Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-09
40 BILLIONS, GERMANS
MUST PAY BRITISH
Frances Claims on Berlin Will be
Infinitely Larger; Peace Con-
ference Meets Soon.

London, Dec. S.-Great Britain will
demand of Germany fS,000, ,0O0,0 600 Ster-
ling for Great Britain and her domin-
ions rs reparation for the war, accord
ing to the Daily Mail
This. the Daily Mail adds, is what
the war has cost Great Britain and
her domnions and British taxpayers
Will be relieved of f4O0, 1000 900 a year
by the German payment.
The British claim, says the Daily
Mail, has been prepared by n committee
under Mr.. Hughes, the Australian Pre-
mier. and Baron CunlifIe, former Gov
ernor of the Bank of England, who is
one of the principal members of the
committee 1t adds that it is expected the
report will he published Saturday.
The Daily Mail, says that the French
claim for rcparatlon will be infinitely
greater than Eneland's claim.
PLANS FOR THE PEACE CONFERENCE
Paris, Dec. S.-Prcsident Wilson was
informed by wireless yesterday of the
plans for the assembling of the Inter
Allied Conference and the meeting of the
Peace Conference He will also be advised
concerning the recent gathering of the
Supreme War Council in London.
In the meantime, reports that the prcsi-
dent hes approved of anthlng done Mt
the Supreme Council are premature, as
the steps taken II that meeting Will not
be made known to him until today
The plans concerning the peace meet
ings are the results of Colonel Edward
NJ. Houses long talk with Premier
Clemcnceau, after a conference with
BARON Sonnino, the Italian Foreign Min
lister, and the Earl of Derby, the British
Ambassador to France
The Inter Allied Conference will reas-
scmblc on Dec, l6 or II The meetings
will be at the Foreign Office in tho Qu:ai
dOrsav. and not al Versailles. David
lovd George. the British Premier, and
A. ] Balfour, the Foreign Minister, ex-
poet TO come here at that time 10 meet
President Wilson and attend the conference
but the elections in Great Britain may
not permit thcm.to remain more than two
or three days
The opening Cf the Peace Conference a
set for the first week In January. Il
was the desire 81 the Americans To be-
gin IT the earliest possible moment.
Other delegations felt that later date
would H. necessary. owing 10 tho Christ
mas holidays and tho official functions
connected with the presence ot Pres
dent Wilson and hing Victor Emmanuel
Of italy. hut tho first week IN January
was finally chosen The first meetings
Viii hc for The actual framing Of the
prniiminaricS of peace wi'h the repre-
~ the cmenA powers who will
hc present
The names If the French delegates to the
Peace Congress have not vet been an
nounccd Tut II is understood that three
members 0f the Government, and possibly
Il fourth member will bc named The
British delegates will be Premier How'd
George, Mir Raliour, Andrew Bonar Law.
George Nicoll Barnes Labor member
of the War Cabinet and ffth delegate
not Vet selected II Is anticipated that
the peace deliberations will last about
four months and that unless unforeseen
obstacles arise. final action VIII he reached
toward the early part Of Aiay
The tIavAs Agency says that President
Wilson has delayed his arrival in Paris
twcntv-fmlr hours. ell will land at Brest
On December l3. hut Will ntt come Ia
Paris until the following day
While the President is at sea he IS being
kept advised regarding developments m
the European situation bv cahlegrams
sent from here n the United States and
then forwarded by wireless telegraphv
from an American station u the steam
ship George " ashlngton
The powerful American naval wireless
station on thus side of the Atlantic Is in
daily communication across
thc ocean with An apolis, and il probably
will he able 10 cst abllsh carly commune
cation with the Presidential ship
SWISS URGE EARLY PTACE pARLEYs.
Bcrne. De-. 6-President Wilson is
urged o do his utmost - have the peace
conference held at the earliest possible
date In a cahlegram sent t"aa> 10 Wash
lngton by the Swiss Committee for Dur
able peace. II is pointed out that pro-
Iongation Of the present situation threatens
Europe with anarchr The cablegram
expresses thanks 70 Nr Wilson for his
undetermined intervention for peac e"