PEACE CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 94, 15 January 1919, Page 5

PEACE CONFERENCE

LEAGUE OF NATIONS SCHEME I . ELABORATION ENTRUSTED TO A COMMITTEE fly Telegrapli--Prcas Association-Copyright Paris, January 12. When the Peace Conference has considered the League of Nations scheme, and has reached an -agreement, the general principles of its elaboration will bo entrusted to a special committee, including Lord Robert Cecil, M. Bourgeois (France), and Colonel House (United States). Meanwhile, the conference will discuss territorial and economic matters. The former will be considered in the following order; Germany, Austria, the Balkans, and Russia. In the absence of a regular delegation, the conference will consult the numerous Russian leaders now in Paris.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE PEACE DELIBERATIONS DIVIDED INTO - THREE. STAGES. (Rec. January 14, 7.20 p.m.) Paris, January 13. It has been decided to divide the peace deliberations into three stages. The first relates to proceduio and hours, the number and status of delegates, and the official language to be used during the discussions. The second relates to a number of urgent matters, such as the Russian and Polish situations, also German Bolshevism. The third stage will be iho conference proper, at which the League of Nations must be given precedence — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . MR. LLOYDGEORGE'S AIM TO SECURE A GOOD PEACE. London, January 11. The "Evening News" interviewed Mr. Lloyd George before he.embarked' at Folkestone for Paris. "I shall do my best," ' said the Prime Minister, "to secure a good peace, which will make the repetition of such a terrible conflict impossible."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRALIAN DELEGATES ATTEND BRITISH CONFERENCE. (Rec. January 15, 0.10 a.m.) London, January 13. Mr. W. M. Hughes and Mr. J. Cook attended this morning's British Cunferenco at Paris.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. POLICY OF HUNGARY BASED ON PRESIDENT WILSON'S POINTS. London, January 12. The United Press correspondent at Budapest 'interviewed Count Karolyi, who said: "Peace must be social and economic, as well as political, and bas'ed on ■ President Wilson's points, or there will be again war within a few years. Hungary's only hope is that President Wilson's principles will govern the Peace Conference. Hungary's entire policy will be Wilsonian. Budapest is on the verge of Bolshevism, and Hungary cannot do anything until it is recognised. The Entente, our erstwhile enemies, must assist us. I advocate the formation of a commission, headed by Americans, to fix the boundaries of Hungary.—Aus.-N.Z. | Cable' Assn. BANISHMENT "ofIoHENZOLLERNS TO BE DEMANDED BY I-RANGE. (Rec. January 14, 7.20 p.m.) Paris, January 11. The statement is maflo that the French General Staff is responsible for the proposal that male members of the German Imperial Family should bo banished to Algiers, 'on that ground that there will be no safety while,the Hohenzollems remain at liberty.—Renter.

(Rec. January 14, 7.20 p.m.) Paris, Jam pry 13 •Jt is reported that Franco will do-' man at the conference that the exKaiser and all the male members of the Imperial Family shall he exile'd to Algiers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabo.Assu. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL TO MEET AT VERSAILLES (Rec. January 14, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, January 11. Mr. Bonar Law arrived in a Handley Page machine/ The hotels are full of visitors and officials from all parts of. jhe world. The Supreme War Council meets at Versailles to consider new conditions for' a .prolongation of the armistice.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn., LUXEMBURG'S FUTURE REUNION WITH BELGIUM CAXVASSED, (Rec. January 14, 7.20 p.m.) Amsterdam, January 13. With a view 'to facilitating the Peace Conference's settlement of Luxemburg's future, the Government has broken off commercial treaties with Germany. The reunion of Luxemburg with Belgium is openly canvassed, and it is suggseted that a plebiscite should ba taken on the subject. It is reported that a republic will be proclaimed in the interval.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DELEGATION FROM GEORGIA RECOGNITION"AS SMALL iSATION URGED. (Rec. January 14, 7.20 p.m.) , London, January 13. A delegation from trans-Caucasian-Georgia has arrived in' London to urge recognition and independence as a smail nution.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SPAIN AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS (Rec. January 14, 7.20 p.m.) Madrid, January 13. Spain has appointed a Commission, including all tho leading politicians, to study the conditions on which Spain could join the League of Nations. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu. JEWISH JSTJATIONS AN UNDIVIDED PALESTINE. ■ Capo Town, January 12. An important Zionist Congress passed a resolution urging the Peace Conference to recognise the national aspirations and historic claims of the Jewish people in Palestine, and to assure its development into a Jewish Commonwealth under the trusteeship of Britain, on behalf of all the Powers, or of the League of Nations, and asserting that the aspirations of the Jewish people will not be satisfied with loss than an undivided Palestine, coincident with its fullest historical area. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.