New-York tribune., 1919-06-25

PARIS, June 24.-The German dele
cation which will sign the peace treaty
will arrive at Versailles on Friday
morning, the French Foreign Office
has been informed. It is thought
probable in French circles that the
signing Of the treaty will take place
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Hermann Mueller, the new German
Foreign Secretary, will head the Ger
man delegation to sign the treaty,
LA Liberte" says
The information regarding the time
of arrival of the German delegation
was made known to Premiers Clemcn-
ceau and Lloyd George and to Presi-
dent Wilson while they were at Yer.
sailles this afternoon looking over the
arrangements for the signature of the
treaty.
Wilson Visits Scene
NJ Clemenceau and Paul Dutasta.
general secretary of the peace confer
ence, drove to the chateau at 2 O'Clock.
where they were joined by Major Cen
met of the Ministry of War, and vill-
lam Martin, chief of protocol. Arthur
j. Balfour, the British Foreign Secre-
tary, came twenty-five minutes later.
being followed shortly afterward by
President Wilson and Baron Sonnino.
OF the Italian peace delegation.
The party visited the Hall of Mir
rors, where the treaty is to be signed.
Later they went to the apartment of
Louis XIV" where NJ Clemenceau had
an attendant open a window. and the
Premier, President Wilson and MIR.
balfour stepped out upon the balcony
overlooking the court of honor. A de-
tachment of American soldiers and a
crowd of visitors below cheered them
enthusiastically.
Later the party visited CONGRESS- Hall
and the Senate room in the palace and
left at 3:40 O'Clock for the return trin
to Paris.
Original Plans Modified
Plans for the ceremony attending the
signature of the treaty were considered
by the Supreme Council yesterday. II
IS known that President Wilson favors
making it as simple as is consistent
with the nature of the event, and the
original plans for the conclusion Of
the second peace of Versailles" have
been materially modified at his suppes-
tion.
The plenipotentiaries will be seated
on raised dais in the centre of the
yast Hall of Mirrors in the Chateau of
Versailles, upon which will be in
stalled the table upon which the treaty.
will be signed.
Premier Clemenceau will open the
ceremonies with a brief introduction:
No speech is expected from the Ger
mans. William Martin, of the French
Forelgn Office, as master of cere-
monies, then will carry the treaty to
President Wilson and the Premiers.
VINO VIII sign at their seats.
After the treaty is brought back 10
the signature table, the names of the
other delegates will be called and thev
will advance and sign.
Many Novel Seals
1t is expected that the signing viii
require two hours. The seals of ali
the delegates will be affixed in ad
vance: Some of the seals supplied b,
SAAS oS'SSoeCo are merely mQncgYams
unadorncd in striking contrast to ths
elaborate coats of arms supplied by
Premier Paderewski, of Poland. ans
other European. officials. The French
treaty experts regard the Chinese ane
Japanese seals as the most artistic
These are chiefly the names of th,
delegates in Oriental letters, and are
adorned with flowers and quaint fig
ureg.
i The expectation was that strictl,
personal seals would be used, but, iiks
President. Wilson, M vandervelde
representing Belgium. is using an of
fetal seal-the Belgian coat Of arm,
encircled by the words, Minister O.
Justice" The German delegates vii
sign after the Allies.
The order in which the Allied dele
gates will sign after the signature
OF the President and Premiers are at
tached.. will be according to the alph
abeticai order of the names of tn
countries they represent. When tn
signatures are completed tha aot.~x