THE PEACE COUNCIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1923, 7 January 1919, Page 3

THE PEACE COUNCIL.

DOMINIONS’ REPRESENTATION, London. Jan. 2. Finality has been reached regarding the. British representation at the Peace Conference. The arrangements provide for the dual representation of the Dominions, first, as part of the British Delegations;, secondly, as small nations. The British delegates will number five, of .whom the first three will be Lloyd George, Mr Bonar Law, and Mr A. J. Balfour. The fourth will probably be Mr G. N. Barnes or Viscount Milner, while the fifth will be (he Premier of one of the Dominions. Each Dominion Premier will take a turn as fifth member of theBritish Delegation, according to a roster. In addition the Dominions will have two" delegates present as small nations whenever their interests are particularly involved, such as on questions of indemnities, the Pacific Islands, and demobilisation. It is understood that ilic small nations’ representatives will be confined to advocacy, as the four Great Powers will retain full right of final decision. Paris, Jan. 3. The Petit Parisian forecasts (hat the sessions.of the Peace Conference will be as follow: First, conference of the four great Powers, second, inclusion of Belgium and Serbia; third, admission of the other Allies; fourth, presentation of conditions to the Germanic allies and the signing of the peace preliminaries; fifth, a general conference concerning the League of Nations, freedom of the seas, and the limitation of armaments.