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MR. LLOYD GEORGE understood that the Military Advisers would draft a scheme on the basis of the resolution.

(This was agreed to.

It was also agreed that the Naval and Aerial Committees should be guided by the same principles.)

GENERAL DUVAL remarked that the Aerial Committee had proposed to suppress the whole of the German air force. Was he to understand that a different report was now required?

(a) Suppression of German Air Force

MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that he had no objection to the entire suppression of the German air force.

Revision of Naval
Conditions

ADMIRAL WEMYSS said that the Admirals had reconsidered certain points referred back to them by the Supreme War Council on the previous day. He made no mention of the clauses which had been reserved. (Admiral Wemyss then read the proposed re-draft, and, after a short discussion, the following revised clauses were accepted:

"PART I

Clause 8. Construction of Vessels-of-War.

No vessels-of-war shall be constructed in Germany nor acquired by Germany, except as follows:

(a) New vessels shall only be built to replace units of the seagoing fleet authorised by Clause 1.

(b) New vessels shall not exceed the following displacement:

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(c) Except in the case of the loss of a ship, units of the different classes shall only be replaced at the end of

20 years in the case of armoured ships and light cruisers,
15 years in the case of destroyers and torpedo-boats.

This number of years expresses the duration of the life of a ship and shall count from the date of launching of the ship which is to be replaced to the year in which the new ship is launched.

Clause 9. Prohibition of Construction of Submarines.

No submarines for any purpose whatever, commercial or otherwise, shall be built in Germany or acquired by Germany.

Clause 3. Coast Fortifications.

PART II

All fortified works and fortifications now established within 50 kilometres of the German coast or on German islands off that coast, other than those mentioned in Clauses 1 and 3 of Part II., shall be

considered as of a defensive nature and may be retained as at present. No new fortifications shall be constructed within the same limits.

The armament of these defences shall not exceed, as regards the number and calibre of guns, those in position at the date of the signature of the present Convention. Their numbers and calibres shall be at once communicated by the German Government to the Allied and Associated Powers.

The stocks of ammunition for these guns shall not exceed the following rates:

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It was agreed that Admiral Benson's reservations should be examined in connection with the general question of future control.) (The Meeting then adjourned.)

PARIS, 8th March, 1919.

Annexure "A"

INTERRUPTION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AT SPA

Copy of Telegram

From: Spa.
To:-Astoria.3

(Despatched 4.25 a. m. Received 10 a. m. March 6th, 1919.) No. C. 3. March 6th. Following for Lord Robert Cecil for the Economic Council and Hankey for the Supreme War Council, Hotel Majestic, Paris. Also for Marshal Foch, No. 4 Bis, Boulevard des Invalides, Paris, and for His Excellency Signor Crespi, Hotel Edouard VII, Paris. :—

After communicating with Weimar, the German delegates refused to deliver their mercantile marine in its entirety until a definite programme of food supplies has been arranged up to next harvest. They indicate their willingness to compromise on the basis of delivering a portion of the ships in return for a limited supply of ( group omitted) stuffs and further ships proportionately with further supplies. We have pointed out to them that this is not consistent with the agreement for the immediate delivery of all the ships to which they have already bound themselves, and we have reassured them of the intention of the Associated Governments to accord further food supplies to the fullest extent that our instructions permit. The German delegates after further communication with Weimar having announced their inability to modify their attitude 'Hotel Astoria, headquarters of the British delegation.

we are informing them that in view of our instructions no useful purpose can be served by further discussions, and that we are returning to Paris immediately.

The situation is evidently most serious one and I trust the (? Supreme War Council) will be in a position to consider it on Friday. (Repeated Ministry of Shipping, London.)

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Paris Peace Conf. 180.03101/54

BC-47 SWC-14

Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of the 17th Session, Supreme War Council, Held in M. Pichon's Room at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, on Saturday, 8th March, 1919, at 3 p.m.

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1. M. CLEMENTEL said that on the 24th February, 1919, the InterAllied Blockade Council had passed a resolution to the following effect:

Raising of the
Blockade in the
Adriatic

"The Blockade of the Adriatic shall forthwith be raised and the trade of all countries shall be allowed free access to all ports."

He wished to ask the Conference to approve this Resolution. M. SONNINO enquired whether the Resolution referred only to the commercial blockade of the Adriatic.

MR. LANSING replied in the affirmative.

(It was agreed that the commercial blockade of the Adriatic should forthwith be raised.)

2. M. CLEMENCEAU enquired whether the representatives of the Great Powers were prepared to hand in the names of

Nomination of the
Generals to Pro-

ceed to Laibach

the Generals, who were to proceed to Laibach.
(The following names were handed in:-

United States of America

Great Britain

France
Italy

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General Treat.

General Gordon.
General Savy.

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General Segre.)

Mr. CLEMENCEAU, continuing, said that subject to the approval of the Conference he, as President of the Peace Conference, would forward the following telegram to the President of the Inter-Allied Relief Commission in Trieste :

"The Supreme War Council at meeting held on 8th March, 1919, approved the following Resolution:-Firstly, a Commission composed of four Generals (1 American, 1 British, 1 French, 1 Italian) shall forthwith proceed to Laibach to enquire into the incidents which took place at Saloch and at Laibach on the 12th and 20th February. After ascertaining the facts of the case, they will issue all necessary instructions, which will include the punishment of the guilty, and such amends and indemnification as may be considered to be due to the Italian Government. Secondly, the Commission of four Generals, after having ascertained the facts, will issue a notification in the names of the Allied and Associated Governments, to the effect that a recurrence of similar incidents would immediately be followed by an Inter-Allied Military occupation of the localities where such incidents might occur, in accordance with the terms of Article 4 of the Armistice of 3rd November, 1918, combined with such other more stringent measures as the Commission may consider proper.

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