CONFERENCE IN PARIS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 79, 29 December 1919, Page 5

CONFERENCE IN PARIS

EFFORT. TO BRING FINALITY TO TREATIES DIVISION OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (l!ec. December 28, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 24. The conference to be held in Paris during January will be a miniature of the great conference held in January, 1919, and will discuss many of the same i|ueslions, dealing with reparations, boundaries, and armaments, Tlia Dominions will not be represented. The conference is part of the" groat combined effort of Europe and America to bring finality to the treaties and to get the Turkish Empire satisfactorily divided. The' conference's main difficulty remains the disposing of Constantinople.— Ur-ited Service.

FRANCO-BRITISH UNDERSTANDING

AGREEMENT REGARDING SYRIA. (Rec. December 28, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 21. Franco-British understanding,' of which a large loan is a prominent feature, includes a Syrian agreement and the handing over of Damascus (o France. The position relating to El Hojaz has not been reconciled.—United {Service. Paris, December 23. SI. Clcmeneeau, in the Chamber, announced that (he London conferences had agreed to various points nf foreign policy. He hoped that Mr. .Lloyd George would come to Paris' early in January with a view to a settlement of the Adriatic, L'nssinn, and Eastern questions. lie recalled Mr. Lloyd George's words: "War will be impossible if Britain and France {ire united." • M. Clcmeneeau said lie assured Mr. Lloyd George that, "whatever happens yon may -always rely, not only on me. but on the whole of France." (Cheers.)—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE SENATEINTFHE TREATY A COMPROMISE FORMULATED. Washington, December 24. Senator King announced that lie has formulated a Treaty compromise which Its will introduce in the Senate after tho holidays. Senator Lodge's reservations, with small changes,. form tho basis of the new proposals. Senator Hitchcock stated that lie had tried to dissuade Senator Iving from offering any compromise, on Iho ground that the proposal should come from the Republican "mild rcservntionists."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. December 28, 5.5 p.m.) New York, December Zi. The New York- "Sun's" Washington correspondent states that Senator Lodge in a statement said: "A compromise is drawing near, but it will be acceptable t) tlio Republicans only if the reservations are retained. I am not certain, however, whether President Wilson will accept any compromise save tho ratification of tlfe Treaty without reservations." The Now Ycrk ''Times" Washington correspondent states that it is reported that the Republican mild reservationists and those who stand on the middle ground havo served an ultimatum on Senator Lodge, staling thai; unless he expedites the negotiations in connection with the Treaty -fliey will personally negotiate with the Democrats.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.