Appendix G to HD-89 PARIS, November 9, 1919. From: St. Kozicki, Polish Delegation, To: President Clemenceau. Having learned that the Supreme Council is about to admit the question of the Eastern part of Galicia for examination on the basis of a new plan which differs essentially from the plan previously discussed, and concerning which the Polish Delegates have not been permitted to express themselves, the Polish Delegation entertains the hope that the Principal Allied and Associated Powers will not come to any decision without previously hearing the views of the Polish Delegates, as Poland is one of the Allied States. In view of the fact that Mr. Dmowski is, unfortunately, seriously ill and that Mr. Paderewski is absent from Paris, the Polish Delegation has the honor to request the Supreme Council to kindly postpone its decision on the fate of the Eastern part of Galicia until the Polish Delegates return to Paris and are allowed to present their case to the Peace Conference. A.-Execution of the Treaty with Germany. Conditions governing the resumption of diplomatic relations. (A report to be furnished by the Special Commission). Reorganization of the Superior War Council at Versailles to centralize the measures of execution concerning the military clauses of the Peace Treaty, in Germany and in the different occupied territories. Extradition and trial of the Kaiser. Nomination of the members of the Commission entrusted with the comparison of the lists of culprits presented by the different Powers and to regulate a procedure for the mixed tribunals (article 229). Question of the representation of small Powers on the Commission. Convention between Poland and the free city of Dantzig (a report to be furnished by the Commission on Polish Affairs). Togo and Cameroun : employment of the contingents for the defense of the metropolitan and colonial territory. B.-Execution of the Treaty with Austria. Signing of the Treaty with Austria and of the treaties for the protection of minorities by: a) The Serb-Croat-Slovene State; b) Rumania. C.-Execution of the Treaty with Bulgaria. Question of the attribution of Bulgarian Thrace. D.-Treaty with Hungary. Question of the total or partial payment of the Rumanian occupation expenses; The furnishing of coal to Hungary by Poland and the CzechoSlovak State; (Article 207); Exploitation of the Pecs Mines (report to be furnished by the Commission on Rumanian and Jugoslav affairs). II. QUESTIONS IN COMMON A-Distribution of enemy ships. 1) Battleships. a) German and Austro-Hungarian battleships. b) Reparations demanded by France and Italy for the interruption in their naval constructions during the war and for the employment of their shipyards and mills in the manufacture of war materials for themselves and the Allies. 2) Commercial ships. a) General distribution of the merchant tonnage between those concerned. b) German ships; question of tankers. c) Austro-Hungarian ships. Distribution of the tonnage between Italy and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State. B-Cost of upkeep of the armies of occupation. III.-GENERAL POLITICAL QUESTIONS A-Question of the Adriatic. Frontiers between Italy and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State. Fiume. Albania. B-Russian and Baltic Question. a) Recognition of Admiral Koltchak. d) Baltic States. e) Eastern frontiers of Poland. f) Ukrainia. g) Bessarabia. h) Caucasus State. i) Repatriation of the Allied contingents in Siberia. j) Repatriation of enemy prisoners in Russia. C-Treaty with Turkey. D-Treaty with Belgium and the Netherlands for the revision of the Treaties of 1839. Appendix I to HD-89 Draft Resolution Regarding Allowances for Boundary Commissioners Submitted to the Supreme Council by the British Delegation The allowances, laid down in the "Instructions regarding Boundary Commissions," Part III. Administration, dated October 6, 1919,22 shall begin to be payable to each member, and to be recoverable from the interested States, as follows: (a) In the case of those Boundary Commissions which have to be constituted within 15 days from the coming into force of a Treaty, From the date of coming into force of this Treaty, or as soon after as the nomination of the member has been received by the Secretariat of the Peace Conference. (b) In other cases, e. g., final demarcation of plebiscite areas, From the first day of the period within which the Boundary-Commission is ordered to be constituted, or as soon after as the nomination of the member has been received by the Secretariat General of the Peace Conference. "Appendix D to HD-70, vol. vII, p. 655. Paris Peace Conf. 180.03501/90 HD-90 Notes of a Meeting of the Heads of Delegations of the Five Great Powers Held in M. Pichon's Room, Quai d'Orsay, Paris, on Wednesday, November 12, 1919, at 10:30 a. m. The following were also present for items in which they were concerned : AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF Mr. W. H. Buckler BRITISH EMPIRE General Sackville-West Mr. Forbes-Adam Mr. A. Leeper FRANCE General Weygand ITALY M. Galli M. Vannutelli-Rey JAPAN M. Shigemitsu 1. (The Council had before it a draft note to M. Venizelos relative to the report of the Commission of Inquiry, prepared by the British Note to M. Veni- Delegation (See Appendix "A"), a telegram from the 'Appendix A is apparently a revision of the draft here referred to. M. BERTHELOT read the draft note prepared by the British Delegation. M. CLEMENCEAU raised the following point of form: on page 2 he thought the word "observed" should be changed to read "felt" in the sentence reading: "It hopes that the dangerous tension which at the present time does not seem to have ceased to make itself felt along the limits of the Greek occupation." SIR EYRE CROWE explained that in drawing up this note the British Delegation had wished to avoid mixing up two questions; he realized, however, that other questions, referred to on the previous day by M. Berthelot but not touched upon in this draft note, still remained to be settled. The question of the administration of Smyrna was a rather complex one and it might be well to turn it over to a Commission. A Commission on Greek Territorial Claims was already in existence. He understood that M. Venizelos had a good deal to say on this question. and it would perhaps be better for him to be heard by that Commission. M. DE MARTINO agreed, particularly as he thought it was time that a decision should be reached relative to the relations between the Greek army of occupation and the local authorities on the one hand, and the central Government of Constantinople on the other. It would be well to be guided by the principles of The Hague Convention.2 On the other hand, it would be well to show consideration to M. Venizelos, who throughout the war had shown qualities of the highest value and whose difficulties were well known. M. CLEMENCEAU suggested that the question be referred to the Commission on Greek Territorial Claims which, if necessary, could solicit the advice of the military experts. M. BERTHELOT pointed out that as General Bunoust, who was entirely familiar with the situation, was present he might give the Commission valuable advice. MR. POLK called the attention of the Council to a paragraph of the draft note authorizing the Greeks to advance from Aidin up to the river Kochak Chai. That clause was a very important one. It should be remembered that any further advance meant fighting between the Greeks and Turks. General Milne himself had recognized that fact. He therefore wished to ask if the Council deemed it advisable to assume the responsibility for such further conflict. M. CLEMENCEAU again pointed out that he could send no troops; he felt that possibly the best solution would be to have M. Venizelos withdraw his troops from the region of Aidin where they had gone without the consent of the Council. 2 Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, October 18, 1907, Foreign Relations, 1907, pt. 2, p. 1204. |