TOWARDS PEACE

Evening Star, Issue 17234, 26 December 1919, Page 4

TOWARDS PEACE

GERMANS STAY IN PARIS, Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, December 23. _ The German Peace delegates have decided to reconsider their decision to return to. Berlin. They now intend to communicate by telegraph with their Government instead. THE SENATE DEADLOCK, WASHINGTON, -December 22. Senator Hitchcock, in a statement, said; " I have personally conferred with, manyRepublican Senators, all of "whom evince an earnest desire to see a treaty compromise worked out. Article 10 of the League of Nations Covenant is still a difficult point on which to get an agreement. I feel sure that President Wilson will accept a mild reservation to Article 10, but he will not agree to the exclusion of the article from the League Covenant. There is considerable misunderstanding concerning President Wilson's exact position regarding the treaty. I am certain he will accept a compromise, though will not offer any." . Senators Lodge and Underwood have conferred, and it is reported that steps towards a treaty compromise are progressing satisfactorily. ITALY AND FSUME, ROME, December 21. Signor S'cialoja, speaking in the Italian Chamber, said that the recent meeting in London prepared a memorandum on the Adriatic, based on the interests of Europe, and intended to facilitate a fresh discussion at Paris, thus hoping to arrive at a compromise agreeable to President Wilson. IN" ITALY. Banter's Telegrams. BOMB, December 22. Signor Nitti, in the Chamber, announced that a Bill "would he introduced abrogating the King's right to declare war and make peace and to contract treaties, all of which nowors would be vested in Parliament. This announcement led to scenes ol enthusiasm, the Socialists joining, in. Signor Nitti added that the National Council at Fiume had associated themselves with the Government programme, which was also supported by a plesbiscite of citizens, but the minority had not yet allowed the carrying out of the will of the majority. The Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 242 votes to 216. JAPAN'S GRIEVANCE. PARIS, December 24. Japan has objected to the form of the Australasian mandates over the Pacific islands, on the ground that they give Japan less advantages than she enjoyed under German rule, WAR CRIMINALS. PARIS, December 21. M. Marcel Hntin states that the French Under-Secretary for Justice has gone to London with a list of 500 names of persons, mostly military, including one of the ex-Kaiser's sons and Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, who are guilty of war crimes. These aro fully specified. Altogether the Allies' lists cover 1,500 names, and these will he communicated to the German Government as soon as the treaty is definitely ratified. Special cases will be dealt with separately. A FCCH STORY. WASHINGTON, December 24. General Tasker Bliss, of the United States Peace Delegation, in the course of a statement, said that the necesity existed of the united States helping in the rehabilitation of Europe. He revealed that fmo' I Fodl offered to resi § n in A P ril > 1913, because, although he was given power to co-ordinate the efforts of the commanders, he found himself unable to compel the other commanders to obey his orders. Instead of accepting his resignation, a council of the Allies, "held at Beauvois, voted him a generalissimo's authority.