Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-09
Lloyd Georges Detention in
Great Britain Causes
Postponement.
PRESIDENT TALKS WITH
ORLANDO AND JAPANESE
French Announce Men Who Will
Represent Them at Peace
Table.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, January 9.-President Will
sons conferences with the premiers of
Great Britain, France and Italy, which
were to open today, have been delayed
and probably will not begin before
early next week.
Mr., Lloyd George is detained in Lon
don by work incident to the recon
struetion Of his cabinet Premier Or
lando of italy, who is due here to-
day, will probably return to Rome.
where his presence for forty-eight
hours is necessary because of matters
under consideration by the Italian
parliament.
There will, however. be meeting
today at the office of Stephen Pichon
foreign minister 1t will be attended
by Afr. Wilson, Premier Orlando ana
japanese representatives. but it Will
be informal because of the absence of
Mr. Lloyd George. although British
representatives will probably be pres
ent
Premier Clemenceau of France and
Premier Venizelos of Greece were in
conference this morning with the Amer
lean delegation to the peace congress.
A French protocol, giving a detailed pro-
gram of the procedure of the peace con-
ference, has been submitted TO the
American and other delegations by
whom it now is under consideration.
Important Meeting.
1t was considered best to hold the
meeting and clear up some prelimi-
nary points. and it is believed that
important details of procedure will
be settled. II this is done, the DELE
gates will be in a position, when Mr..
Lloyd George arrives, to rapidly COM
piete the preliminary work and clear
up matters for the opening confer
ences on Monday and Tuesday.
Importance is attached 10 tne meet
ing of the French cabinet today, for
it Is probable that President Poin-
care will definitely nominate the
French delegates to the peace con-
gress.
Mr.. Wilson Figures as Premier.
Referring to the conferences as
being between the chiefs of the EN-
tente governments, the best informed
French sources say that it is nothing
more or less than a meeting-per-
haps last--of the higher allied war
committee. The procedure that will
be adopted will be the simplest pos
ST bic, having the advantage of avoid
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changes of notes between chancel-a
tories. 1t is pointed out that the
committee in question will be COM
posed of the preniers and foreign
ministers of the allies, MI Wilson
figuring as American premier.
It is not expected there will be
long debate at the conferences: this
mornings newspapers saying that the
French government communicated to
the entente powers some days ago
complete plan of work, amounting
to a suggestion of a co-ordinated
program.
German Questions Up First.
AS regards questions concerning
enemy countries. it is understood that
those concerning Germany will be TAX
en- up first. then those of Austria Hun
gary and finally those relative to Bull
garia and Turkey. These details will
probably not be decided upon until the
league of nations part of the program
has been exhausted, however
tits not expected that the pre1niers'
conference will deal with more than
the most general principles of the
peace settlement. In fact it now seems
doubtful If more than a broad. general
a agreement will be reached before
President Wilson returns to America
ferences it is expected that more or
less tentative program will be adopted,
which divide the work of the peace
congress into successive steps. The
actual making of peace with the CEN
trail powers may be the last of these
steps.