THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
IMPORTANT DECISIONS. NEW RHINE WATERWAYS COMMISSION. . Received March 24, 1.50 p.m. Paris, March 19. . The War Council has agreed that a Dumber of Allied commissions, with headquarters at Berlin, should supervise Germany's compliance with the peace term*. It ia understood the Waterways Cominiwioß recommends a new international Rhine commission, over which France Will preside. The German riparian States ■Wifl have four delegates, Switzerland "four, and Holland, Belgium, and Britain two each. Belgium will have the ri«ht to construct a deep canal from the Meuse fo the Rhine. ■ The International Air Council will becgOm a permanent organisation of the league of Nations. Pilots will be divided into civil, military and naval sections, and licensed on aa international basis. Civil pilots will be permitted shorter training than the naval and military Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
INCLUSION OF LEAGUE COVENANT.
, THE QUESTION THRASHED OUT.
fHOPOSED PROCEDURE BY GERMAN DELEGATES. Received March 24, 6.5 p.m. Paris, March 18. The Council of Ten, which has taken lap conversations between President Wil•on,.''Mr. Lloyd George, and M. Clemenceau, meets to-day, when, presumably, the question of the inclusion of the League covenant in the preliminary peace treaty will be thrashed out. The revising body of the League is Sealing with various amendments, and is hopeful the new draft covenant and text of the preliminary peace treaty will be ready for the Germans by March 29. It is reported that President Wilson favore the idea that the German delegates, after signing the preliminary treaty, should remain at Paris to discuss with'the Allies the details of the final treaty. President Wilson is actively speeding up the new draft. The League's eub-eommittee this morning conferred with .the representatives of Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and Dennark. It is believed the amendments in the original covenant arc not important. Received March 24, 11.40 p.m. Paris. March 18. The amendments are mainly textual, including a clause safeguarding the Monroe Doctrine. , Switzerland isks that her neutrality be safeguarded regardless of any future war, this owing to her geographical position, which will probably be conceded, r The amended covenant may come before the plenary con fen ce on Saturday, President Wilson beir.g unwilling to risk a charge of delaying the preliminary peace tt> ensure the inclusion of the covenant. President Wilson favors theiKiel Canal being placed on the same footing as Suez, and it it believed that Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Balfour support him in this TOW.— Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1919, Page 5
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410THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1919, Page 5
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