PEACE CONFERENCE.

Taihape Daily Times, 24 March 1919, Page 5

PEACE CONFERENCE.

TERMS SETTLED.

NAVAL AND MILJfljfcRY

GERMANS' SMALL FORCES.

PA.RIS, March jfr I Supreme Wai Council settled the naval and military air terms. More Gorman ships are to 0c landed over. Thus, th t naval situa:ion of Germany v v;.ll be strictly analogous to the military, leaving Germany with a very gjßj.ll navy. Tho juestion of the Kiel Canal and Heligoland will be deferred.

Strong repress*ati >ns were made to Mr Lloyd George to remain in Paris, in view of the grave necessity of settling the Rhine I'"«nd question. M'. Lloyd George intended to return to England on Tb.urs.lay to deal with pressing indistrial matters there.

NAUriU ISLANDS.

ALLOTMENT OF INTERESTS.

ONE-THIRD TO NEW ZEALAND

LONDON, March 21

There is a likelmood of Australia and New Zealand controlling the is3ands of Nauru and Angoa, New Zealand having .one-tiird interest.

KIEL CANAL.

INTERNATIONAL SCHEME

PARIS, March 21.

The "Temps'' =sav3 a scheme i? afoot to exploit the Kiel Canal by an international limited liability company. The value t>_ ;hc Canal and a narrow strip of Territory ,on either B>ank will be deducted from the general sum recoverable from Germany.

LEAGUE'S ANSWER TO JAPAN".

ON RACIAL EQUALITY.

Received 8.35 a,ra #

PARIS, March 13.

An American correspondent asked Lord Eobert Cecil whether the Japanese plea for racial equality had been considered.

Lord Robert Cecil replied, that however much, one may sympathise with the principle of racial equality one cannot insert any such principle in the League without interfering with th«finternatioal affairs of countries af- i feeted. The principle of non-inter-ference had been carefully guarded* throughout the League discussions. That will be the British delegations' answer to the Japanese. ' A later message states that the Japanese delegation informed President Wilson that Mr. Lloyd George withdraws' the demands that the League , guarantees the abolition of racial dis- j crimination. The Japanese agree to- 1 join the League, but reserve the right I to bring up the racial question at any ] time. i

WILSON CONFERS WITH MATSUI.

Received 9 5 a.m

PARIS, March 19

President Wilson had a conference with Viscount Matsui. He told Matsui i«- was impossible for the League Co give Japan equal rights if mimigration with the Caucasian races. Matsui ssid lie would not delay the adoption of the League by insistmg in the meantime. ANTI-LEAGUE AGITATION. Received 9.15 a.m. WASHINGTON, March 19 The first Anti-League of Nations courier (cabled on the 15th Inst.) leaves for Europe in a few days.

AN AMERICAN OPINION.

OF WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO

Received 9.15 a.m

WASHINGTON, March 19

Senator Len Root, in a speech, said if Persident Wilson does not negotiate a peace treaty satisfactory to the American people Congress would ' undoubtedly independently declare the war 'with Germany terminated.

THE COVENANT

'AMERICA'S GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES.

Received 8,50 a.m. LONDON, March 18

Lord Robert Cecil, addressing the press delegation, added: Scarcely a day had passed in the peace negotiations -without the League cropping up. If the League was an essential element in the pacification of the world the sooner it got together the better. He looljfed with great fear on any attempt to postpone its operation. He did not think the inclusion of- the covenant would involve any delay in peace preliminaries. The definite concrete covenant had already some

which could be remedied. He did not believe any prolonged consideration would all ambiguities from the document of joint peoples. The view that the covenant should form part of the- peace preliminary was the view of the British Government. He believed the Monro Doctrine would be strengthened by the League, The war had left the U.S. in a position of enormous power, comparable to England after the Napoleonic wars. A great responsibility lay with America; she could not afford to say she would refuse to interest herself in what goes on in the world without being false to her responsibilities. There had been some criticism over Britain's representation On the League, (but the Dominion's desired representation in order to properly bring forward matters of importance to them rather than to have them voiced by the British Go 7ernment.