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War chronicle · Nō muri mai i te pakanga · Versailles, France

He rongomau?


Kua tino hāmenehia a Tiamani i muri mai i te pakanga – he nui rawa tērā utu?

E 55 ngā māngai o ngā Whenua Haumi me ngā mana nui i whai wāhi ki te Hui Rongomau o Parihi. Ko te pirimia o Niu Tīreni, ko William Massey anō tētahi. Kotahi tau neke atu te roa o te hui.

Ko tā Amerika, kia ngāwari ki ō rātou hoariri, ko tā Wīwī, kia hāmenehia nuitia rātou, otirā, me nui rawa te utu a Tiamani. Kei waenganui a Piritana i ēnei pito e rua.

Nā, e rima ngā tiriti i hainatia. Ko te Tiriti o Versailles i waenganui i a Tiamani me ngā Whenua Haumi te tauira. Ka riro katoa ngā koroni me te nuinga o ngā whenua o Tiamani i Ūropi. Ka tino haukotia te nui me te mahi a tana ope taua. He nui rawa te utu ā-pūtea me tuku ki ōna hoariri. I whakahaua a Tiamani ki te whakaae ki te 'hara o te riri' arā, nōna anake te hē i tīmata ai te pakanga.

Whāia, ka tipu te tino takarita mō tēnei tiriti ‘hē rawa atu’. Ka puta te karanga i te iwi o Tiamani ki te ngaki utu.

Kua hohou te rongo i te tiriti o Versailles? Kua whakatōkia rānei ngā purapura o te riri e puāwai ai ā tōna wā?