The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-12-26
FIVE PEACE
ENJOYS EACH
All of the Allied Powers to
Have Five Delegates to
Peace Conference
NAMES ARE ANNOUNCED
NAMES ARE ANNOUNCED

/ Paris, Dec. 26.-One of the de-
cisions arrived at in the conferences
held by Wilson, Lansing, Clemen-
ceau, Orlando, Sominno is that each
power shall have five delegates at
the Peace Conference. The five
who will represent America are al
ready known. No other power has
yet announced the complete person
mel of its delegation.
Clemenceau, PichOn, and Foch are
sure to represent France. Leon
Bourgeois is almost certain of a
place at the table. He is the chief
French authority on the League OF
Nations and all matters pertaining
to international arbitration. He was
the head of the French delegation
at The Hague end has been Pre-
mier.
Captain Andre Tardieu has been
until recently the man most fire.
quently mentioned for the fifth
place in the French delegation, but
within the last ten days considera-
Bile doubt has developed concerning
his chances.
Artide BRAND is a prime favorite
just now. He was Premier and
Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the
earlier part of the war and is prob
ably more familiar than any other
Frenchman with treaties, secret and
open. But the chief difficulty with
BRAND is that he is too big per-
sonage for subordinate place in
any delegation, and, of course, all
the French delegates must be su-
bordinate to Cemenceau.
Another strong possibility is Lou
is Loucheur, the Minister of Ma
tional Reconstruction. Since taking
that new portfolio he has devoted
himself to the study of what is
needed for the rehabilitation Of the
invaded regions of France, and so
has frst-hand knowledge Of import
ant items of the damage Germany
should be made to pay.
For the Italian delegation three
names are taken fer granted-those
of Orlando, Sonnino, and Diaz. Two
Others often mentioned in Paris are
Nitti and Marconi, but there is con-
siderable doubt concerning both.
Nitti is looked upon, in France as a
statesman who was long committed
to the traditional Italian policy Of
trying to maintain equilibrium be-
tween the central and western
groups of European powers. He is
by nomeans accused of having be-
longed to the Giolitti school while
the war has been in progress or be-
fore Italy entered it, but now that
the fighting is over there is a feel
ing that he may be inclined to give
Germany too much opportunity to
regain her former political power in
European affairs. Nevertheless, Or
lando may be compelled to choose
Nitti because of domestic political
considerations.
For Belgium, Hymans, the For
eign Minister, and Emile Wander
velde are sure of two places, and al
member of the Catholic Party will
be one of the other three delegates.
The Grand Patriarch of erbia and
Vesntch, Serbian Ministry to
France, will lead the Jugoslav del
egaton. Bratiano will be RumaI-
las chief man, and Benes will be
spokesman for the new Czecho-Slo-
yak State, probably with President
Masaryk as one Of his associates,
According to speculation in Par
is, Lloyd George and Balfour are
the only men certain to be named
as British delegates. France looks
Off radical Cabinet changes in. Lon
don after the results of the election
are known, and thinks that the perl
sonnel of the British peace. delega-|
tion will be largely determined byl
those changes after Christmas.
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