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_NEWS OF THE WEEK.

• a joint declaration in which they declined to consider Germany's demand for an army of two hundred thousand men, instead of half that number, until she had begun to carry out the terms of the Peace Treaty. The Treaty must be executed. The Allies would go so far as to occupy fresh German territory, if necessary, in order to enforce the peace terms. At the same time they would not ignore the difficulties of the Government at Berlin, nor "insist on too literal an interpretation" of the Treaty. The Allied Premiers concluded by inviting the German Chancellor to meet them in order to discuss the question. The meeting is to -take place at Spa on May 25th. We discuss the San Remo Conference elsewhere.

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