THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1918, Page 5

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

v THE FIRST STEP, I ! IX)KMATIOi<t OF LEAGUE-OB NAUOHS. KecelvedtDee. 29, 5.5 s,m. London, Dec. 26. Opinion in Peace Conference circles is that the first step must bo the formation of a League of Nations, and there*after arbitration will he adopted to settle sltch questions as the Italian Jugoslav claims) in Dalmatia- —Aub.-N.Z, Cable Assoc. I

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. STATEMENT BY LORD ROBERT CECIL., ■' GOVERNMENT ANXIOUS FOE ' PERMANENT LEAGUE. Received Dec, 28, 6.5 p.m. London, Dec. 26. Lord Robert Cecil, interviewed by American correspondents, said it wag unquestionable that the British Government was anxious that the Peace Conference organise a permanent league of nations before its adjournment.—A\ts. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

GERMANY MUST PAY- , IN MONEY AND KIM), Received Dec. 29, 0-5 p.iaLondon, Dec. 28. fhe Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondent interviewed President Poincaire, who deelwed that the Germans must pay nflt only money bitt in kind, otherwise ttitj" Ml be able to injure ivs With. our itiachinery while we iire producing new machinery.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. FRANCE AND AMERICA HARMONISE. ON PRINCIPLES OF PEACE. Received Dec, 29, 11.30 p.m. Paris, Dec. 28, According to the newspapers, prominent members of the Peace Conference asserted thai' s'Sa»Ce and the United States have uarKWited on peaeo principles, including th» freedom of tiw seas.—Aus - N.Z. Cable Assoc.