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MR. LANSING said that the Germans would have to agree to it. He agreed, however, to circulate a memorandum on the subject.

7. BARON MAKINO asked whether the text of the Treaty would be made public when it was handed to the Germans. Peace was to be

Publication of Treaty

established when the Treaty was ratified, and it was

the general hope that this would be achieved in one or two months after the signature. He pointed out that it would take a long time to telegraph the whole Treaty in cipher to Japan. It would take less time should the Treaty be made public and should it be possible to telegraph it en clair.

MR. BALFOUR thought that it would be possible to telegraph the Treaty en clair the day it was communicated in a plenary session to the Powers with special interests.

BARON MAKINO further asked that the French Government should facilitate the telegraphing of the Treaty to Japan.

M. PICHON undertook to do this.

MR. LANSING said that the Treaty would be telegraphed to the State Department in Washington and that he would arrange that it be communicated to the Japanese Ambassador who would be able to forward it thence to Japan. He would ask, however, that the Treaty be not made public until communicated to the Germans.

(This was agreed to.)

(The Meeting then adjourned.)

PARIS, 30th April, 1919.

Appendix "A" to IC-178 [FM-10]

Recommendation to the Commissioners for immediate action on the Baltic Situation.

From: R. H. Lord and S. E. Morison, Russian Division.

It is recommended:

(1) That the Supreme Council transmit through representatives of the Associated Governments now at Libau to the "Committee of Safety", or whatever de facto authority exists at Libau, a demand that the imprisoned members of the Provisional Government of Latvia, and all officials and troops formerly acting under its authority, be immediately released, and that this Provisional Government be restored at once to its previous functions and be respected as the de facto government of Latvia.

That General von der Goltz be similarly notified that the German Military authorities must refrain from any interference in the internal

'Gen. Rudiger von der Goltz, commander of the German armies in the Baltic Provinces and Governor of Libau.

administration of Latvia and must restore to the Lettish Government all arms and other property belonging to it.

It is recommended:

(2) That, in accordance with the suggestion of Mr. Lansing at a session of the Council of Five on April 19th, it be stipulated in the Preliminary Treaty of Peace that the German troops now in the Baltic Provinces and Lithuania evacuate these countries: that this evacuation begin immediately and be completed within a period of weeks; that it be carried out under the supervision of Allied representatives: that until the completion of the evacuation there shall be no interference with the civil administration of these countries, or with such measures for national defence as may be adopted by the Provisional Governments of Esthonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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It is recommended:

(3) That the Supreme Council recognise the Provisional Government of Latvia, as it existed before the coup d'état of April 16th, as an independent de facto government: and that a similar recognition be extended to the Provisional Governments of Esthonia and Lithuania. Any declaration or recognition made to the governments in question should contain the provision that the final status of these three countries is to be settled only in accordance with the wishes of the population as expressed through properly elected constituent assemblies: and that, as soon as a recognised Russian Government exists, the Allied and Associated Powers will use their good offices to facilitate an amiable settlement of the relations of these countries with Russia.

It is recommended:

(4) That, in order to assure the defence of these three countries against the Bolshevists, in view of the impending evacuation by the German troops, the Allied and Associated Governments should undertake to supply Esthonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with the necessary military equipment, food and credits.

It is recommended:

(5) That an article be inserted in the Preliminary Treaty of Peace, insuring that the question of the reparations due from Germany to Esthonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, be referred to a mixed commission or other appropriate body for decision.

NOTE. Practically identical recommendations are being made to the British Delegation by Sir Esme Howard.

PARIS, 29th April, 1919.

FM-6, p. 585.

Appendix "B" to IC-178 [FM-10]

[Translation of Treaty Between the French Republic and the Prince of Monaco, Signed July 17, 1918]

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC AND HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF MONACO, being desirous of confirming by a formal Act of mutual confidence the protective Friendship which, in continuance of a happy tradition, the Principality has always encountered at the hands of the French Government, AND WHEREAS the interests of the Principality of Monaco are, on account of its geographical situation, necessarily bound up with those of France,

Have resolved to conclude a Treaty to that effect and have appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the French Republic:

Mr. Stephen Pichon, Senator, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic:

And His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco:

Count Balny d'Avricourt, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the President of the French Republic:

who, duly empowered, have agreed on the following provisions:

ARTICLE I

The Government of the French Republic assures to the Principality of Monaco the defence of its independence and sovereignty and guarantees the integrity of its territory as though that territory formed part of France.

The Government of His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco undertakes, for its part, to exercise its rights of sovereignty entirely in accord with the political, military, naval and economic interests of France.

ARTICLE II

Measures concerning the international relations of the Principality shall always form the subject of a prior understanding between the Princely Government and the French Government.

This likewise applies to measures relating either directly or indirectly to the exercise of a Regency or to the succession to the Crown which may only be transmitted, whether through a marriage, by adoption or otherwise, to a person possessing French or Monegasque nationality and agreeable to the French Government.

ARTICLE III

His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco, in pursuance of the additional Articles of the Treaty of February 2nd, 1861,5 confirms 'British and Foreign State Papers, vol. LI, p. 673.

both on his own behalf and on that of his successors the undertaking given to the French Government not to alienate the Principality, either wholly or in part, in favour of any Power other than France.

In the event of the Crown falling vacant, especially in default of an heir whether direct or adoptive, the territory of Monaco shall form, under the protectorate of France, an autonomous State called the State of Monaco. In such an event, private immovable property not devoted to a public use which, on that account, might form the subject of a special claim on the part of the rightful claimants, shall be repurchased by the State of Monaco with the aid, if necessary, of the French State.

ARTICLE IV

The French Government may, either on its own initiative, with the assent of the Prince, or in an emergency, after notification, or at the request of His Serene Highness cause to enter and remain in the territory and territorial waters of the Principality the military or naval forces required for upholding the security of the two countries.

ARTICLE V

The French Government will lend its good offices to the Princely Government in order to facilitate its admission, together with the French Government, to international Conferences and Institutions, and especially to those which have in view the organisation of the League of Nations.

ARTICLE VI

Special stipulations shall determine the arrangements to be made, notably in regard to the economic consequences of the Customs Union provided for by the Treaty of February 2nd, 1861, the prosecution and prevention of fiscal frauds, of offences, misdemeanours and crimes of every kind, the organisation of common public services, education, the recruitment of public officials, the status of foreigners principally in respect of their naturalisation and their liability to taxation, the co-ordination of police measures, the supervision of frontiers, on the understanding that the Princely Government alone is qualified, with the assent of the French Government, if required, to enact provisions in regard to public order within the Principality.

ARTICLE VII

The present Treaty shall, as soon as circumstances may permit, be brought to the notice of the Powers by the French Government.

IN FAITH OF WHICH the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty and affixed their Seals thereto.

Done in duplicate at Paris, the 17th of July, 1918.

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Paris Peace Conf. 180.03201/11

FM-11

Secretary's Notes of a Meeting of Foreign Ministers Held in M. Pichon's Room at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, on Saturday, May 3, 1919, at 4 p. m.

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1. M. PICHON said that the first item on the agenda paper had reference to an amendment of article I of the clauses in the Treaty of Peace relative to German Colonies, proposed by the French Delegation. He called on M. de Peretti to explain the case.

Amendment of
Article I of Clause
in Treaty of

Peace Relative to
German Colonies

M. DE PERETTI said that Article I of the clauses in the Treaty of Peace relative to German Colonies read as follows:"Germany renounces in favour of the Five Allied and Associated

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