Section V

Section V

The Governor of each district shall be appointed by the Serb- Croat-Slovene Government, taking into consideration, as to their choice, and designation, the numerical importance of the population as regards nationality and religion.

Section VI

An organic regulation shall be prepared within three months after the signing of the Peace Treaty, to determine the powers and the attributions of the Governors as well as the administrative, judicial, and financial regime of the districts of Macedonia, taking as a starting-point the preceding regulations on that matter. Provisions shall be included concerning the right of the General Council to propose modifications to this regulation, in the course of its first session. The final text, once decided upon, can be modified only on the initiative of the Skupshtina.

D. H. Miller, My Diary, pp. 349-362; Recueil. pp. 236-242.

(1502) The preceding text relates to the Treaties with Czechoslovakia and Romania, the Austrian Note on Minorities and he Serb-Croat-Slovene Treaty.

(1503) The following text relates to the different modifications of the drafts proposed.

5. MINUTES OF THE FORTY- SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON NEW STATES

August 28th, 1919

Serb-Croat-Slovene Report. - Certain modifications were introduced into the report which was then approved and order to be printed (Annex (A)) It was decided, however, that the draft Treaty should if possible be brought up before the Supreme Council without awaiting the printed report.

Annex (A) to forty-seventh meeting

Report to the Supreme Council from the Committee on New States enclosing Treaty for representation to the Serb-Croat-Slovene Delegation

August 29th, 1919

The Committee on New States and for the Protection of Minorities have the honour to submit the draft of a Treaty with the Serb-Croat-Slovene State in accordance with Article 59 of the Treaty of Peace with Austria. (1504) The Committee, in submitting the Treaty to the consideration of the Supreme Council, feel it their duty to call attention to certain points in it.

1. As in the case of Romania the clauses of the Treaty apply to the whole of the Kingdom and no distinction is drawn between the old and the new provinces.

D. H. Miller, My Diary, pp. 422-436.

(1504) The following text relates to the given modifications and the way this draft Treaty was worked out.

6. MINUTES OF THE FORTY - NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF NEW STATES

September 5th, 1919

The Committee discussed the decision of the Supreme Council of September 4, relating to the clauses proposed by Mr. Veniselos (1505) for migration between the different Balkan States (Annex (A)). It was decided to draft letters communicating these proposals in the form approved by the Committee to Mr. Veniselos and to the Serb-Croat-Slovene Delegation, and Mr. Castoldi promised to prepare the drafts for consideration at the next meeting of the Committee. (Annex (B))...

Annex (A) to forty-ninth meeting

At the meeting of the Supreme Council held on September 4, 1919, it was agreed:

1. That no clause on the subject of reciprocal immigration in the Balkans should be inserted in the Peace Treaty with Bulgaria.

2. That the report of the Committee on New States should be accepted, and that this Committee should be authorized to consult with Mr. Veniselos as to the best methods of putting his proposals into effect.

Annex (B) to forty-ninth meeting

The President of the Committee on New States to Mr. Veniselos, President of the Greek Delegation.

Paris, September 19, 1919.

The Committee on New States and the Protection of Minorities has examined the proposals of the Greek Delegation relative to the emigration which, by exercise of the right of option, may take place between Greece and Bulgaria. The Committee has not considered itself competent to examine certain of these clauses, which seemed rather to deal with questions of reparation. It has given its attention to the proposals relating to questions of minorities, which appear useful in their entirety with a view to regulating emigration, individual or collective, and the questions of property connected with it. The Committee considers that this general conception could advantageously not be restricted to the inhabitants of territories transferred by the present Treaty of Peace, but extended to all inhabitants of any of the Balkan States who desire to transfer their place of residence to another State. The Committee believes that if this general idea were thus extended, it would contribute much toward the settlement of troubles which have so long agitated the Balkans, and would increase the efficacy of the clauses for the protection of minorities. The Committee does not think it would be possible to limit this principle, making these provisions solely in favour of certain minorities of nationality or of race; the only real criterion of this question should be the desire of those interested. The Committee believes it necessary, in order to put this plan into execution, to obtain the agreement of the different states interested to the formation of mixed commission which would regularize emigration; it would be necessary also that the states interested should advance funds to be expended by this mixed commission. In this manner reciprocal stipulations common to all the interested Balkan states might be made, and their execution entrusted to a special commission. (1506)... I shall be grateful if you will be good enough to communicate to the Committee all the observations which it may appear to you useful to present toward this end. Please accept etc.

Berthelot, (1507) Chairman of the Committee on New States.

D. H. Miller, My Diary, pp. 441-447.

(1505) Elefterios Veniselos, President of the Greek Government, head of the Greek Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference.

(1506) Then follows the supplement, “Terms of Agreement”.

(1507) F. Berthelot, Chairman of the Committee on New States.