THE PEACE TREATY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 29, 29 October 1919, Page 7

THE PEACE TREATY

FILIBUSTERING?

UNITED STATES SENATORS AGAIN liy Telegraph—Presa Association—Copyriglit (Rec. October 28, 8.50 p.m.) New York, October 27. Speaking in the United Stales Senate Senator Hitchcock asserted that the attitude o£ some of the Republicans indicated filibustering with the apparent purpose of preventing a final vote on tho Treaty until next session of Congress — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LEAGUE OF NATIONS COVENANT. Washington, October 27. The. United Stales Senate, by HI voles to 38, rejected Senator Johnson's proposed amendment to the League of Nations Covenant designed'to place (ho United States on an equality, in the matter of v<itiiijr power, with Great Britain nml the British dominions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPAN AND~THE TREATY .EARLY RATIFICATION EXPECTED. " (Ree. October 2S. 8.50 p.m.) Tokio. October 20. The Privy Council Committee, which tfas appointed to examine the Treaty, has virtually completed its task, and is expected to submit a report to a full meeting of the Council shortly. Ratification of the Treaty is expected early in November.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TURKEY'S LEGISLATIVE CAPITAL. (Ree. October 28, 5.5 p.m.) Constantinople, October 2G. The Turkish Parliament: will assemble at Brussa, instead of at Constantinople. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIA~AND~ HUNGARY (Ree. October 28, 10.25 p.m.) Vienna, October 26. The President has signed tho Peace Treaty of Paris. If the Friedrich Government at Budapest succeeds in completing a Cabinet representing all the Hungarian elements it is believed that the Peace Conference will recognise it and the Treaty with Hungary could then be signed by tho middle of December—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. "ORGANISING" THE PLEBISCITE GERMAN TRICKS EXPOSED IN SILESIA. (Rec. October 28, 0.40 p.m.) London, October 2(T. Mr. Lloyd .George said the Germans in Upper "Silesia and are deporting anti-Germans, and replacing them by,, pro-German natives, who have been long resident in Germany. Moreover, anticipating the failure of tho German propaganda prior to the plebiscite, they' are seizing all the wealth of those province?. Tho Supreme Council has sent a Noto to Germany demanding that she de-sist'.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.