Cable.) (Reccvcd June 20, 9.10 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, June 19. Tho Catholic Centre l'a ty "in Germany is prepared to sign the Peace Treaty. The majority of the Government are opposed to signing, ancl with ilerr Ebert, President of the German Republic, is expected to resigp it" tho Assembly accepts the Treaty, and thereafter a coalition between Hens Noske, Herman, Muller and Richthofeu is probable.

ANTI-ALLIED RIOTS

SUPPRESSED WITH MACHINE ' GUNS. i (United Service. Telegrams.) i (Received Juno 19, 8 p.m.) LONDON, June R Anti-Allied liots in several Germ.u terms Imvp been suppressed witl machine guns. THE SPARTACT.STS, ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE GOVERNMENT. FRUSTRATED BY TROOPS. (Australian and N.Z. CafcleA. (Received Juno 19, 8 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 18. According to a Copenhagen brassage, two uniformed Spartadsts overpowered the guards at a temporary military prison in Weimar and liberated CO prisoners. Later the released men stormed the barracks, seized some arms, and proceeded to the castle, whore the Gorman President and Ministers were st.a>V ig, but the tr.mely arrival of troops frustrated the attempt to capture the Government. crusade against bolsheviks. FURTHER SUCCESSES. (Australian and N'.Z. Cable ) (Rcccvod Hale 20, 9.10 a.iu.) LONDON, June 19. General Deivijcon has had further successes town rds Tsnritsin, ajso in the Nonet/, River and Bakhourt regions. Ho acknowledges General Koltehak as supremo commander of the Russian armies.