Second Edition Peace Talk

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 28 December 1917, Page 6

Second Edition Peace Talk

CENTRAL POWERS DECLARATION.

five ce&ma:: r e-ace, terms.

Press Assn. —-Copyright.—Australian lian and N, Z. Cable Association. (Received 1.85 p m ) ■ ' Amsterdam, Dotiemhor 27. Count • CViernin; in presiding at a plenary meeting of the Russo-German * peace delegates, declared: (1) That the Central Powers did not intend to violently annex -.he regions occupied - during the 1 war, and the withdrawal of troops from those regions could he arranged for in the peace treaty in the event of failure to agree to certain points .before the treaty was signed. (2) That the Central Powers had no intention of depriving of political independence any Nation which had its independence;! y'' v <-•; V-' ; (3) .That the problem of deciding to which Power any State which did not possess political independence shouldbelong would not be solved' internationally, but -must in some cases be decided"by the individual State. (4) That ethe safeguarding of minorities must be the right of-every na-tiofc“tadepide-ber own destiny. .*y ThalCthe ©entral Powers had repeatedly declared thati-nodndeihnities should-tbe paid by either side, each belligerent ■ paying - only the i ex-peh sos of its-respective war prisoners and compensation to civilian prisoners. l and that ;tHetspecial fund for’this purpose sugfest6d by Russia should - ; only, ho considered if others than tile belligerents participated in the peace - negotiation's,within a reasonable period. y