. The literary digest. M Safety Switch M The Literary Digest for March 29, 1919 1^7 CURRENT EVENTS PEACE PRELIMINARIES March 12.—The Peace Conferences Com-mission on Waterways, says a reportfrom Paris, has recommended that theRhine and the Kiel Canal be thrownopen to all nations in peace times, thequestion of fortification to be left tothe Allies. The War Council has agreed to limit theGerman Fleet to six battle-ships, fivecruisers, twehe 800-ton destroAers, andtwenty-six smaller destroyers, accordingto the Paris correspondent of theLondon Daily Chronicle. A proposed amendment to the League of

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. The literary digest. M Safety Switch M The Literary Digest for March 29, 1919 1^7 CURRENT EVENTS PEACE PRELIMINARIES March 12.—The Peace Conferences Com-mission on Waterways, says a reportfrom Paris, has recommended that theRhine and the Kiel Canal be thrownopen to all nations in peace times, thequestion of fortification to be left tothe Allies. The War Council has agreed to limit theGerman Fleet to six battle-ships, fivecruisers, twehe 800-ton destroAers, andtwenty-six smaller destroyers, accordingto the Paris correspondent of theLondon Daily Chronicle. A proposed amendment to the League ofNations plan offered by Oscar Strausand designed to safeguard the MonroeDoctrine is defeated by French, British,and Chinese delegates to the League ofNations Union in London, says a reportfrom that city. Neutral nations of Europe, Asia, andSouth America are invited to send rep-resentatives to Paris for an unofficialconference on jNIarch 20 to expresstheir opinions on the League of Nations. The United States will cont

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