SAAR VALLEY FORMULA,

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15046, 14 April 1919, Page 5

SAAR VALLEY FORMULA,

THE ADRIATIC QUESTION.

AN AMERICAN SOLUTION.

CHINA'S CLAIMS

(Australian and N V.Z. Cable Association)

(Received April 13, 5.5 p.m.)

Paris, April 11. • The committee appointed to prepare the Saar Valley formula submitted ifc to the Council.

When the peace treaty is ready it will probably be handed to the Germans privately, and any explanations required will be furnished in camera. The only public function at Versailles will be the signing of the treaty. It is learned from reliable Italian sources that President Wilson in a few days will present an American memorandum proposing a solution of the Adriatic question. The Italians fear that this will oppose their aspirations, but they will not consent to any diminution of their claims. If the memorandum does not accord with justice the Italian delegation will not accept it, and may quit the Conference. Liang Chichao 3 formerly Minister of Justice, sets forth the Chinese case for the Peace Conference. He says': "In the ruins of the defeated Teutonic Powers we have the vindication of oppressed peoples. China demands that Tsing-tau and Kaio-chau, with the railways and mines, should be directly returned to her by Germany. Japan's only argument is that having wrested Tsing-tau from Germany she'is entitled to compensation. The Chinese believe that the agreement between China and Japan in 1915 was concluded under threat of war. Besides, the situation was changed by China's entrance into the war as a belligerent. Germany's claims to Shantung no longer exist, and the foundation of the Japanese treaty is destroyed." I