The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-27
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WILSON'S PLEA
U. S. Executive Wants Peace
Parley Matters
Hurried.
SOME DETAILS SETTLED
Personnel Of Congress Gradually TAX
Ing Form-Twenty-Seve Coun-
tries Will Be Represented by
DeIegations-Some Tardy.

Paris, Dec. 27.-The personnel of
the peace congress gradually is taking
form, so that the American delegates
express the hope that the various
countries delegates will be announced
and the delegates arrive for the actual
commencement of the negotiations
soon after the opening of the new
year.
A number of the main details of the
composition of the congress are now
aairly well settled as a result of re-
cent conferences. These indicate that
the total membership of the congress
will be between 100 and 12O.
27 Countries to Be Represented.
Twenty-seven countries will be rep
resented by delegations, including
those which declared war and num-
ber which have come into existence
as result Of the war.
The great powers, notably Great
Britain, France, the United States
and Italy, each have allotted five dele
gates, while the other delegations will
vary from one to four members, ac-
cording to the size of the country and
the interests involved.
Complaint of Hardness.
Word has been received that the
Belgian and Portuguese delegations
soon will join the representatives of
the United States, who thus far are
the only members of the peace con-
gress to arrive. The nonarrival of the
others has been the subject of con-
siderable surprise and adverse COM
ment, the Americans taking the ground
that they are here ready to proceed
TO business, but with the personnel Of
the congress not yet announced.
1t is understood that President Will
sons visit to England is likely to re-
suit in conveying quite definitely the
view that he is highly desirable that
the congress should be put in motion
with the least possible delay.
Probable Delegations.
While the personnel of few delega-
tions have been announced, unofficial
adviceS indicate that most of them will
be formed substantially as follows:
Belgium-Paul Hymans, foreign
minister; Emile Vandervelde, minister
of justice; Baron Van Den Heuvel,
minister to the Vatican.
Portugal-Senhor Egas Moniz,. for
eign Minister Espirito Santo Lima,
Senior Friere de Andrade, Senior
Santos Viga, and Augusta Vasconcel-
1oc mini Sto of tho colonies
Brazil-Nilo Pecanha, foreign minis
ter; Ruy Barbosa, Admiral Huet Ba-
cellar, and General Thompowsky.
Japan-Viscount Chinda, ambassa-
dor to Great Britain; Baron Matsui,
ambassador to France, and two other
delegates now on their way to Paris.
Serbia-Nikola P. Pachitch, pre-
mier; DR.. M. r. Vesnitch, and Doctor
Cumbitch.
Greece-Premier Venizelos and M.
Politis, foreign minister.
Italy and Great Britain.
Italy-Premier Orlando, Baron Son.
nino, foreign minister; Leonida Bis
solati-Bergamaschi, minister of mill
tary aid and war pensions; General
Diaz, commander in chief Of the Ital-
ian army; Admiral Paolo Thaon Di
Revel, former chief of the naval staff.
Great Britain-David Lloyd George,
prime minister; Arthur j. BalfOur, for
eign secretary; Andrew BOnar Law,
chancellor of the eXchequer, and
George Nicoli Barnes, labor member
of the war cabinet, and one other dele
gate who has not yet been designated.
Lieut.. Gen. j. G. SHUTS and General
Botha, representing South Africa, are
expected to accompany the British
delegation, in which probably also will
be representatives of Canada, Aus
tralia and India.
France Not Fully Decided.
France-M Clemenceau, premier
Stephen Pichon, foreign minister, and
three others who have not yet been
announced, although the names of
those mentioned as probable members
include Leon Bourgeois, former pre-
mier; Jules Cambon, general secre-
tary to the ministery of foreign af-
fairs, and Capt. Andre Tardieu, head
of the general commission for Franco
American war matters, Or former Pre-.
mier Aristide BRAND.