VERSAILLES COUNCIL
SECRET PROCEEDINGS.
DEMANDS TO BE MADE <0N GER- ■ . . ' • MANY. ; ■ (United Service.) (Received Oct. 30, '1.40 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 29. The Versailles Council sittings are surrounded with an impenetrable barrier of secrecy. ': There is a specially cleared cable i giving direct cohnection between Paris and Washington. This enables President Wilson to keep m closet touch. It is thc-ught m London that the Council .will not leach a decision before several days, by which time Turkey may haye sued for peace and Austria's capitulation be complete- - ; ' Well-informed circles believe that the Council will demand that Germany present, a white flag on -the West front/ symbolising surrender, and that the Allies terms of armistice include the oc-j ajpation, of Alsace-Lorrainej. the-Riihiei bridgeheads, and the surrender of subniayines. , - . ; .', • v 'Unofficial advances frorm Turkey are fSpected immediately -to become official.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14748, 30 October 1918, Page 6
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