PEACE CONFERENCE.

Taihape Daily Times, 13 March 1919, Page 5

PEACE CONFERENCE.

PEACE DRAFT COMPLETED

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS

EXPECTED.

Received 9.15 PARIS, March 12. important developments are exported before the end ,of the week. The draft of the peace proposals will we ready to-morrow, and will probably ho adopted in the final form a few days after Wilson’s return on Friday. The draft covers military, naval, aviation, and reparation terms, also some territorial terms, though the Eastern settlement, including the Dardanelles, will be concluded after the preliminary peace. It is expected the Germans will he invited to Paris about the 20th ihst.

The Greece Commission has completed its report, and it is understood that Bulgaria has been given access to the sea; it is also understood that the Kiel Canal will be internationalised. The Conference is willing to restore Heligoland to Britain; she is reluctant to accept as it would require a great expenditure to prevent the island’s disappearance by erosion.

The Waterways Commission has recommended internationalisation of the Rhine similar to Danublan control.