Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-27
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Great Powers to Have Five Delegates-Others One to Four-27 Countries Will Be Represented.

Paris, Dec. 26.-The personn11 of the peace congress gradually is taking form, so that the American delegates express the hope that the delegations nounced and that the delegates will 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 now are fairly well settled as a result of re- cent conferences. These indicate that the total membership of the congress will be between 100 and 120. There sented by delegations. including those which declared war and a number which have come into existence as a
 result of the war.
 1 The great powers. notably Great 1 Britain, F'rance, the United States and Italy, each have allotted five delegates, lwhile the other delegations will vary from one to four members, according to the size Of the country and the in- 1 terests involved.
 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 non-arriva1 of the others has been the subject of 1 considerable surprise and advers e l comment the Americans taking the ground that they are here ready to proceed to business but with the per- sonnel of the congress not yet an- tnounced. It is understood that Presi- dent Wilson's visit to England is like ly to result in conveying quite defi- nitely the view that it is highly de- sirable 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 then will be formed substantially as fol lows:
 Belgium: Paul Hymars, foreig1
 minister; Emile Vandervelde, minister Iof justice; Baron Van Den Heuvel minister to the Vatican.
 ,l Portugal: Senor Egas Moniz; For teign Minister Espirito SaMto Lima q Senhor Friere de Andrade, Senho 7 Santos Viga and Augusta Vasconcel
 los, minister of the colonies. 6 Brazil: Milo Pecanha, foreign min :, lister; Ruy Barbosa, Admiral Huet Ba a Icellar and General Thompowsky. n Japan: Viscount Chinda. ambassado . to Great Britain: Baron Matsui, am
 | DetSSdQOE IO ETdIICSy SuQ IWO OIHS : delegates now on their way to Paris Serbia: Nikola P. Pachitch, premier 2 Dr. M. R. Vesnitch and Dr. Cumbitct
 Greece: Premier VeniZelos and M ', Politis, foreign minister.
 Italy: Premier Orlando, Baron Son , nino. foreign minister: Leonida Bis , solati Bergamasichi minister of mill
 tary aid and war Acnsions: Genera . LDiaz, commander r-in-ehisf aofafhe ltal U ian army, and Admiral Paolo Thao = di Revel, former chief of the maya : staff.
 U Great Britain: David Lloyd Georg,
 prime minister. Arthur J. Balfour, for $ eign secretary; Andrew Bonar Lay ,, chancellor of the exchequer; an ls George NicolI Banner. labor membe y of the war cabinet. and one other dele gate who has not yet been designatet i- Lieutenant General J. G. Shuts an General Botha, representing South Al E rica, are expected to accompany tf Ill British allegation, Tn which probabl H. also will be representatives of Canad se Australia and India.
 r. France. M. Clemenceau, premier ' Stephen Pichon, foreign. minister. an h. three others who have not yet bee s. announced, although the names IS those mentioned as probable member
 include Leon Bourgeois. former prt 'e mier; Jules Cambon. general secretaI a1 tc the ministry of foreign affairs. ar ed Captain Andre Tardieu, head of u $ general commission for Franco Amer can war matters, or Former Premi LII Aristide Briand.
 S. The foregoing delegations compri 'n those of virtually all the Eur0pes IS. countries which have taken part r. the war, except Rumania and the fol IT. enemy countries, whose delegates ha7 st not yet been announced. China " Is' ba represented by one person, proI e. ably the ambassador to France. Sia
 and Cuba and a number of South al
 iCentral American republics have n
 been heard from,
 IL On the whole. the lists given aboN in though unofficial and subject in change, indicate, that the delegatio of have been virtually formed and tn ad they soon will be in a position to la. ar up the work of the congress.