The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-20
PEACE CONGRESS-
MARKS time
The Allied Powers to Take Up
Russian Problem. T
NO DATE FOR next SESSION
A French Expert on World League OF
Nations Discusses the Subject With
President Wilson.

Paris, Jan. 20-The machinery OF
| the Deace conference set in motion
| formally on the anniversary of the
treaty of Paris called forth the Paris
newspapers descriptive contrasts OF
the military character of the PruSSian
victory in 1871 with the democratlc
nature displayed now without formai-
ity or military pomp.
The conference to all outward ap-
pparances rested Sunday. Today the
plenipotentaries of the five principal
powers will meet to continue the in-
formal deliberations which they aban-
doned on Friday. No date has been
set for the next plenary meeting.
President Poincare's dictum, you
hold in your hands the future of the
world" seems to have captivated all
| the French journals, which printed 1t
in large headlines, while President
Wilson is seen to occupy the most im-
portant role.
In the effusive descriptions of tho
session, President Poincare's tribute
to The part played by the United
States in the war is given much dis
play lie Matin Sub-headed its arti-
Gle. .'to save civilization"
When the delegates of the five great
powers meet in Stephen Pichon's OF
fee the minister will transfer the
presidency which he has hitherto ex-
crcised at these meetings to Premier
Cleninnceau This meeting will occu-
py The whole day, being interrupted
only by luncheon given by the SEN
ate in honor of President Wilson.
The subject of the discussion at the
mecting will be an examination of the
situation in Russia.
Leon bourgeois. formerly French
minister of foreign affairs. who has
been charged with the presentation OF
the French thesis on the league of ma
tions. conferred with President Will
son on the subject.
The session at the foreign office will
be attended by the full Japanese dele
CATION. Baron NobuSki NakinO, chief
of the Japanese mission, having ar
rived in Paris with representatives OF
the Japanese army and navy, secre-
taries and commercial commissioners.
The baron made an official call OIL
Premier CIemencean and Foreign Mn
lister Pfchon.
The Italian delegation to the con-
ference has been completed by the
appointments Of Antonio Salandra,
former premier and minister of the
interior, and Signor BarSeilai, deputy
for Rome, to places at the peace
table.
Some points in the report to which
Premier Ciemenceau referred when
he said he had consulted two eminent
jurists on the penal responsibility oi
the former German emperor Were
made public The report was drawn
up by Ferdinand Larnaude. dean Of
the Paris law faculty. and DR.. A. G..
De Lapradelle, professor of rights of
nations in the same faculty.
The OBJ iect Of the inquiry was TO in
yestigate from a purely judicial point
of view the crimes committed by the
German government and army involv-
ing the penal responsibility of the
former German emperor, what tribun-
al should judge him and whether his
eXtradition could be demanded.
The two French juriSts proved that
the extradition Of the former German
ruler cannot be refused. as he is not
a political refugee. The report says: ::
"It is anti-judicial to assimilate war
with conspiracy. Crimes of war are
crimes of public law and international
law, not political crimes"
The authors of the report commence
by establishing that no penalty is pos
sible against a nation any more than
against a company, but that the man.
ager or director of a company can
pc punished.