INTER ALLIED CONFERENCE

Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14242, 17 December 1919, Page 7

INTER ALLIED CONFERENCE

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. SOLIDARITY OF THE ALLIES. MANY POINTS SETTLED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, Dec. 14. According to an official statement of Hie conference which Mr Lloyd George bad with -M. Clemenceau and Signor Scialoja, they discussed the procedure to be followed in regard to the various international questions which are still unsettled, particularly peace with Turkey. The utmost cordiality marked the conference, and satisfactory agreements were readied on all outstanding points. The three days’ meeting served to confirm the complete solidarity of the Allies.

The conferences at Downing Street, which are now concluded, aroused the keenest interest.

The French press comments freely on the nature of discussions. The Matin declares ttial the Allies decided to inform America that, in order to facilitate a compromise between the opposing parties in the Senate, they were prepared to accept to the utmost extent the Republic’s reservations. But Downing Street has issued an official statement, which does not mention the matter, and says that at the invitation of the British Government M. Giemenceau arrived to confer with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other Ministers on various questions affecting France and Britain. As many of these related to finance and economics, M. Louchcur, Frendi Minsiter of Industrial Reconstruction, also attended. The Prime Minister took advantage of Hie presence of Senor Scialoja to have an exchange of views on the Adriatic, question, at. which the American Ambassador was present. The Japanese Ambassador participated in a general conference, which discussed the Russian problem.