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Sailor Steve · 03-02-19, 07:58 PM

Saturday, March 1, 1919

PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE
Day 34

M Pichon's hotel suite, Quai d’Orsay, 15:00

1. M Clemenceau has resumed his duties as President of the Peace Conference. His first order of business is to ask whether the Conference will consider whether to accept the Military and Naval conditions for Peace set by Marshal Foch in a paper circulated the previous day. The Armistice had finally been renewed, but with no certain terms set nor an expiration date. As it now stands the Allies can terminate the new Armistice without prior notice. Mr Balfour recounts that they had discussed earlier the possibility of having the Military and Naval terms given to Germany separately from the Civil and Economic terms. This had been tabled due to the absence of M Clemenceau and the feeling that M Clemenceau had objections to that idea. At this point the general attitude is that the Preliminary Peace Terms should include all Military and Naval terms as well as Financial terms and Territorial Claims. M Clemenceau says that he agrees with Mr Balfour that that the Preliminary Peace Treaty must include all the different sets of terms in one package. The Conference, however, can only decide one set of terms at a time, and the Military and Naval terms should come first.

It is decided that the Military and Naval terms should be finalized on the following Monday, and that the Military experts should be a part of that discussion.

2. Signor Crespi, who had acted as head of the Chairman of the Financial Drafting Committee while Mr Salandra was absent, reads the report of that Committee detailing all the Financial and Economic questions involved when discussing the economic future of Enemy Nations, with special regard to the question of whether the debtor nation should be allowed to change the terms of the debts without permission of the creditors. The several Commissions involved in this part of the Peace Plan are instructed to have all their reports ready for the Conference by Monday, March 22nd. Mr House says he feels the Commissions should have their reports ready by March 15th instead. S Crespi agrees. M Klotz suggests that the Commission should be empowered to appoint its own Sub-Commissions. Mr Lansing suggests the name be changed from the Financial Drafting Committee to the Financial Commission, while still employing the same personnel.

It is agreed that all these changes will be made the following Monday, and the small powers will be invited to the meeting so they can nominate their new members.

3. M Klotz, as Chairman of the Allied Commission on Reparation, reads a statement assigning all blame for destruction of property and all costs of repairing affected countries to the Germans. After much discussion it is decided that this matter should be postponed until S Orlando, President Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George are available again. It is agreed that two drafts should be prepared, one with the assumption that War costs should be part of the Reparation and one that they should not.

4. Further discussion is held regarding the Financial Commission, finalizing the plan that it will be the Economic Planning Committee with a new name. Following this the Commission's duties are ironed out, and the meeting adjourned.

Sunday, March 2, 1919

The Peace Conference has the day off.

03-02-19, 07:58 PM	#3587
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Saturday, March 1, 1919 PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE Day 34 M Pichon's hotel suite, Quai d’Orsay, 15:00 1. M Clemenceau has resumed his duties as President of the Peace Conference. His first order of business is to ask whether the Conference will consider whether to accept the Military and Naval conditions for Peace set by Marshal Foch in a paper circulated the previous day. The Armistice had finally been renewed, but with no certain terms set nor an expiration date. As it now stands the Allies can terminate the new Armistice without prior notice. Mr Balfour recounts that they had discussed earlier the possibility of having the Military and Naval terms given to Germany separately from the Civil and Economic terms. This had been tabled due to the absence of M Clemenceau and the feeling that M Clemenceau had objections to that idea. At this point the general attitude is that the Preliminary Peace Terms should include all Military and Naval terms as well as Financial terms and Territorial Claims. M Clemenceau says that he agrees with Mr Balfour that that the Preliminary Peace Treaty must include all the different sets of terms in one package. The Conference, however, can only decide one set of terms at a time, and the Military and Naval terms should come first. It is decided that the Military and Naval terms should be finalized on the following Monday, and that the Military experts should be a part of that discussion. 2. Signor Crespi, who had acted as head of the Chairman of the Financial Drafting Committee while Mr Salandra was absent, reads the report of that Committee detailing all the Financial and Economic questions involved when discussing the economic future of Enemy Nations, with special regard to the question of whether the debtor nation should be allowed to change the terms of the debts without permission of the creditors. The several Commissions involved in this part of the Peace Plan are instructed to have all their reports ready for the Conference by Monday, March 22nd. Mr House says he feels the Commissions should have their reports ready by March 15th instead. S Crespi agrees. M Klotz suggests that the Commission should be empowered to appoint its own Sub-Commissions. Mr Lansing suggests the name be changed from the Financial Drafting Committee to the Financial Commission, while still employing the same personnel. It is agreed that all these changes will be made the following Monday, and the small powers will be invited to the meeting so they can nominate their new members. 3. M Klotz, as Chairman of the Allied Commission on Reparation, reads a statement assigning all blame for destruction of property and all costs of repairing affected countries to the Germans. After much discussion it is decided that this matter should be postponed until S Orlando, President Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George are available again. It is agreed that two drafts should be prepared, one with the assumption that War costs should be part of the Reparation and one that they should not. 4. Further discussion is held regarding the Financial Commission, finalizing the plan that it will be the Economic Planning Committee with a new name. Following this the Commission's duties are ironed out, and the meeting adjourned. Sunday, March 2, 1919 The Peace Conference has the day off. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 03-03-19 at 06:57 PM.