THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1919, Page 7

THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

GERMANY A DEFEATED NATION. I MUST ACCEPT ALLIES' TEEMS. Paris, Feb. 11. Mr. Fraser states that the Council referred the Belgian territorial claims to the Committee for Investigation and the claims to the Scheldt to the Waterways Commission. The Council is now discussing the Syrian question and will probably hear the Lebanon delegates to-day. The League of Nations will hold a plenary sitting on Saturday, lay the scheme on the table, give it a first reading, and take up the fuller discussion when Mr. Wilson returns. Britain, like America, is not disposed to accept the clause with regard to an international*" army. Marshal Foch and Admiral Browning have gone to Treves in connection with the renewal of the armistice. It appears likely that the Conference will create an international Air Commission ahd draft'a. scheme of aerial Communications. Mr. Cook has been appointe'd chief British delegate. The Czecho-Slovak committee will investigate territorial claims.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. Paris, Feb. 13. The Australian press representative states that yesterday was one of the most fruitful since the conference opened. He believed that when the terms are disclosed it 'will be found that they do not merely insist on the complete fulfilment of the previous demands but impose others which the Allied commanders consider essential for national safety. If the Germans declare they must refer the terms to Weimar they will do so explicitly, knowing that there can be no negotiations, but that Germany, as a defeated nation, mfisVaocept. If she takes the latter .course she will find the Allies prepared to give some help in her economic reconstruction Snd some relaxation of the blockade.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabie Assn. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. WILL BE SATISFACTORILY SETTLED Paris, Feb. 13. The American peace delegates do not oppose the reduction of the German army, but think a definite figure should be set. There is a growing belief that certain differences of opinion between the Allies will be satisfactorily settled, laying the foundation for lifting the German blockade and restoring the world to norma! conditions. It is likely the Americans will abandon their proposal to continue the peace conference outside France on account of the tendency to delay the peace agreement— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DELEGATES TO MARMORA. London, Feb. 13. The Ukrainians, Letts and Lithuanians agreed to send delegates to Marmrja Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.