THE PEACE CONGRESS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 65, 11 December 1918, Page 5

THE PEACE CONGRESS

PROGRAMME OF SITTINGS AT VERSAILLES Tunrr? CTAruQ lACTiwr tiii mav Initllii oIAuM, LAolmu lILL MAY THE PRESIDENT'S VOYAGE Paris, December 8. President Wilson will attend the Allied consultations at Versailles on .December 1C The fiecoixl stage of the discussion on peace preliminaries will open at Paris in the beginning of January, when representatives of the small nations will bo frequently called in. The third stage of tlic Peace Congress, culminating in Hie signing of the Peace Treaty, is expected to assemble about the middle of February, and it will probably sit until May. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Kouter. (Rec. December 10, 8.10 p.m.) New York, December 9. The United Press Paris correspondent states that the Peace Conference is expected to begin on .lanunry 3.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. enloyage PRESIDENT WILSON DAY BY DAY. Washington, December 9. Official wireless dispatches from tho George Washington say that President Wilson bus attended religious services with the enlisted men aboard the vessel.. The seas have been smooth, nnd the President is in excellent health. Ho is expected to arrive in Paris on December 14—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. December 10, 11.50 p.m.) Vancouver, December 9. An authorised wireless message fwm the steamer George Washington states thnt President Wilson will not sit at tho peace table, but will be in close contact with the heads of other nations, and be prepared to deal with the questions presented to him.—Reutor. "MUST BE A JUST PEACE" SPEECH BY MR. tLOYD GEORGE (Rec. December 10, 8.30 p.m.) London, December 9. Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at the Queen's Hall, emphasised the point that peace must be a just peace. War must be made more difficult, if not impossible. Hence he was an ardent believer in the League of. Nations. Those who provoked war must pay the penalty. The more exalted ones were the most, responsible. Democracy must so fashion its judgment thnt kings, emperors, crown princes, and such like would know in future lhat if they brought upon the earth wretchedness of this kind the penalty would inevitably fall on their own he.uls. The . Peace Conference must abolish the gigantic conscript armies which had been the means of tempting rulers to make war.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. ' TO ABOLISH THE CONSCRIPT ARMIES COALITION PLANK FOR PEACE CONFERENCE. (Rec. December 10, 11.50 p.m.) London, December 9 Coalition Headquarters announces that if a coalition Government is returned to power it will go to tho Peace Conference with a definite intention of proposing the abolition of conscription in Europe.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. THE GERMATCOLONIES STRONG FEELING IN SOUTH AFRICA. Cape'TowVi, December 9.. A mass meeting at Johannesburg passed a resolution against the return of the German colonies and in fi.vonr of the repatriation of all Germans in the South African Union. The Governor-General, addressing ten thousand natives at a thanksgiving service for peace, declared thnt in no circumstances would territory which was onee German West and East Africa ■ be restored.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

"BRITAIN'S DAY" IN AMERICA

SPYING GERMANS IN SPAIN

RABBIT PLAGUE IN AUSTRALIA

EX-EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA

BRITISH TRADE RETURNS

— NATION-WIDE TRIBUTES A PROPHECY FULFILLED 1 New York, December 9. i Two thousand cities and towns in the ; United States' to-day celebrated "Britain's Day," Schools, churches, clubs, and other fraternal organisations held commemorative gatherings. Mass meetings here and ■ elsewhere < were addressed by famous-Britishers. The newspapers commend, editorially, the part Britain played in the war, and lay emphasis on the ties of Wood between the two nations. The papers point ; out that the nations will stand together while the generations now living endure the sense of brotherhood achieved in the Sight tor a single cause, and sealed with the blood of heroes. New York is decorated with Union Jacks and Stars and Stripes. The "day" is being celebrated wholeheartedly, and tho city will continue the celebration tomorrow. • Tho Now York "Times" Washington correspondent slates that Mr. J. Daniels in a speech referred to an incident in 1911, when Admiral Sims declared at the Lord Mayor's. dinner that the British Empire could count on the United Slates' aid if it was threatened by an enemy. Mr. Daniels said that Admiral Sims had proved a true prophet, and added that the outstanding blessing of the result of the war was the perfect co-operation, sympathy, and comradeship of the American and British Navies, which must continue to work together in ordor to preserve the freedom of the seas.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn,

AMBASSADOR' TO BE EXPELLED. London, December 9. A Renter message, via America, states that according to advices from Madrid the new Premier, Count Romnnes, intends to expel the German Ambassador and several members of the Embassy, for spying and supporting an anti-dynastic plot.—Renter.

"POGROMS" IN MELBOURNE STREETS. (Rec. December 10, 7.35 p.m.) Sydney, December 10. Rabbits driven out of the buck ureas by the drought have invaded the towns of Broken Hill and Wileannia, aud devastated the gardens, causing a vegetable famine. Rabbit pogroms i.rc being- conducted in the streets of Melbourne.— 'Press Assn.

MUCH DEPRESSED AND NERVOUS. (Eec. December 10, 11.50 p.m.) Berne, December 9. The ex-Emperor Karl is living in retirement under the- surveillance of tho revolutionary police, lie is subject to the food restrictions, and takes short walks in the park with Hie Empress and her children. Re is much depressed, and suffers from great nervousness— Aus.N.Z. Cable Assii.-Router,

(Beo. December 10, 11.50 p.m.) London, December 9. Tho British Board of Trade returns of imports for November show an increase of .£7,115,863; exports, a decrease of •£183,450; re-exports decreased by ,£831,830. —Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Router,