The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-30
Lansing, House, White and
General Bliss Are the
Other Members
ONE REPUBLICAN
is IN THE LIST
Generally Believed That President viii
Not Remain to Attend Regular Ses-
sions, But Will Merely Stay for Pre-
liminary Conferences.

Hmlnary conferences.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-The long
awaited announcement concerning the
makeup of the American delegation to
the peace conference was made at the
White House shortly after 8 O'Clock
last night. The delegates are:
President Wilson, Secretary of State
Lansing, Henry White, Col. f. NJ.
House, Gen Tasker H. Bliss.
The statement as made public fol,
lows:
1t was announced ut the executive
Offices last night that the representa-
tivcs of the United States at the peace
conferences would be the President him.
self, the secretary of state, the Hon.
Henry White, recently ambassador to
France: Col L. NJ House and Gen. Tas-
ker IL. Bliss.
.'It was explained that il had not
been possible to announce the appoint
mcnts before because the number of
representatives each of the chief bel
ligcrentS was to send had until day
OF two ago been under discussion.
The names of all the delegates had
been forecast with the exception of
Gen. Bliss The news that the Pres
ident himself would be 4 delegate came
somewhat as n surprise as the under
standing had been that the President
simply would attend the preliminary
| conference with the entente leaders and
| not participate in the formal sessions
/ i. l.
! is believed here that tho President will
not remain 10 attend these sessions, but
/ il is said that he had TO 90 in the ca
| paeity of delegate in order TO under
| take his work at the preliminary meet
ing.
1 Secretary of War Baker will become
one OF the American delegates at n lat
er date. 1t was learned last night that
Il Mr. Baker win reach France before
the President departs on his homeward
trip and take his place among the Am
erican delegates.
Some surprise is also caused by the
statement referring 10 the peace con
ferences instead of the peace con
ference. = This is interpreted TO mean
that the preliminary meeting and per.
haps other meetings Will in SENSE X
separate and distinct conferences, but
with the idea of rounding out the fina
peace program by their deliberations
The administration is represented
by four of the five delegates namet
with Mr. White selected 10 represent
the Republicans Because of the fac
that Mr.. White for some years hat
not been in public life or identified
l.. =. L.,
known of tho American delegates. Blu
his diplomatic career up until ten year
ago had brought him success.
He was ambassador to Italy from
1905 to 1907, and ambassador t.
France in the following two years. VI
was the senior delegate from the Unit
ed States at the Algeciras conferenc,
in 1906 His last diplomatic mission
was as ambassador to the Pan Amer
lean conference in Buenos Ayres il
the summer of 1910. Since then he ha
been practically retired from the in
terpational field, living in Washington
and Newport and taking keen interes
in diplomatic affairs
Since the name of Mr. White ha
been mentioned there has been grea
deal Of comment among the Republi
cans at the Capitol, much Of ii I'D
verse, based on the assertion that Nj
White is not now really representa-
tive of the Republican party. He ha
been ont of party councils for year
and completely out of touch with pres
ent day Republican plans and aims.
1t is known. however, to Mr.. White
close friends that, although he has hel
himself entirely aloof from politics, h
has unhoundcd admiration for Co
Roosevelt. He has iecn strongly pre-
ally since 1914 and one of those VIII
has from the start advocated the mos
ex rene measures against Germany.