The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-30

igerents was to send had until da.
 In the absence of any official ex-
 plantation it was assumed that the
 President goes ms President of the
 United States and that Secretary
 Lansing, MT. White and Colonel
 House and possibly also General
 Bliss will be delegates with ann
 bassadorial rank.
 It was recalled that the Presi-
 dents announcement that he would
 go to France "for the purpose of
 taking part in the discussion and
 settlement of the main features of
 the treaty of peace," snfd that 1t
 was not likely that he could re-
 main throughout the sessions of
 the peace conference. and that he
 would be saccompanied by dele-
 gates who will sit as the repre-
 sentativcs of the United States
 throughout the conference"
 White House officials would add
 nothing to the formal statement,
 and no one prcfessing to be in the confidence of the President would
 
 in the statement--the appearance
 of the name of General Bliss as one
 of the representative.
 1t had been taken for granted
 that the general, military repre-
 sentative of the United States on
 the supreme war council, would take part in the discussions at ver- sailles, but the prevailing idea had |. BSo Af
 deIeration in n military capacity lust as Admiral Benson probably will he present as spokesman for
 the navy in the great naval prob- lems to be solved.
 Only yesterday callers at the
 White House gained the distinct impression that there would he but three accredited delegates tonight rank. Ii was suggested tonight that the name of General Bliss
 probably was added at the last moment upon receipt of information that the allied powers would include n military man among their repre- sentatives.
 PREMIERS TO ATTEND
 The premiers of Great Britain. Franc Ind Italy, are expected to attend tn ,eace conference as representatives Q heir government, but, like the Presi lent. may not remain throughout tn The general understandin ,ere is that present plans are to hay he conference first agree to the Droa principles of the treaty and leave tn out of details to further sittings This would enable the President an he entente premiers speedily to retur o the capitals of their respective coun ries so as to give their personal atten ion to affairs of state.
 Secretary Lansing, who heads the dele ration proper, became Secretary or stat - Tune. 1915. when William Jenning Bryan resigned rather than sign not o Germany in the Lusitania case. whic ne thought might lead to war. Durin he three and half years that hay followed MT. Lansing has cond'aSte many difficult negotiations for the coun .ry as a neutral and as belligeren' and his name appears on the hislori telling the story Of America sntry into the war as we'll as thos answering Germany's peace pleas Wnic preceded the downfall of the centrs alliance. At the time of his appointmen he was counsellor of the state depart awyer which had established his repu nent, after a career as an internatlons tation as one of the foremost America authorities on this subject
 WHITE ONLY REPUBLICAN MT. White, the republican of the dele ration, is a diplomat of long experience who began as secretary of the America egation in Vienna in 1884. He served a of embassy at various capitals the United States at sewers great international gatherings. and IoO5 was appointed ambassador to Ital by President Roosevelt. Two years late he was. made ambas3ador to Franc where he remained until 1909. His las public service was in 1910, when Presl dent Taft sent him to Chile as specis ambassador of the United States for th elaboration of the centenary of Chilea 
 PRESIDENTS ADVISER
 Colonel House has never held publl 1ffice. but as President Wilson's pei sonal friend and adviser he is credite as having played greats part in the present administration tha any other man except the Presider himself. He has been called into con sultation in every crisis, and after goin to Europe in 1914. 1915 and 1916 as tn personal representative European governments. he was commis stoned to gather and organize data be used whenever the time for a peac might come. He hastened Europe when it became apparent ths Germany was crumbling. and was France to speak for the President with the heads of the alli- : when the terms of arml stice and the basis for peace discussio were determined.
 General Bliss, who formerly was chic a staff of the army, went to Euror