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Show MTHE TREATY Terms Are Sharply j Criticized on Certain Points. INDEMNITY IS SMALL Provisions Full of Loopholes Loop-holes on Financial Side. , LONDON, May 8. The peace terms, 'while receiving considerable approal 'from almost the entire London press, i do not escape some sharp criticism !on certain points. The objections cen-' I ter mainly on the question of financial ; compensation from Germany. The .Morning Post finds it difficult to say whether the treaty is good cr bad because of "the complexity and intricacy of the lerms," but is emphatic em-phatic in declaring that the value of the treaty depends upon the power to enforce it, as Germany will not accept it, except under duress. The Dally Mail fears that Great Britain Bri-tain will find the terms very far short of the pledges made by Premier Lloyd) George. Terms Full of Loophole-. It adds: "If the summary actually represents Ihe telt, the provisions are good on the military and naval side, but dau-gerously dau-gerously full of loopholes on the financial finan-cial side " Troaty Stringent Throughout. The treaty is described by the Dally Telegraph as being stern and stringent throughout, although without a trice of the brutal exercise of mere victorious force. The treaty embodies the most se-vere se-vere sentence ever passed upon a great nation the Daily News says, and continues: con-tinues: "Gerntany is handcuffed and In irons from top to toe She appealed to force and must take the conse-( quences." Heaviest Part of Terms. The heaviest part of the sentence, the News adds, is contained in the economic and financial terms We demarfd," tl contlnut s, "both the golden eggs and the corpse of the goose that would la them. It H hardly an exaggeration to say that Gormanv is first stripped naked and is then told to turn out her pockets . nn |