Arizona republican., 1918-12-27
MANY DELECATESTO PEACE CONFERENCE
 ALREADY APPOINTED
Americans Chafe At Delay Ready For Business Wish For Action-Several
 Nations Name Personnel
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1s


 PARIS, Dec. 26.-The personnel of the peace congress gradually is talk ing form, so that the American dele gates 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 fairly well settled as a result of recent conferences. These indicate that the total membership of the congress will be between 100 and 120. Twenty seven countries will be represented by dele gations, including these which declared war and number which have come in- 10 existence as result of the war.
 The great powers. notably Great Britain, France, the United States and Italy each have allotted five delegates while the other delegations will vary i from one 10 four members, according to the size of the country and the inter ests involved.
 1 Delay Surprises Americans 1 Word has been received that the Bel gian and Portuguese delegations soon will join the representatives of the 1 United States, who thus far are the ! only members of the peace congress to arrive. The non-arrival of the others has been the subject of considerabI. surprise and adverse comment, the the Americans taking the ground that they are here ready to proceed to bus mess, but with the personnel of the con@ress not yet announced. It is up derstood that President Wilson's visit to England is likely to result in convey, ing quite definitely the view that it is highly desirable that the congress should be put into motion with the least possible delay.
 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 Hmans, foreign min ister; Emile Vandervelde. minister of
 justice.
 Baron Nanden Heuvel, minister tc
 the vatican.
 Portueal-Cenhor Egas Moniz; For
 eign Minister Espirito Santo Lima
 Senhor Friere de Andrade; Senhol
 santos Viga, and Augusta Vascon
 cellos, minister of the colonies.
 Brazil-Nilo Pecanba, foreign minis.
 ter; Ruy Barbosa; Admiral Huet Ba.
 cellar, and General Thompowskv. VenizeIos Is Named Japan-Viscount Chinda. ambassado, to Great Britain; Baron Matsui, am.
 bassador to France, and two other del. egates, now on their way to Paris
 Serb1a-Nikola P. Pachitch, premier Dr. M. R. Vesnitch, and Dr. Cumbitch. Greece-Premier Venizelos and NJ Politis, foreign minister.
 ltaly-Premier Orlando; Baron Son nino, foreign minister; Leonida Risso latl-Bergamschi, minister of militar, ald and war pensions; General Diaz command chief of the Italian ar , my Admiral Paolo Thaton di Revel former chief of the naval staff. Sreat Britain-David Lloyd George prime minister; Arthur J. Balfour, for e,sn secretary; Andrew Bonar Law cnahcellor Of the exchequer: Georg Nlkol Barnes. labor member of the wa caplnet; and one other delegate wh has not yet been designated. Lieuten l ant General J. c. Shuts and Genera Botha- representing South Africa. ar expected to accompany the British del :. egatIon, in which probably also will h = representatives of Canada. Australi e and India. VI '' u france-M. Clemenceau. nremier stephen Pichon, foreign minister an i three others who have not vel bee 3 announced, although the names o
 ehoSe mentioned as probable member
 lnclude Leon Bourgeois, former nre
 mier; Jules Cambon, general secretar r
 to the ministry of foreign affairs an
 Captain Andre Tardieu, head of +b
 general commissioner for Franco
 Ainer1can war matters, or former Pre- r mler Aristide Briand