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PRESIDENT WILSON pointed out that this only provided for the
boundary between Germany and Austria, whereas the Article quoted
above referred to "the frontiers established by the present Treaty,"
and contemplated the whole of the boundaries of Austria.
Mr. HURST said that the Drafting Committee had proposed an
amendment to the effect that Germany should recognise Austria
within frontiers which might be approved by the Allied and As-
sociated Powers.
(The Drafting Committee's proposal was agreed to, and the Draft-
ing Committee was given verbal instructions to amend the Treaty
accordingly.)
5. MR. LLoYD GEORGE said he had an appeal to make in regard to
Canada and   Canada. Sir Robert Borden had pointed out that
the Labour    Canada was, by the existing wording, ruled out of the
Convention   League of Nations Council.
PRESIDENT WILSON pointed out that it was not the League of Na-
tions Council but the Labour Convention5 to which he understood
Sir Robert Borden referred.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that Sir Robert Borden's point was not so
much that he wanted Canada at present to be represented on the
Council, but he wanted the regulation so altered that Canada could
be included in the Council. He had pointed out that South Amer-
ican Republics such as Nicaragua, Honduras, etc. could be repre-
sented, and he maintained that the United States influence in those
countries was greater than the influence of the United Kingdom in
Canada.
PRESIDENT WILSON demurred to this, but said he did not want that
point to be made in order to convince him of the justice of Sir Robert
Borden's contention. This Convention, however, had been drawn
up by a Commission which had now dispersed, and passed by the
Plenary Conference, and it was difficult to change it.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE said that Sir Robert Borden had actually moved
and passed a resolution through the Plenary Conference,6 which he
believed to be adequate, but the Drafting Committee did not con-
sider it adequate. Sir Robert Borden had said that if the Drafting
Committee's view was upheld, he would have to raise the question at
the Plenary Session in the afternoon, and Mr. Lloyd George wanted
to avoid this if possible.
PRESIDENT WILSON asked if anyone had the exact terms of the
resolution moved at the Plenary.
MR. HURST said the substance of it had been that the- Drafting
Committee was instructed to bring the Labour Convention into line
with the League of Nations Covenant.
See protocol No. 4, plenary session of April 11, 1919, annex I, vol. m, p.
261.
Oft .vol. m, p. 260.


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