Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26

of the Belgian delegation, added their
strong approval.
rs there any objection to the res
olution?' asked NJ. Clemenceau. There
was no response and he declared the
resolution unanimously adopted.
NJ. Clemenceau then announced the
composite committee and the order
of the name as announced makes
President Wilson chairman.
Louis Klotz of the French delega-
ton proposed financial section to
the league Of nations, but the pro-
posal finally went over. M. Glenn
enceau proposed another plenary ses-
sion on Monday for the selection of
committees, and without division
this was adopted. At o'clock the
council adjourned until o'clock Mon
day afternoon.
Near Split Over Committees.
The first sign Of division in the
conference was when 1t proceeded to
consider the four resolutions framed
by the council Of the great powers.
providing for committees on labor. re-
sponsibility for the war, reparation
for. damages and ports. railways and
waterways.
-ramfile Huysmans, Ia behalf OF BeISs
gium. asked for two members on the
committees OF labor, reparation and
the league OF nations. and one each on
the others. Serbia made similar re-
quest
Brazil was more emphatic, declaring
against "a cut and dried program"
and saying that the conference should
be master of it's own decisions.
M. venizelos said that Greece was
entitled to membership on the COM
mittees Of reparation and ports. n.
Bratiano, for Russia, and DIR. Benes
for Czechoslovakia, as well as the
delegations representing PortugaL
China, Siam and Poland. also asked
for places on the committees.
It looked for time an though the
small nations had formed bloc and
would contest the decisions of the
great powers to restrict the COM
mittees.
I'VE will have something to say"
declared DR.. Benes, ''in winding up
the} }Austro-H Hungarian empire. and it
is difficult to understand how any
committee can act without informa-
tion that the Czechoslovaks alone can
give"
NJ Bratiano added: "The smaller
nations have greater interests at
stake than the great powers on many
of these questions"
NJ. Clemenceau Pacifies Them.
M, Clemenceau finally in a good-tem-
pered speech said that the council had
not imposed its decisions, but had sim
ply convoked the conference to con-
slider the plan.
after forty-eight years Of public
life" he said. "I am satisfied that the
larger the committee is the less it
accomplishes. beg the delegates not
to waste time on questions of pro-
cedure when millions Of men are wait
ing to be demobilized. Let us organ
to work. We have no desire to be
unjust To anyone, but wish to devise
a procedure leading to rapid results" !"
M. Clemenceau's assurance that the
council would consider the questions
raised finally prevailed. and Belgium.
on behalf of the smaller powers,
withdrew the protests, saying that
the position having been cleared they
trusted to the fairness of the council.
All the resolutions were declared car
ried without dissent.
British Work With Americans.
LONDON. January 25.-The British
and American delegations in Paris
are working to hasten the proceedings
Of the peace conference and to secure
early decisions which would enable
the peace terms to be presented to
Germany, according to the Paris cor
respondent of the Daily Mail.