PEACE PROBLEMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17982, 26 December 1918, Page 5

PEACE PROBLEMS.

GERMAN WARSHIPS. DESTRUCTION NOT FAVOURED BY AMERICA. (Received December 25, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, December 23. Mr Lansing, learning of the rumour that the United States desired that tho German Fleet should be sunk rather than divided among tho Allies, denies that the American delegation has any such idea.

GERMAN COLONIES. QUESTION OF DISPOSAL. (Received December 25, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 23. Mr Laurence Hills, Paris correspondent of the "Now York Sun,' says that tho question of tho disposition of the German colonics is becoming prominent now that President Wilson is going to England. Some sections of L-ntisli opinion apparently favour temporary administration by tho United fotates. Another suggestion is that Holland should administer Danzig and that Switzerland should administer Constantinople. PETITION FROM SOUTH-WEST AFRICA Reuter's Telegrams. {Received December 26, 1 a.m.) CAPE TOWN, December 24. German residents in South-west Africa have forwarded tho Administrator a petition for transmission to 1 resident Wilson, claiming permission to erect a Republic in union with the Republic of Germany. The petitioners claim that they not only represent, a majority of the white inhabitants, but interpret the views and wishes of a majority of the natives. THE CONFERENCE. MR HUGHES NOT INVITED. United Service. (Received December 25, 5 p.m.) LONDON, December 20. The British Government has not invited Mr Hughes to be present at the Peace Conference. The case for the retention of tho German colonics and tiie Australian view of tariffs, indemnities and raw materials aro matters affecting tho third of President Wilson s points.

PRESIDENT "WILSON. NOT AT VARIANCE WITH BRITISH POLICY. (Received December 26, 1 a.m.) LONDON, December 21. The Paris correspondent of the " Dailv Express " has authority for sayin o- that there is no fear of President Wilson taking any view at variance with the fundamental principles of British policy on sea or land.

TO MAKE PEACE SECURE. (Received December 26, 12.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 25.

President Wilson has issued a message, in which he stales that public opinion among the Allies strongly sustains the proposals for the close corporation of seifgoverning peoples to make peace secure.

RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE. Router, via America. PARIS, December 21. Sorbonne has conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on President Wilson.

THE KING'S GUEST. (Received December 25", 5 p.m.) LONDON, December 21

President Wilson will arrive in London on December 27- He will be the King's guest at Buckingham Palace and will depart on Decembor 31.

GREEK FREEDOM. DEMANDED BY AMERICAN CONTENTION. Rputer'n Telogranw. NEW YORK. December 21. A representative Greek Convention cabled to President Wilson and tho Allied leaders, asking, on behalf of 'IOO,OOO Greeks that America should insist at the Peace Conference upon the freedom of Greeks everywhere.