PEACE CONFERENCE.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16404, 26 December 1918, Page 7

PEACE CONFERENCE.

« : A GREEK REQUEST. (By Cable.—Pres* As-ocration. —Coprrighl.. (Rcuter'e Telegram*.) NEW YORK, December *_'l. A representative Greek Convention cabled to President Wilson and the Allied leaders, asking, on behalf of 400,000 Greeks, that America should insist at the Peace Conference upon: tho freedom of Greeks everywhere. THE GERMAN COLONIES. (Australian and X.Z. Cablo Association.) (Received December 2oth, 0.0 p.m.) NEW YORK. December 23. Mr Lanrenco Hills, tho "New York Sun's" Paris correspondent, says the question of the disposition of the German colonies is becoming prominent now that Provident Wilson is going to England. Some sections of British opinion are apparently in favour of temporary administration by the United States; another suggestion is that Holland should administer Danzig, and I Switzerland Constantinople. MR HUGHES. (United Service.) (Received December 2oth. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 20. The British .Government lias not invited Mr Hughes to be present at the Peace Conference. The caso for the retention of the German colonics and the Australian view of tariffs, indemnities and raw materials affect the third- of President Wilson's j points. I PRESIDENT WILSON. ; By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received December 25th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 23. President Wilson will arrive in London on December 27th. He will be tbo King's guest at Buckingham Palace. He will depart on December 31st. (Reuter, via Amoiioa.) PARIS,, December 21. Sorbonne University has conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on President Wilson. (Received December 26th, 12.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 25; President Wilson has issued a message in which he states that public opinion among the Allies strongly sustains his proposals for the close cooperation of self-governing peoples make peace secure. (Received December 26th, 1 a.m.), LONDON, December 21. The "Daily Express" Paris correspondent has authority for saying that there is no fear of President Wilson taking any view at variance with the fundamental principles of the British policy on sea or land. GERMANS PETITION FOR A REPUBLIC.

(.Neuter's Telegrams.) (Reoeived December 26th, 1 a.m.)

GAPE TOWN, December 24. The German residents in oouth-West Africa have forwarded "to the Administrator a petition for transmission to President Wilson, claiming permission to erect a republic in union with the Republic of Germany. The petitioners claim that they not only represent tho majority of the while inhabitants, but interpret the views and wishes of the majority of the natives.