The increase in value of immovable property thus liquidated must be paid to the Commission by the Government of the country where the liquidation takes place, under conditions to be fixed by the Commission. The ownership of property whose value is thus paid to the Commission shall appertain to the state charged with the payment. ARTICLE 12 The funds necessary to facilitate emigration shall be advanced to the Commission by the states interested under the conditions fixed by the former. The Commission shall advance to emigrants, within the limits of available funds, the value of their immovable goods. ARTICLE 13 The cost of maintenance and operations of the Mixed Commission and its branches shall be borne by the Governments interested, in proportions to be determined by the Commission. ARTICLE 14 The Mixed Commission shall have the power to take supplementary measures necessary for the application of the above provisions. ARTICLE 15 Within a period of one year from the coming into force of the present treaty, the states having a common frontier with one of the states which are parties to this treaty shall have the right to declare their adherence to the said treaty. Appendix B to HD-96 [Note From the Committee on New States to the Supreme Council] PEACE CONFERENCE SECRETARY GENERAL (Translation) NOVEMBER 18, 1919. SIGNATURE OF THE MINORITIES TREATY BY RUMANIA The telegram addressed to the Rumanian Government on October 11th contains the following statement: "As soon as the Supreme Council learn that the Rumanian Government is prepared to sign the Treaty with Austria without reservation, they, for their part, will be happy to consider in common with Rumania such modifications of the clauses of the Minorities Treaty 'See appendix B to HD-68, vol. vi, p. 583. as particularly interest Rumania without affecting the general principle, with a view if possible to giving satisfaction to the Rumanian Government." By his letter of October 31st, the President of the Peace Conference notified the President of the Rumanian Delegation that Rumania would not be allowed to sign the Treaty with Bulgaria without previously having signed the Treaty with Austria and the Minorities Treaty.R By its telegram of November 13th [15th], the Supreme Council invited Rumania to declare, within a period of eight days, that she was ready to sign the Treaty with Austria and the Minorities Treaties under the conditions set out in the previous note. As a result, according to the very terms of the notification of the Supreme Council, Rumania has the right to discuss anew, if not the principle at least the drafting of the Minorities Treaty. But, since the Rumanian reply will arrive only three or four days before the signature of the Treaty with Bulgaria it is not evident how it will be possible within such a short time to receive the Rumanian observations, to study them, to reply to them, and to prepare Rumania to accept the final result of these labors. Appendix C to HD-96 [The Esthonian Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Peace Conference] PEACE CONFERENCE, PARIS. 8. 8. REVAL 2375 /12 126 12 18 43. Telegram I am directed by the Conference of the Delegates of the Balkan [Baltic] States of the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Esthonia to inform you that the Conference has decided that in the event of an armistice being possible between the Baltic States and the de facto Government of Russia, a neutral zone should be established between the Russian front and the Baltic States under the administration of a third State. Consequently, I have the honor to request the Peace Conference to entrust a State with the organization and control of the Administration in the neutral zone in order that the execution of the clauses of the eventual Treaty may be guaranteed. ESTHONIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 'See HD-78, minute 3, vol. VIII, p. 805. 'Appendix A to HD-93, p. 182. Appendix D to HD-96 POLISH DELEGATION TO THE PEACE CONFERENCE 15 Avenue George V. PARIS, November 17, 1919. To the Secretary General of the Peace Conference: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of November 12 10 and to inform you, at the same time, that the Polish Plenipotentiary Delegates, Messrs. Ladislas Grabski and Stanislas Patek have arrived in Paris and are ready to comply with the invitation of the Supreme Council. The Polish Delegates would be pleased to become acquainted with the new draft of statute for Eastern Galicia, before they set forth their observations on the said statute. Paris Peace Conf. 180.03501/97 HD-97 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 Thursday, November 20, 1919, at 10: 00 a. m. The following were also present for items in which they were concerned: AMERICA, UNITED STATES OF Colonel J. A. Logan Dr. I. Bowman Captain Madison, U. S. N. Mr. A. W. Dulles BRITISH EMPIRE Lieut-Col. Kisch Mr. A. Leeper FRANCE M. Laroche General Le Rond M. de Montille ITALY M. D'Amelio M. Vannutelli-Rey M. Stranieri JAPAN M. Shigemitsu 1. SIR EYRE CROWE called the Council's attention to the importance of definitely settling the conditions of Peace to be submitted to the Hungarian Hungarians. The latest news from Budapest indicated that a coalition Government was in process of formation. He had just received two telegrams from Sir George Clerk (See Appendices "A" and "B") which contained favorable news. A final, definite draft should be ready for submission by the time the Hungarians were in a position to send negotiators to Paris. But to arrive at such a final draft certain questions which were still undecided would have to be settled. The most important one related to the expenses caused by Roumanian occupation of Hungary and the means of meeting the same. If that point were now brought up for discussion it might take months to settle it. He thought it would be well to study the suggestion of the American legal experts that a clause should be inserted in the Treaty with Hungary giving the Reparation Commission power to settle that whole question in view of existing circumstances. The Drafting Committee might be asked to come at once to an agreement with the Committee on Organization of the Reparation Commission in order to draft such a clause. Another question to be settled related to the cession of Fiume; a formula to that effect would have to be found which could be inserted in the Treaty of Peace with Hungary. He thought that the Drafting Committee could likewise be charged with that task. M. BERTHELOT observed that as soon as the two points mentioned by Sir Eyre Crowe had been settled the Hungarian Treaty would be entirely ready for submission to the Hungarian Delegates. It was decided: (1) that the Drafting Committee, in agreement with the Committee on Organization of the Reparation Commission, should prepare a draft article to be inserted in the Treaty with Hungary giving the Reparation Commission full power to settle the questions raised by the expenses of Roumanian occupation of Hungary; (2) that the Drafting Committee be charged with the preparation of a draft clause to be inserted in the Treaty with Hungary relating to the cession of Fiume by Hungary. 2. (The Council had before it a report of the Committee on Organization of the Reparation Commission relating to the demands of the Serb-Croat-Slovene Delegation on the subject of the distribution of Austro-Hungarian mercantile tonnage (See Appendix "C").) Report of the Committee on Organization of the Reparation Commission Relating to the Demands of the Serb-CroatSlovene Delegation on the Subject of the Distribution of Austro-Hungarian Mercantile Tonnage 1 1 M. LOUCHEUR read and commented upon that report. He was glad to be able to state that the Committee on Organization of the Reparation Commission, at a meeting attended by Italian and Jugo-Slav Representatives, had reached an unanimous decision. The formula agreed upon seemed to him a good one. 1 Appendix B to HD-89, p. 103. |