The chief task of President Wilson and the Allied Ministers
in Paris during the past week bee been to settle the conditions on which the armistice with Germany, expiring on Monday next, may be renewed. The French Minister of Finance on Monday gave the delegates an account of a book published by the German General Staff, in which the deliberate destruction of the French factories in the occupied zone was described and justified as a means of promoting German trade. It would be well if this book were given to the world. It would help to explain to the British and American public why the French insist so firmly on a just Peace, without any sentimentality. The Conference has heard the Emir Felled on behalf of the Arabs ; it is said that he proposed an Arab Federation, including both Syria and Mesopotamia as well as the Hedjaz, and the rumour has caused some anxiety in France, whose ancient and honourable connexion with Syria is very precious to her.
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