Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-27
GEORGE
TO CONFER With
WILSON TODAY
President Expected to Urge
That Peace Congress Be
Put into Motion
Without Delay.

London, Dec. 26.-The initial con-
versation of the president with Pre-
mier Lloyd George will take place
at 10 o'clock Friday morning in the
presidents room at Buckingham
place, where tthey will confer until
lunch time, when they will drive to
Downing street. This was arranged
tonight when the matter was dis
cussed between the premier and
representative of the president.
Mr.. Lloyd George has invited the
sollowing: The marquis of Crew,
the earl of Curzon, the earl of
Reading. the American ambassador
John W. Davis, Viscounts Grey,
Morley and Bryce, Andrew Bonar
Law, Arthur J. Balfour, H. H. AS
quith, Arthur Henderson, and Viii
liam Adamson, the two last named
labor members of parliament.
1t IS understood the conference
will continue in the afternoon at
Downing street. President Wilson
will not meet all the members of
the imperial war cabinet until the
state banquet Friday night and the
premier's dinner Saturday night.
q Countries to Take Part.
Paris, Dec. 26.-The personnel of
peace congress gradually is taking
= form, so that the American dele
gates express the hope that the var
ious countries delegates will be an
nounced 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 we'll settled as result
of recent conferences. These indi-
cate that the total membership of
the congress will be between 100 and
120. Twenty-seven countries will be
represented by delegations; includ-
ing those which declared war and
number which have come into exis-
tence as result of the war,
The great powers, notably Great
Britain. France, the United States
and Italy. each have been allotted
FIVE delegates, while the other dele
cations will vary from one to four
members, according to the size OF
the country and the interests in
volved.
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-arrlval OF
the others has been the subject of
considerable surprise and adverse
comment. 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 Wilson's visit to England |
is likely to result in conveying quite !
definitely the view that it is highly !
desirable that the congress should |
be put into motion with the least
possible delay. g
Russians DISAPPOINTED.
The recent announcement by |
Stephen Pichon, French foreign |
minister, that the entente had de-
cided against extensive military in
PREVENTION in Russia at present has
had a discouraging effect upon
former Premiers Lvoff and Kokov-
soft and other prominent Russians
who are now in conference in Paris.
The Russian leaders continue their
conference at the Russian embassy
in the hope that they will get a
formal hearing when the peace con-
gress actually opens. Former Pre-
mier Lvoff, chief spokesman of the
Russian group in Paris, urges
against delay IN any extension of
fie entente military movement there
because it would tend to enlarge
bolshevik territory and would play
into the hands of the Germans who |
are planning for the domination of
Russia through cooperation with
the bolsheviki. .
1.-THE French press rather generally
voices the opinion that France
would be unable to undertake an
extensive military movement into
Russia, even if it were advisable.