THE PEACE TREATY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5879, 6 April 1920, Page 2

THE PEACE TREATY

GERMAN ViOLATIGN

ACTION BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT

MILITARY ADVANCE URGED

(Australian and N.Z. Cable.) (Received April 6, 8 a.m.) J LONDON, April s fj Telegrams state that the French Gr#eir.n em is consulting the iug Germany's violation of the Treaty and advocates a military advance autT the occupation of Frankfort, Hansu, Hamburg and Darnstandt, and their withdrawal therefrom after the Reicliwclif troops leave the ueutral zone. It is believed that Britain is reluctant to I artu ipate in this plan, and that Franco will carry it out alone. (Received April 6, 10.35 a.m.) PARIS, April 5. The Alatai’s Alatgcaice correspondent states that the Reichswelir have evacuated Duisburg, having been ordered to leave the neutral zone. - (Received April 6, 5.30 a.m.) BERLIN, April 4. T'iie militarists are again ijn the saddle, controlling and directing tho now Gbvcmmemt. Welter's army, which is full of reactionaries, is acting with high-handed brutality in occupied districts. LONON, April 5. The Times, i!n a leader, says:—‘‘The Allies cannot possibly submit to a flagrant breach of the most important provisions oil Hie Versailles Treaty, and permit militarists to reduce it to a scrap of paper. v The Daily Express vj.iderstands that the British Government will decline to co-operate with tho France in the occupancy of Frankfort, Darmstadt, Hanau. and Hamburg.

WILSON AND THE TREATY

PROBABLE COMPROMISE.

(Received April 6, 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 5-

The New York Times’ ’Washington, correspondent says that there is somo reason to believe that President Wilson may return the Treaty to the Senate with an offer to accept certain compromise reservations .boi'ore the Senate acts o(ii tbs joint peace resolution.