PEACE CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 62, 7 December 1918, Page 7

PEACE CONFERENCE

REDUCTION, OF ARMAMENTS PRESIDENT WILSON'S POLICY Vancouver, December 5. .' Aboard •■. tlio President's ship there' is ♦very,'indication that the President will > declare for a reduction of armaments on land and sea, and that no one sen Power can-be supreme.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . president to be. received by the pope... .:•:", ■' Rome, December i. The suite «t the Quirinal,' which the ex-Kaiser occupied, is being 'prepared' tor President'"Wilson's visit. The Popewill, receive President .'Wilson.—Aus.-N.is, ' Cable Ass i.-Rcutor. ' ' '■' ' DISPATCH OF A SENATE COMSIIT- .. TEE DISAPPROVED. •Washington, December 5. ' . -The. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee ■-has-unanimously disapproved of Senator A. B. Cununiiis's .-resolution to.dispatch • k Senate' Committe- to the Peace Conference.— Aus.-KZ. Cable Assn. : .Mi A LASTING ;PEACE ' ALL NATIONS SHOULD BE PRE- : PARED TO :.JiAKE SACRIFICES.. (Rec. December G,-5.5 p.m.) ,; New York; December 5. On board the steanier George Washington President Wilson intimated definitely to his entourage his intention,-when in France, to niakVplain. his proposal that .all nations'should, come to the Peace .. Conference prepared to make" sacrifices for a lasting peace, and that armed dom- '. inr.tion by any one -nation should cease. .—Aus.-N.Zr- Cable Assu; .■'.;:.■■ ' , CONSCRIPTION »l EUROPE ' _-.: ABOLITION TO BE DEMANDED. ,' (Rec. December 6, 10.5 p.m.) . .• " ■■■■•■■ - ■ • Londonj i i l>cenv'.er 5. ' At Dundee. Mr. Winston Churchill announced that the' British representatives at the. Peape Conference' would demand the absolute, abolition of "conscription throughout Europe.—Renter. , BRITAIN'S NAVAL DEFENCE ".-.. -tfO LIMITATION OF; RIGHTS ' •f- •'. -..,- '■'SUFFERED.., ■■.'";.. .."; r •■ London/ December 5., " -In- the course of .his speech at Dundee, Mr. Winston Churchill, said.that Britain ■'• entered the Peace-Conference absolutely determined that ,no .limitations should .: be imposed on her ngnT to maintain her ■nival defence.-Airs.-iNf.Z.. t'ablo Assn..neuter.. ■■. .. ■....•.:. .;..' ;. . IEAfSUE OF NATIONS^QUESTION (Rec. December. 7,. 1.15 a.m.) / ■.'•'" London, December 5. .A message'via.Americ'a: states that.Lord . Robert Cecil has'accepted'the-Gove'rn- ■ invitation; to take charge of the • British section- at the Peace Congress which' will deal with the question'of'a • League of Nations.—Re'uter. ■ • POLISH REPRESENTATION FAVOURED (Rec. December 6, 11.25 p\ni.) '" ppl n London,' December ■'■ 5. The Government has intimated that it ' favours Polish representation 'at the ' - Peace Conference -where- Polish interests ' • are-involved.-T-Aus.-N.Z. Ctble Assn.-Beu- • tei. •■ ■ ..- --J ' • ...... '••■.' GERMAN POSSESSIONS IN PACIFIC ',_,'". ' Sydney, December, fi. The Legislative Council has passed a ' potion urging that every effort should be made at the Peace Conference to ensure that the German possessions in the Pacific: shall he permanently incorporated with....the. ..British. Empire.-Press Assn, • . GERMAN COLONIES AND TURKISH :;;i:.:j v ,v' PROVINCES..':..': '.< WISHES ■ OF NATIVE- POPULATION V'.';' ... .' TO BE'CONSIDERED. ' '■ ' ' .. \]•:: '-(Kec. .December '6, ,7'!l0;p,m.) : : ':- iV ' London, December 5. ■.■ . _Mr. Winston,-Churchill; speaking ; at ' • Dundee,-said .that none of the • German - : colonjes captured'-or Turkish provinces ': : would be. returned. Theso must be.;His.';Posed, of.:by-agreement of the Allies-at ; . the Peace Conference, in accordance with : the-wishes of the native, population.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. .* GERMANY TVILL DEMAND INDEMNITIES: ! ; ; : FOR DAMAGE DONE IN ALLIED ' AIRRAIDS. . (Rec. December 6, 10.5 p.m.) ••■ .' - Washington, .December i.- _ Diplomatic advices state that -Gormanv ■•• is preparing to demand from-the Allies • at the-Peace table indemnities for damage done, in- the Allied air. raids, and sustained..by, interned .Germans'-in the . Entente countries,—Reuter.-