Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-29
ALLIES ARE ON EVHl
Of GREAT PARLEYA
ON ISSUESOF WAR
Deliberations of Delegates
From All Nations win Begin
-. in Paris Tomorrow. q
U. S. Representatives, n
GET WARM WELCOMHs
Fresh Consideration Of Old pruhs
lens Expected-Col. House
Confers With Premier,

AS@AAO S0SSSSSS |SS@s S&Ss>S~
Confers With Premier.
By the Associated 4fsA
PARIS November 2e-The great N1H
tsrallied conference win be opened ~
10 o'clock tomorrow morning with Prss.
mier Clsmsneeau presiding. The prsG
misr win mako . brief speech Of wst4
come. sftsr whish the delegates WIN -
once hesin work.
Before beginning consideration Of a.
program submitted Tor examination tie.
delegates viii decide upon the order -
their deliberations and the spportznass
ment Of questions for discussion by va
rious technical committees. sd
The conference 10 called upon. above
all. to dispose OF concrete probls1zs
such AZ food supplies and the blou1ps
ada. upon which specialists among eA6s
delegates Will prepare opinions THIS
preliminary work 10 likely to OCCUPY
the drst plenary session. after the close,
Of which the various committees wx1
eat separately. Another plenary p1Ds
sion viii close the conference. whlok
| 10 expeCtad to occupy three days. Theco
sign ofnas Saturday.
Americans Welcomed.
Delegates from other countries to -
Sntexallted conference, which tncluda6
Representatives from al the members
Of ths coalition. great and small. -.
welcoming the presence here for u
confsrsnee Of the American deIega<5o4
~ making available fresh minds aa1
fresh points Of view an the condde9op
tion OF old questions. The Amer4canA
are meeting svsrywhsre with q nese
cordial 3selinG ana the desire to ust1A
to. their suggestions and consider sueA
lmsasnreA ~ they may initiate.
When the mission arrived II 49,
lynderstood that enly its chairman, OIL
n II House, Gen. TasikeS n Blim. the
tehisf Of stAf. and Admiral william g
8Anson. .ehaef OF naval operattcnA
e28 sissed tAs fln :ss.ions e f.
IRssnbsgg ef fAe -nis.ion WI sats Jlsr
311zni1e1. w1u dspend upon what he
ImekAruU of the Representations Of tAo
othef countries win be.
.:,a House In Conferences.
Col House had . long confsrsnes
yesterday with. Premier Cemencea1,
land another later with David Lloyd
George the British premier. he W0o
aensst Of James Hassn Hyde at dfunn2
IN discussing The intsraIlied confsFs
spce IN an interview IN the Petit RAS1s
sfen .viscount Northclt3e says:
eus from this conference is essential
for moro fhAu one reason. but especially
Because Il VIM permit the allies to use
2 Ns full sxtsnt the generous abun.
transatlantic republic places at thsir
dteposal Tho Importance OF American
Intervention only appears as yet but
Europe. L is too diSacuit to to i%ssins
That is happening 5000 kilomstass
viseount Northe,ins described shs
nsssed throughout the length ao9
breadth Of the United States.
Delegates Of NationA u
The list Of representative from -
dimersnt nations to the conferences =
France-osorges clemenee.u, prsussspj
and minister Of war: Stephen Ptchsn.
minister Of foreign Affairs; Louis Klota,
minister Of marine: Etienne Clemente1p
minister OF oommeroe: Louis Lcuchsufs
minister Of munitions; Victor Bore(
s.e1 e Sf nG M s
r. E.. Tardieu. high commissieAe4
to the United states; Jules Csm6oa,
general eecretary to the foreign o0eap
n es os fo1srn srsll OF see
Great Britain-David Lloyd George
premier: Arthur James Balfour. seoEos
tary for foreign affairs: Sir Franele
Campbell Geddes. nrst lord OF the aAA
miralty: Gen. Sir William RobertguG
chief Of the imperial stan at erny
eoe. chief Of the naval stan. and sir !
Maurice Henkey.. secretary to the come :,
mittee on imperial defense.
United States-William Graves shaxh
ambassador: Col: 2. N. House. char.
man; Admiral William s. Benson, chiee
Of naval operations: Gen. Tasker H
Bliss. chief Of stan; Oscar T. Crosoy.-
assistant secretary Of the Treasury:
trade board. and Thomas Nelson fefs :
kins o& tho priority board. !,
Isaly-PYof. vittorfo e. Orlando. pgoe
misr and minister Of interior: Barea
sonnino, foreign minister: Franossce
8. Nitti, minister Of the treasury:
Count Bonln-Longare. Ambassador: 08s
nor Bianchi, minister OF transpofeDs
Gen. Alfredo Dallolio. minister Of ma-
Japan-viscount chinda, ambasssaoe
Bsigium-Baron Charles De Broeus-T
ier d'Iestroy, minister TO France; On.
Rucquoy. chief Of the general staff.
serbia-Nikola p. Pachitch. preni1r
and minister Of foreign affairs; DIR. n
4. vasnitch. a
Rumania ". Antonesco. minise485
Gen. niesou. chief Of the general sta&
venizslos Also to Attend.
Greece - E1iphtherios Constansl
veniselos, premier and minister Of wAxt
Athos Romanos, minister to Frabog
Alexander Diomede. former minister g
finance; N. Agyropoulos, governor o3s-
Macedonia: Col FrAntxis, and NJ Ret
tassis, naval attache.
PortugalEDr. Alfonso Costa. premiq9
and minister Of finance. and Augue3o
Soares, minister Of foreign affairs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Popovitch. pre-
mier and minister of foreign affairs.
.Brazii-Antonio oiynthe de Magai-
haes minister at Paris.
cuba-Gen. Carlos Gsraia y veisx
minister At London.
Russia-Mathieu Sevasttopoulo. couz-
selor Of tbs embassy at Paris. and ~.
Naklako6. ambassador to France (by
special Invitation ana unomcialiy. as he
h1s NOT ye& presented his 1etters).
Slam-M Charoon. minister at Para
China 6OH0 not appear In thts UGG