THE PARIS TERMS

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14586, 8 February 1921, Page 5

THE PARIS TERMS

RECONSIDERATION LIKELY MR LLOYD GEORGE'S PROMISE, . . • ■ ... TO RECEIVE COUNTER PROPOSAL*.' i ■ (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received February 8, 8.40 a.m. BERLIN, February 7., Mr Lloyd George's* promise to oonslder counter proposals has been received with great relief. It is interpreted as meaning that the Paris terrns are not absolutely final, and the invitation to the London Conference is likely to be accepted, but a note of defiance persists. Herr Simons, the Foreign Minister, Is unequivocally pledged to a rejection of the Paris decisions. The Government's stubbornness is further Intensified by a week-end deluge of infuriated resolutions carried at protest meetings. The press shows sympoms of timorousness, but generally supports th« Government. SCHEME FOR LIQUIDATION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.j Received February 8, 9.20 a.m.. BERLIN, February 7. The Frankfort Gazette publishes a scheme by which the reparations might be liquidated by issue of international gold certificates of £IOOO and equivalents in francs and dollars, not bearing interest, and redeemable on agreed dates, either by gold or in goods based on goki value. The Allied Governments could use the c&rftificates as gold cover for credits.