Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-27
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Paris, Dec. 26.-The personnel Of
the peace congress gradually is taking
form, so that the American delegates
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 result OF recent
conferences, These indicate that the
total membership OF the congress will
be between 100 and 12Q. Twenty -sev.
eI'--s tsta re - sAiEag sSsis' sfn.ed ~
delegations, 4ncldos@1 those q hieh de-
clared war and n number which have
come into existence as Il result OF the
war
The great powers notably Great
Britain. France the United states and
Italy, each have allotted five dele
delegates, while the other delegations
Will vary from one to four members.
according to the size of the country
and the interests involved
Word has been received that the
Belgian and Portuguese delegations
soon VIII join the represe ntatives of
the United States, who thus far are
the only members of the peace con-
gress to arrive. The non-arrival of the
others has been the subject of consid-
erable surprise and adverse comment,
the Americans taking the ground that
they are here ready to proceed to do
business but with the personnel of the
congress not yet announced. II is un-
derstood that President Wilson's visit
TO England is likely to result in con-
veying quite definitely the view that
It is highly desirable that the congress
should be put into motion with the
least possible delay
Personnel of Delegations.
While the personnel of few deleea-
lions have been announced. unofficial
advices indicate that most Of them
will lie formed substantially as fol-
lows:
Belgium-Paul Hymans. foreign
minister; Emile vandervelde, minister
Of justice: Baron Van Den Heuvel.
minister to the vatican
Portugal-Senhor Egas Moniz For
eign Minister Esprto Santo Lima;
Senior Friere De Andrade, senior
Santos Vigo and Augusta Yasconcellos,
minister of the colonies.
Brazil-Nilo Pecanba foreign min
ister; Ruy Rarbosa, Admiral Huet Ba-
cellar and General Thomopowsky.
Japan-Niscount Chinda, ambassa-
dor to Great Britain Baron Matsuit,
ambassador to France and two other
delegates now on their way to Paris.
Serbia-Nikola 2. Pachitch, pre-
mier DR. NJ. r. Vesnitch and DR..
Cumbitch
Greece-Premier Veni2elos and NJ.
Polits foreign minister.
ltaly-Premier Orlando. Baron
Sonnno foreign minister. Leonida
Bissolati Bergumaschi. minister of
financial aid and war pensions.
General Dlaz, COMMUNICATIVE chief
Of the Italian army Admiral Paolo
Thaon hi Revel, former chief of the
naval staff.
England and France.
Great Britain---David Lloyd George.
prime minister; Arthur j. Balfour,
foreign secretary Andrew Bonar Law,
chancellor of the exchequer, and
George Nikol Barnes, labor member
of the war cabinet, and one other dele
gate who has not yet been designated. +,
Lieut., Gen. j. G. SHUTS and General
Botha both representing South Afri-
ca, are expected TO accompany tho
British delegation, in which probably
also will be representatives of Canada,
Australia and India
France-M. Clemenceau, premier;
Stephen Pichon. foreign minister, and
three others who have not yet been
aunouced, although the names of
those mentioned as probable MEM
bers include Leon Bourgeois former
premier; Jules Cambon general secre-
tary of the ministry of foreign affairs.
and Capt Andre Tardieu, head of the
general commission for Franco Amer
lean war matters or former Premier
BRAND.