THE PEACE ISSUES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 5

THE PEACE ISSUES

DISCUSSION BY THE NEWSPAPERS ' PRESIDENT WILSON'S INFLUENCE AND BRITAIN'S QUIET EXERTIONS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. January 9, 9.5 p.m.) - LOHbOni »iai:Uu.i'y S. The newspapers in rnuieu and Britain aro discussing aspects or tut, i'tacu Conference, 'i/ie secretariats ol tue various delegations are already hard at work arranging' data i'oi me ablegates, who wili mat at tne ii'Grdaj (.the i''reucn Foreign ittace). 'i'im problem ol naval seuuruy m . au out,landing ' one irom toe British Gianupunc. .bus general belief is jtiiat tnero la now hailuony of view between the and Aidoncaus [regarding British naval eupi-uuacy. Tho "Figaro" expresses satisfaction as it will ou impossible lor iiMnco to maintain a large navy is audition to the army, and irauce wiist connu'o to tne British Fleet tho responsibility for protection at sea.. The "Figaro" adds tnat though the pro-German elements in America ar» tne noisiest, and demand the greatest extension of the American Fleet, they are not in the majority. Another matter of supreme importance is the handling of the Allied resources of goods, ships, and money, and particularly the distribution of raw materials on a plan of preference for the Allies. A new Allied Economic. Council has been formed to allocate tonnage, food, and raw materials to friendly and enemy countries alike. The Economio Council will be affiliated with tho Peace Conference, and may finally becomo the foundation of an economic scheme for the League ,of Nations. Leading Allied 'bankers and merchants now oppose the popular demand that all raw materials should bo refused to the enemy countries. • They consider that such a, boycott Is economically unsound, as it would prevent tho Central Powers paying the cost of the war.

"Things are Going Well," Mr. W. H. Perris, writing from Paris, says:—"Things are going well for the Peace Conference.' The extraordinarily warm reception of President Wilson by the public, and the quiet, kindly, but deflnito resolution of the British Government, have overcome the danger that Europe would revert to the old-fashioned militarism. European statesmen have come up against the American brain working on the direst disease of world politics. The result will be revolutionary, but happy. This change would have been impossible -without the energetic sympathy of the British Government; The chiefs of the British Foreign Office came to Paris with definite plans of a faiH'eaching character, which they had been elaborating for,a year.- Mr. Lloyd George is not afraid to challenge the old-fashioned militarist methods. It is practically certain that the Allies and America are determined to establish a world trusteeship for the smaller nationalities, and also to establish a world executive to solve fuiture international 'differences without ,war. Under . this scheme, parts of Turkey or a Gorman colony may bo transferred to a certain Power as mandatory, under the supervision of an international board. The Peaco Conference will base itself upon the declared intention to found a League of Nations to carry on the- work begun by the conference. The British idea is that the league should be a businesslike body, elastic in constitution, and using such precedents as the Imperial Cabinet at Versailles. The committee of the league must have means of enforcing its decisions, and courts of law to deal -with disputes. Such is the broad outline of the chief schemes so far suggested.—Aus.N.Z. Cable' Assn. Allied Intervention. The third problem is the intervention of Allied troops in Russia,,Aus-, tria, and Germany, to prevent- any spread of the Bolshevism. It is understood that President Wilson is energetically opposing further intervention in Russia, yet representative Russians plead to the Allies to send'sufficient troops to pveyent the present horrors. The situation in Austria is exceedingly dangerous. The people ,are. on the verge', of starvation,and the Provisional Government is uuablo to cope with the difficulties of the position. Already various nationalities are gathering together in order to fly at each other's throats. Bands of desperadoes, profiting by the general feeling of insecurity, perpetrate atrocities., British and American troops aro required to act as police and keep order. ' If aid is denied an armV corps may finally be required to do the work which companies could do now.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE REAL MASTERS OF THG SITUATION SPEECH BY PRESIDENT WILSON. 3tec. January 10, 1.54 a.m.) London, January 8. President Wilson, during hiß visit to Turin, paid a tribute to Count Cavour, pointing out that the great achievements of Italy would have been impossible without his work and inspiration. ' Referring to the business of the Peaco Conference, President Wilson said that tho pulses of the modern world beat in the business houses. The men who do the business of the world shaped the destinies of the world. The peace and wai\ issues were largely in- the hands of those controlling the world's commerce. "You cannot trado with a man -who cannot trust you, and you will not trade with a man -whom you cannot trust. Trust is tho life and breath of o nation's relations. When foreign capital takes hold in modern States its processes are actually the processes of conquest."—Aus.-N.Z. ' Cable Assn. • SUGGESTION IN AMERICAN SENATE. ■ . ' (Rec. January 10, 0.55 a.m. I Washington, January 8. In the Senate, Senator M'Cumber (Republican) said, he approved of the immediate formation of a League of Nations, inclusive of Germany. Such a league would strengthen the Monroe Doctrine. All the nations would Tospect the territory of North and South Amer-ica.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS THREE ESSENTIAL POWERS. (Rec. January 10, 2 a.m.) New York, January 8. The United Press correspondent at Paris has interviewed M. Burgeoise, a leading-French authority on tho League of Nations, idea, who. said that three things must be done by such a league: First, it must provide that arbitration shall be obligatory; secondly, it must limit armaments; thirdly, it must create penalties for refractory nations. Theso penalties shall bo diplomatic, juridical, economic, and military. "President Wilson wishes Germany to be admitted to the league on an equal basis with other nations. I believe that Germany should bo admitted only after she .m-Gjes her sincerity by obeying all the conditions of tho treaty, of peace."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable As«n. .

The New York "Evening Sun's" Paris correspondent .reports that. M. Clemenceau and President Wilson have held, a conference and arrived at an understanding regarding their apparently conflicting views on the balance of power and tho League of Nations. The latest plan for the Peace Conference includes .tenday meetings of individual delegations, then a formal combined sitting of the Italian, French, English, and American delngates to settle questions of Russian and neutral representations. Finally there will be sittings including delegations from the smaller Allied nationali-ties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

MESOPOTAMIA AND SYRIA' Paris, January 8. Tho supervision of affairs in Mesopotamia after the conclusion of peace will be assigned to Britain by a treaty con-

eluded early in Ihe war between France and England concerning tho future of Asia. Minor. The existence of the treaty has just been revealed. The treaty provides that Franco shall control Syria, Lebanon, Armenia, Asia. Minor, Palestine, and the Arabian Peninsula generally, under the supervision of Britain. It is assured that tho utmost possible autonomy shall bo afforded to the peoples of these countries. What action the Peace Conference will take regarding this and other secret treaties is being much i^'cusscd—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, THE DELEGATEsTrOM GREATER . SERBIA ' ' - Paris, January 8. The "Temps" states that Greece and Serbia'will each send two delegates to the Peace Conference. M. Venizelosand Jl. Polity will represent Greece, and 11. Pasitch, tho Serbian Premier, and M. 'IVumbitch, president of che Jugo-Slav Committee in Paris, will net for tho -Jugo-Slavs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.