PEACE CONGRESS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 79, 28 December 1918, Page 7

PEACE CONGRESS

STATUS OF NEUTRALS

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO j EXAMINE CLAIMS • i ■ . . I By Tclcirraph"Pre63 Associalion-Oopyrlsllil London, December 26. '■ Tho Allies havo decided that neutrals shall not bo represented at the Peaw Conference. Neutrals instead will submit their claims to the belligerent Powers, and a special body will l>o created to daal with t.nem.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. i FREEDOMOFTHESEAS I HINT FROM PRESIDENT WILSON.! London, December £8. ; President Wilson, on his.way to Eiig; land, allowed it to be known that he ill; tended, when in I/imlon, to define clearlj his attitude on' the question of the Tree flout of the seas. Tin- President will.con] eult with the British Ministers on Fri: day, when the question of further Alliec operations in Russia will be discussed. Jl( will leave. England on Tuesday.—Aus.j N.Z. Cable Assn. ; BRITISH PROGRAMME FORMULATED \ BASIS OF REPRESENTATION. ' i (Rec. December 27, 9.50 p.m.) London, December 24. i| The "Manchester Guardian" underl stands .that tho Imperial War Confer ence has settled the question of retire, SRiitiitiou at tho Peace Conference, aitf also formulated the official British on tho questions of indemnities, tho Get man colonies, and the League of Na tions. It is believed that the four Great Powers will probably have five seat each, but these will not necessarily al ways bo occupied by the same delegates Tho smaller nations will have pro rati representation. The dominion represen tatives will not bo members of tho Gram Committee of the Inter-Allied Confer ence, but will present their case as smal nntions before tho conference. Labou will not be asked to nominate its repn senlatives, but probably Mr. Clynes • Sir. Thomas will be invited to go Paris and sit on one or more comniitte —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec December 28, 1.15 a.m.) London, .December 2/ The Australian Press learns authi (atively that the "Manchester Gu? inn's" forecast of the Peace Confers is purely speculative.—Aus.-N.Z. Co Assn.