THE PHAGE CONFERENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1919, Page 3

THE PHAGE CONFERENCE.

f AUSTRALIAN & K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATIONJ THE ARMY’S STRENGTH. (Received This Uav at 11.20. a.m.) LONDON, March 20. Lord Milner, in the House of Lord;:, said it was impossible to reduce the Army and Navy considerably, as peace was still distant. A NEW PLAN. (Received This Day at 11.20. a.m.) PARIS, March 20. Plans are afoot to join AustriaHungary, Turkey, Bulgaria and Germany under a, single peace treaty, m order to meet Italy’s objections to the omission of her special interests m Austria from the first agreements. GENERAL ALLENBY. AN INTERVIEW. j (Received this day at 11.25 a-m.) i PARIS, March 22. | General Allenby paid a hurried visit to Paris and conferred with the members of the Conference. He supplied first hand information regarding Palesiine and Mesopotamia. , Gneral AHenbv, speaking to the Empi re Press representatives, said the civil administration under military supervision was doing good work. Everything was quiet. The old Turkish la" s were being administered by British officials. When ft was remembered j that the country included every shade uf nationality and every shade of reli- | gion, it was surprising how little, trouble had arisen. We could not, how-.-e-ver, relax military control until perfectly settled conditions obtained. It ] was now possible to travel by rail from . -Constantinople to. Cairo. ! General Allenby returns to Cairo forth , with. j i

SPURRING' THEM ON. ALLIED' CONFERENCE MOVING. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) PARIS Maidi 25. The Hungarian episode has spurred the Peace Conference into activity. It lias now suddenly discovered that it possesses sufficient data to produce a workable although less ambitious Treaty, than was originally contemplated, one good enough at any rate to enable the world to resume its normal business. The leaders, in conjunction with the military experts are considering how to remedy the dangerous situation arising out of the Hungarian revolution. While the military aspect can in a measure be met from the south, more concern is felt that Hungary may become the avenue through which Bolshevism will spread westward. It is considered imperative that the Allies should erect a barrier against the Red armies forces at Salonika. Aided by Roumania, Serbia might act as a check, but she could not operate aggressively. Tiie crisis is likely to hasten the dispatch of Polish divisions from to Poland.