PEACE TREATY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1972, 3 May 1919, Page 3

PEACE TREATY.

EXPECTED TO-DAY. TO BE SIGNED IN THREE WEEKS. London, May 1. It is expected that the Peace Treaty Avill be handed to the neAvspapers on Saturday. Paris, April 29. It is unlikely that the text of the Peace Treaty will bo handed to the Germans before Saturday, or possibly Monday. . They Avill luiA'C a fortnight in Avhieh to examine the document. Three Aveeks Avill, therefore, elapse before the signatures are attached. The Germans will remain at Versailles, but may send the Treaty to Germany by courier. If the plenipotentiaries seek to return to Germany their action will be regarded as a breach of the negotiations. Ncav York, April 30. A United Press message from Paris states that the assignment of (he mandatories for the protected territories will be left till the first meeting of the League of Nations at Washington, in October. Mr Lloyd George and M. Clemeneeau are expected to attend. Paris, April 29. President Wilson Avished to postpond finishing the mandates until (he League meeting, hut Mr Massey and General Smuts strongly urged early-*finality, and it Avas agreed Unit the mandates should he fixed after the presentation of the treaty, but before the signature. The only mention of the mandate system in the Treaty wi 11 be the clauses In the Covenant us published.