FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
. PARIS, December 29. M. Clemenceau, in his speech in the 'Chamber referred to his conversa- { tion .with Llpyci George, in which the
latter asked: "Do you agree' that without the British fleet you could iiot have continued the war?" iVi. Cieraeiiceau replied: "Yes." •Mr Lloyd George asked: "Then, under such ::o.aditions, would you be inclined to prevent us . rendering the. same 'service again?" M. Cleinciiceau answered:/' No." Afterwards M. Clemenceau' told President \Y;i:>on, who congratulated him on France's loyalty to Britain, saying each of the nations might retain its own point of view upon the question of freedom of the seas. LONDON, December 30. . "The Times" asserts that the British traditional view of maritime law is likely to be accepted at the Peace Conference, in view of the geiaeral harmony of the British and American attitude. ;
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9490, 2 January 1919, Page 6
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