THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

Otaki Mail, 29 January 1919, Page 2

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS, Kg'v.-'. DETAILS OF SCHEME. _ Paris, -January 2s. 11. ■■ Mr A. J. Fraser reports: The plenary conference race this "afternoon. Mr W -S M. Hughes, Sir Josepn Cook, and W. F. Massey attended. Sir .ToscphH Ward occupied a seat on the British.|M.:.' panel. H A series of resolutions was moved, cfpf which one affirmed the desirableness ofllj establishing a League of Nations toll, promote international co-operation, to ||| ensure the fulfilment of accepted obli-H ,gations, and to provide a safeguard; . against war. Another provided that the league should be an integral l ,art S ; of the general Peace Treaty, and °l ,cn |H to every civilised nation which, can beR relied oil to pronn.tr its objects; and ajraj third'that the-League should meef;' ; Js periodically, and have » a permanontiH organisation and a secretariat to cany on business between_eon('orciices. Resolutions were tiU> submit let: r ? q creating a Commission to report on tlicgH responsibility of the authors of t"C|ff .war, breaches of law and customs tr war committed by the Central Power ' and their aliies on land and sea and ir||| the air; also to decide the degree of rc-g sponsibility for these offences attach-, tug W> particular members of lite oneiui forces, including members of the OeiicfS nil Stalls and other individuals, liow |m ever highly placed. The Commission hyif also to decide the constitution and pro cedure of a tribunal appropriate to <ht|J| trial of these oftencea-and any eognal|J| matters. ; j A second Commission is to bo ll l'f|| pointed to inquire into the national labour question and considci||| means to secure common action regard ing employment and to recommend d&M permanent agency to continue iuquirjß under the League of Nations. A third Commission is to report upot|p| an international regime of ports, waterways, and railways. These Commissions are to consist of||| two representatives from each of tin: live Great Powers ami" live elected bv>' '''■;• the other Powers. A fourth Commission, with three representatives apiece I'r each of "'V.y. live Great Powers, and not mote thai' two apiece from Belgium, Poland, Itumania, and Serbia, will examine Hi: amount of reputation which the eiiem} ought to pay or what the enemy "'',* cap-.f able of paying, and the method, /on:. and time within which paywent UipuldM be made. •■'Si' RUSSIA'S POSITION. / RUSSIA CONSENTS TO SEND DELEGATES. Paris, January- 2G. Mr A. .7. Fraser, representative oi the Australian ami New Zealand Pre--: Association, writes: The fact. that. M.L;* ; Scavenius, himself an advocate of niili-j .tarv intervention in Russia, declared,/ I hat the Rt.is.-ian* wild not be to fight the Bolsheviks even with tliuj , ; Mipport. of Allied troop.-, had an effect oil the Conference's decision regard in,' Russia. Moreover, the Dominion i-r presentalives emphatically declined to|| '. send any of their troops, to Russia. ItMj is reported that the Bolsheviks liave,i-| ' somewhat reluctantly, consented. l*m ' send delegates to the .Sea of Murmur;. ;\ Mr A. .1. Fraser states that possibly|l : the Rhine, the Danube, the Vistula, tho?',* (-Scheldt, the Struma, the Congo, ami ILbj V Amazon rivers will' come tinder thsjv control of Ike League of Nations, a; weir"a« the Berlin-Bagdad, Cape lo£a Cairo, and Siberian railway*, and »hur-j£ - ter lines serving the Hallow wuntric >. e Possibly the Dardanelles and Mesopo ;. tamia will be subject to intcrnational|| Z control. i ■ i d AUSTRALIAN AND NEW „ J CLAIMS. \ H (. London, January 25. : a Mr A. J. Fraser, writing from Pari*! [ c says the "Echo dc Paris," coirtmcntin;:' e on the inlands question, declares thati- the question should not be difficult V>W d decide. Australia and New Zealand j| e had spent Milliards oi francs for th«s| ;- common cause. The paper 1, says it f^M o to understand the mentality o£ Uur-eT ■r who would prevent, immediate accept-g r ance of the colonial view, and it dc-fc ■i .clares that Mr Lloyd George has Jong i shared thee view*. Mr Hughes "and:.-. .-", Mr Massey had made a ju=tt claim. Th 9& r writer objects to the league of XatioTHll - undertaking administration in the if j '"Pacific, as'intcrnational administration If • had always proved a failure. : The "Daily Telegraph V Pari* >:oi-.. ■ respondent jrtatc* that Mr Hughe* lia< | i submitted a detailed scheme- regarding •' J»ew Guinea. 7%r Mawey took the g ' game courec with respect to Samoa, and . General H'mutM a* to German Bouth- s ■n-est Africa. Bir Eobert Borden' also 1 made a statement. It in understood I that all pronounced againet returninz ■ the colonics to Germany. . .' ■ ■ , I