The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-10
NEARLY 5000
men Will Be
NEEDED AT
PEACE meet
Many Delegates and Experts
Already Busy in Paris
Party Named to Welcome
Wilson to France.
WILSON SEES SUB WORK
(By Associated P:ess)

(By Associated P:ess)
PARIS, Dec. 1O.-Every train arriv.
ing at Paris these days brings large
numbers of officials attached to the
various delegations to the peace con-
ference. All the larger allied nations
are continuous sending parts of their
working personnel and by the time
the delegates gather the number OF
officials of all nationalities will mum.
Der between 5000 and 5000. Each
one will have some special work to
do. Many of them are already busy.
The French delegates will have all
their assistants near at hand for the
large stats of the Admiralty and War
and Foreign ministries will be con-
stantly available. The United States
office force will be large. Great Brit
ain will have a large number of ex-
perts and assistants in Paris and in
addition. STATS in the London govern
ment offices will be available for work
which is not particularly urgent More
over, there will undoubtedly be in
Paris representatives of Great Brit
aims dominions and colonies with their
respective staffs. Great Britain will
also have in Paris experts OF various
sorts including men who have made
a life study of such subjects as the
navy, colonies, the Far East and the
Near East.
No Visit in Germany.
According to a wireless dispatch
from the United States ship George
Washington, says Marcel Hutin in the
Echo de Paris, President Wilson has
been informed that Premier Ebert and
Foreign Secretary Haase of the Berlin
government, and Premier Eisner of
Bavaria, were about to make an ef-
fort to get him to visit Germany. The
president is quoted as having made
this reply:
Only by long years of repentance
can Germany atone for her crimes and
show sincerity. No true American
could think of visiting Germany un-
less forced to do SO by strictly Off
cial obligations. That is to say, 1 de-
cline in advance to consider any sug-
gestion of the kind"
stephen Pichon, foreign minister
Georges Leagues, minister of marine;
Capt. Andre Tardieu, head of the
FrancO-American general commission
for war matters; Armand E. Gauthier,
former minister of marine: Gen. John
J. Pershing; Col. E. M. House and a
number of Americans associated in
the work of the American peace COM
mission will leave Paris Thursday
night at ten o'clock for Brest to meet
President Wilson.
Mr.. Wilson's ship the George Wash
ington, will enter the roads at Brest
early in the afternoon escorted by
American and allied warships. The
welcoming party will go on board at
once to extend greetings. The presi-
dent will land at o'clock An hour
later, his train will leave for Paris.
1t will arrive at 10 o'clock and be met
by President Poincare, Premier Glenn
enceau. and large official delega-
ton. The president will be taken to
the Elysee palace. where luncheon will
be served. On Monday afternoon, Mr..
Wilson will be accorded a solemn re-
ception at the hotel Deville.
To Witness Devastations.
During the ensuing days President
Wilson will take long trip through
the devastated districts and cities OF
eastern France.
There seems to be no change in the
plan to begin the peace conference
on Dec. H.
The United States, because OF its
.
probably the largest and most COM
plete staff and for this reason the
American authorities have been COM
PEELED to take over larger accommoda.
tions than any other delegation Italy
will also have a considerable work
ing force here. but the delegates as
in the case of Great Britain will be
able to depend on much of their work
being done in their own country.
Each European nations delegates
will have at their disposal their own
private telegraph and telephone wires
with which they may communicate
with their respective government So
many hotels have been taken over by
the delegates and the remainder of
the hosteleries are SO over crowded
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