ABSTRACT
The naval, military and air conditions of the armistice were being dealt with by the Supreme War Council, assisted by its subordinate bodies, the Permanent Military Representatives and the Allied Naval Council, which were in a state of continuous activity. The Paris Conference had been preceded by the usual discussions at the War Cabinet, and Lloyd George left London with instructions to get 'a good peace' if he could, rather than to continue the war with the object of punishing Germany. Freedom of the seas was to be repudiated before the Peace Conference. The German appeal had been addressed not to them but direct to President Wilson and forwarded through the Swiss Government The terms of the German Note had been published, but day followed day and no request for the views of the Allied statesmen assembled in Paris was received from the President.
