PEACE CONGRESS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 84, 3 January 1919, Page 5

PEACE CONGRESS

BASIS FOR PRELIMINARIES AGREED UPON PRESIDENT RETAINS ALL HIS POINTS . By Telegranh—Press Association—Cob bright (Reo. January 3, 1.10 a.m.) i London, January 1. The Lonclnu "Evening News" says that President Wilson has sent a message to. Vice-President. Marshall assuring the' people of the United States that he has arrived at a satisfactory agreement with France and Britain ti6 to the arrangements' for the preliminary peaco deliberations.—lieuter, via America. ' OPENING SESSION JANUARY 30. % (Rec. January 3, 1.10 a.nii) : London, January 1. ? Tho "Pall Mali Gazette" says that tlia Peace Conference will open on January 30.—Renter, via America. PRESIDENT'S FOURTEEN POINTS NONE RECEDED FROM YET. - : Paris, December 31. It can be, stated on the highest authority . that President . Wileon, in his conferences with Allied Premiers, has not receded from a single one of his fourteen points, and s it is certain that he will not : abandon his interpretation of tha freedom of tho. seas.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ THE BRITISH DELEGATION DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES. '" 1 (Rec. January 2, 7.45 p.m.) , Vancouver, January 1. It is announced that Viscount Har- ; y dingo (Permanent Under-Secretary of , State for Foreign' Affairs)? Sir William Tyrell (Senior Clerk to the Foreign Of- - fico, and Secretary to tho Imperial De- • fence Committee), Sir Louis Mallett (British Ambassador to Turkey in 191.1-14), Sir Esme Howard (Ambassador to Sweden), - - Sir Ralph Paget (Ambassador to Den-,',, mark), and Sir Eyre Crewe( Assistant Un-. der-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) j- . have been selected as part of the British' ,' . . peace delegation.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' . TRUSTEE FOR ASIA MINOR REPORTED ROLE FOR AMERICA (Rec. January 2, 10.10 p.m.) New York, January 1. , The New York "Herald's" Paris coiu, respondent states: "I learn on indispufc.' able authority that the United States will be the trustee for Palestine, •-Arabia, Asiatic Turkey, and Syria, unless sha rejects the responsibility."—Ans.-N.Z,, Cable Assn. '' ANOTHER PRISON . SENSATION,' ■■■- ■ . j FOUR GERMANS ESCAPE. j (Reo. January 2, 10.50 p.m.) ■ i Sydney, January 3.. j Another prison sensation-,is -i During tho night four German internees— ' ; , j Siemen, Carre, Shallock, and Reiser —es- j caped from the detention barracks_at : . 1 the old Darlinghurat Gaol. They im-■ J provised a ropo of blankets, scaled the j high walls, and got clear away. The -j mysterious part of the affair is that tha . j doors of their separate empt cells/were found to be securely locked'and barred,- > as also was another door through which • > they had made their exit. The, three . escapees are. prominent athletes, and Carre and made previous escapes from •/ detention camps. -. ' \ It is reported that R-eieer was cap- i tured in the city this afternoon.—Piess Assn. ;.. SEA DISASTER OFF THE SCOTTISH COAST ; \ I 270 SAILORS DROWNED. (Rec. January 2, 10.10 p.m.)', -I New York, January 1. . < The naval auxiliary yacht Maine, con- .j veying. 6ailors on leave, 6truck a rock , j off Stornoway. o lithe Scottish coast. I Two hundred and seventy sailors were , drowned. Most of the survivors were in- ; jured in attempting to reach the 6hore. ... j All the qfficers and the crew wore lost.— j Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; . , ■ . h AMERICAN TRANSPORT ' AGROUND . MISHAP OFF NEW: YORK. New? York, January l.v , j The transport Northern Pacific, carry- , ing 2100 wounded Americans,- grounded on Fire Island (off New York)': '- Theves- J sel "is not in danger.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . ' THE STRANDED NEW ZEALANDERS ; j ARRANGEMENTS TO GET SOME OF j ■ TnEM HOME.. (Reo. January 2, 10.50 p.m.) j,' J Sydnay, January 2. Arrangements have been made to take one hundred of the stranded New-Zea-: ■; land passengers homo by the Durham, t sailing in a few., days. Some are sign-.:, j ing on aa waiters 'and waitresses. Eight ; . berths on board the Port Lyttelton wore balfoted for, thus relieving the most -j urgent cases'. >Sevor;il New Zealand | Anzacs are included. \ • . ' ■; j As tho Durham will cell at' Brisbane, 3 the Government has promised to assist. -1 fifty'stranded New Zealand girls during -i (her four days' stay there, and has wireH . j the Queensland Government to that, ;| effect.—Press Assn. ■ ''] ; — 'r WAR RESTRICTIONS ON J CAPITAL ; ■ : Australia raising ban on new" '1 BUSINESS. . '} Melbourne, January 2. The Government is relaxing the re- : stridions imposed oil the investment of. capital in new business. To date it has , handled i'H7 applications for tho registra- - j tions of new companies, and has sane- - tioned tho issue of capital amounting to ' j .£59,585,000. Tlie' Government -refused'; to register a company formed to. establish ;j aerial communication with Europe, stat. ing that permission for such undertakings cannot be granted to private persons or companies.—Press Assn. \ : -i THE MAKURA HOLD-UP j SIGNS OF FAR-REACHING LABOUR ! ; MOVE. Sydney, January 2. i It is 'believed in shipping circles that j the claims of (he crew of tho Makura ' are an indication of a far-reaching genoral movement, as the firemen of . U>p Loougana, in Melbourne, have refused t0... man tho vessel unless they are granted highor waggs—Press,Assn. JAPANESE COALITION (Rec. January 2, 11.20 p.m. 5 London, December 31. A Coalition Government is being formed at Tokio.—Renter, via America. INFLUENZA IN THE ISLANDS j Tni3 MORTALITY RATE.. ' Suva, January 1. ,| Cables from Tonga state that the infiuenza is practically over. Tho.mortal- ■ ity is estimated at 8 per cent.: of. the . population of Hanpai, about 4 per cent. ..' at Vavau, over -1 per cent, at Endover, 7 50 per cent, at Tftlune, and 4. per cent, in Tonga and Samoa.—Press Assn. A Press Association message from Suva < via Auckland states .-that it'is estimated : that tho influenza mortality totalled 8000 in Fiji. The deaths at Suva and the dis- • trict totalled 469.