THE PEACE TREATY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1710, 29 December 1919, Page 5

THE PEACE TREATY.

THE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS.

By Heotrio Telegraph.—Copyright. Aurtralian-New Zealand Cable Association. NEW YORK, Deo. 2',

The New York Sun's Washington correspondent says that Sonator Lodge in a statement said that a compromise was drawing near, "but it will be acceptable to the Republicans only .if the reservations are retained, bu', I am not cortam whether President Wilson will accept ariy comproinise, save the ratification of the Treaty without reservations." The New York Times' Washington correspondent states that it is reported i that the Republican "mild reservationists and "middle grounders" have served un ultimatum on Senator Lodge, stating that unless' ho expedites negotiations in connection with the Troatv, thoy will personally negotiato with the Democrats.

JAPAN AND THE MANDATORIES. AN EMBARRASSING ATTITUDE. Australians Action. Tho Japanese attitude over the Pacific mandates astonishes and has embarrassed the British Foreign Office. Muteui, on be half of Japan, strongly objects to the Aus tralian regime in the islands south of tho Equator, on the grounds that it bars Japanese immigration, placing the Japanese in a worse position than under German occupation. '.'''' . „ ~ Tho Japanese attitude is especially disappointing because Lord Millies had persuaded the Dominion delegates to agreo to Japan receiving an identical mandate north of tho Equator as Australia and Now Zealand had received in the south.. Mutsui states that he cannot agree to the issue of mandates until ho has referred the matter to Tokio, but it is well known that inn uncompromising attitude is due to instructions already received from Tokio.

THE SCAPA FLOW SCUTTLINGS.

Australian-New Zealand Cable Assooiatioa PARIS, Dec. 25. The Supreme Council has received reports of interviews with von Lersner. It appears that only the German naval experts who came to discuss the Scapa scuttlihgs have returned to Berlin, where they have received new instructions in view of the Allies refusing to modify their demands for dock materials. Marcel Hutin states that the Allied representatives are proceeding to Dantzig and other ports to investigate the amount of material at Germany's disposal. The Council have adopted the convention dividing the mandates over Gorman SouthWest Africa between Britain and Belgium. The convention relating- to tho Pacific Colonies has been deferred, owing to the Japanese requesting time to receive instructions from their Government before the mandates definitely are settled.

TO FINALISE THE TREATIES.

Australian-New Zealand Cable Association

LONDON. Dec. 24.

, The conference to be held in Paris during January will bo a miniature of the great conference held in January, 1919, and will discuss many of the same questions, dealing with reparations, boundaries and .armaments. The Dominions will not be represented. The conference is'part of a great combined European and American effort _ to finalise the Treaties,'and to get the Turkish Empire satisfactorily divided. The FrancoBritish understanding, of which includes a iarge loan is a prominent feature, a Syrian agreement, and the handing^over of Damascus to Franco. The position relating to lfcdjaz has not been The conference's main difficulty remains in disposing of Constantinople. ...'.- • "■ A COUNCIL OF THREE. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association Received December 29. 9.20 a.m. PARIS, Dec. 27. The Peace Conference resumes on January I'and is likely to resolve itself into, a council of three, consisting of M. ClemenCeau, Mr Lloyd George and Signor Nitti, instead of the previous big four.