Evening star., 1918-11-16
LANSING, HOUSE,
bRANDE|S ROOT
MAY Be At PARLEY
President Likely to Go to
Paris, But Will Not Attend
Conference.
POLK MAY TEMPORARILY
BE SECRETARY OF STATE
Conditions Abroad Indicate That
Conclusion of Terms Will Not
Be Delayed.

DC OE1dyC Gu.
,The peace commissioners, in behalf
of the United States, as it now is
contemplated, probably will be Rob-
ert lansing, Secretary of State; Col.
e. M, House. the personal representa-
tive of President Wilson; Louis u.
Brandeis, associate justice Of the
United States Supreme Court, and
Elihu Root.
In connection with Secretary Lam
sings probable designation as a mem
Der of the American delegation to
the peace conference, it was under
stood in official circles that Frank l..
Polk of New York. now counselor OF
the State Department, would become
Secretary of State ad interim.
President on "side Lines"2
President Wilson may be in Paris
at the time of the meeting, though
not a member of the peace council,
unless ex-officio.
DO it now" is the watchword for
conclusion of final peace terms, and
the end is likely to be reached far in
advance of the time which has been
deemed requisite for negotiations.
determination, which in official circles
is said to be shared by this govern
ment and the allies in Europe. Prob
ably the foremost is the distracted
state of affairs in the internal politics OF
the central powers and south of Europe
states, pointing to the dire necessity OF
early capitalization of firm government
authority to head off bolsheyism.
Other Reasons for Speeding Up.
This is not the only major reason
for speeding up on the conclusion of
peace. Affairs in this country, indus
trial and relating to employment and
labor, urge toward expedition in sign
ing up the lasting peace. On both
hsmispheres Of the strife-weary globe
there is seen to be urgent necessity
for the peoRlesGettin9 hAalk. to the nor
nal duties and relations OF life.
1t is now considered practically as
held in Versailles. In the very palace
where, after the Franco-Prussian war
Germany humiliated France and
whence the new German empire OF
blood and iron, designed by Bismarck
was proclaimed, q paper will be signed
of the ;vanquished, with France one OF
the victors. The German empire OF
blood and iron will have been dis
solved by that time, to give place to a
ment less amenable to usage of blood
Others to Attend.
There will be in attendance also
though not members of the peace
council itself, several commissions and
boards from this country. Army and
Navy officers will be detailed to assist
the peace commissioners. 1t is though,
that Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. now Ameri-
can representative on the supreme wal
council; Maj. Gen. Crowder, judge ad-
vocate general and provost marshal
general; Brig. Gen. Samuel Ansell, act
ing judge advocate general; Vice Ad.
miral William S. Simms and Capt Rid
ley Mclean, formerly Judge advocate
of the Navy. will be detailed to assist
the councillors. The secretary Of the
American delegation will probably be
James Brown Scott, at present secre-
tafy Of the Carnegie Endowment for
universal peace.
bert Hoover, food administrator. and
Edward N. Hurley. head of the federal
shipbuiidfng program, will be in Paris
to advise in the transportation and
distribution of food and the move
ment home Of the American troops.
Not to Single Out Industry.
It has been suggested that labor
might have a representative in the
peace council, but 1t was met with the
argument that no one class should be
singled out for particular rer esenta-
tion-that labor, no more than agri-
culture or manufacturing or banking,
should be specifically represented.
Anyhow. the appointment of Justice
the demands of labor, it is thought.
as he Is regarded as being acceptable
to the thought in this country opposed
to ultra-conservatism.
One of the subjects which may be
treated by the peace council, in effect
II not in terms. will be the treatment
of the Jews in central Europe. JUS
tice Brandeis has been giving special
study to this question and will be pre-
pared to give the council the benefit
Of his researches. If the lord cheif
Justice Of England, Lord Reading,
should be at the meeting. Justice
Brandeis will find q friend and CO.
worker.
Dickering Not to Delay.
The fear, at first entertained, that the