JAPAN AND CHINA

Southland Times, Issue 18077, 2 May 1919, Page 5

JAPAN AND CHINA

Terms of the Settlement BOLSHEVISM REPORTED AS COLLAPSING Leaders Vainly Seek refuge FUTURE OF CAPTURED ENEMY GABLES League and the Mandates (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian <fe N.Z. Cable Association.)

THE SIGNING OF PEACE. GERMANS GIVEN A FORTNIGHT. PARIS, April 30. Received May 1, 7.30 p.m. It is not likely that the text of the treaty will be handed to the Germans before Saturday, and possibly not till Monday. They will have a fortnight in which to examine the document, and three weeks will therefore elapse before Germany’s signature. The Germans will remain at Versailles, but may send the treaty to Germany by courier. If the plenipotentiaries seek to return to Germany it will be regarded as a breach of the negotiations, THE MANDATORIES. ASSIGNMENT IN OCTOBER. NEW YORK, April 30. Received May 1, 8.15 p.m. A United Press message from Paris states that the assignment of mandatories for the protected territories will be left till the first meeting of the League of Nations at Washington in October. Mr Lloyd George and M. Clemenceau are expected to attend. MR WILSON AND THE MANDATES. PARIS, April 29. Received May 1, 10.45 p.m. President Wilson wished to postpone finishing the mandates until the League meeting, but Mr Massey and General Smuts strongly urged early finality and it was agreed that the mandates should be fixed after the presentation of the treaty, but before the signing. The only mention of the mandate system in the treaty will be the clauses in the covenant as published. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. THE SECRETARY'S SALARY. PARIS, April 29. The first meeting of the League will be held in Washington in the autumn when President Wilson will be elected President Thirteen neutrals have notified their intention to be present. It is expected that enemy Powers will then be admitted. Sir J, E. Drummond’s salary as SecretaryGeneral is £SOOO a year, with £SOOO for expenses. BOLSHEVIK COLLAPSE. NO REFUGE FOR LENIN AND TROTSKY. WASHINGTON, April 30. Received May 1, 6.5 p.m. Reporta received by the State Department from neutral sources state that the Bolshevik regime in Russia is collapsing. It is understood that Lenin and Trotsky sought refuge in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, but they were refused admittance everywhere. Their only possibility now is Hungary. The American view is that the days of Bolshevism are ended.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR BUREAU. THE FIRST MEETING. LONDON, April 30. Received May 1, 10.16 p.m. It is announced that the first meeting of the Peace Conference’s International Bureau of Labour will be held at Washington in October, JAPAN AND CHINA. PROVISIONS OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENT. NEW YORK, April 30. Received May 1, 5.5 p.m. In reference to the Chinese-Japanese agreement the World’s Paris correspondent states that the tentative agreement provides that Japan shall receive the German concessions in Chins, such as mines and railroads, which will remain under Chinese sovereignty, but will be operated by Japan. Japan’s interest in Shantung will be limited to the original provisions of the Chino-Jap-anese treaties. Japan’s paramount influence in China will probably be recognised, as it was in the Lansing-Ishii treaty. It is pointed out that Japan’s special position in China is already recognised in the Monroe Doctrine clause in the Covenant of the League of Nations. SWITZERLAND'S ATTITUDE. PRESIDENT REACHES PARIS. PARIS, April 30. Received May 1, 7.30 p.m. The Swtss President has arrived here, probably in connection with the maintenance of Switzerland’s neutrality. This raises interesting speculation regarding her future relationship to the League of Nations. CAPTURED ENEMY CABLES. DISCUSSED BY FOREIGN MINISTERS. PARIS, April 30. Received May 1, 7.40 p.m. The Foreign Ministers are discussing the question of the submarine cables captured from the enemy. It is believed their proposal is to place the lines under the League of Nations, but there is much opposition to this suggestion. UKRAINIAN ARMISTICE. COMMISSION SITTING IN PARIS.. PARIS, April 29. Received May 1, 10.45 p.m. The Ukrainian Arpiatice Commission is sitting in Paris under General Botha’s presidency. The Ukrainian delegate is expected to reach Paris shortly.