Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-13
War Council Rea..smbIes.

Paris, Jan. 13.-The first business
before the supreme war council when
is reassembles this afternoon was the
settlement of the question Of repre-
sentation in the first session Of the;
interallied conference.
It j. still unsettled what nations will
be represented or the number Of dele
gates which will be allotted to each. 1t
has developed, however, that China
will not be represented by Japan but
will have her own delegation.
No Troops to Poland.
Efforts of the French press to bring
to the fore the question OF the status
of entente and American troops in
Russia and the advisability of sending
such troops into Poland to check the
.bolshevik advances. it is understood,
have been without success so far.
The United, States it is said, will not
consent to accept in principle or as
military policy the task of using Amer
ican forces in Poland at all or In Rus
sia in larger numbers than already
employed.
Representation Not Yet Fixed.
The, supreme council of the peace
congress at yesterdays session took up
the question of the procedure for the
coming congress session. The discus
sion dwelt largely upon the number Of
delegates to represent each power.
Tie proposal in the French program,
fixing the numbers variously mt 5, 3, 2
and 1 representatives, according to the
part played by the nations in the war,
brought forth certain objections and
the council adjourned without ratify-
ing it. J
1t Is hoped that the council today
would be able TO finish the discussions
Of the questions regarding the extern
sion Of the armistice, begun yesterday,
and that it perhaps also will reach an
agreement on the peace conference
program. II so, it is probable that the
first meeting will be held Tuesday az
ternoon by the plenipotentiaries of the
five great powers-the United States,
France, Great Britain, Italy and Ja-
pan:
English Language Used.
The proceedings yesterday were for
the most part in English. which is
spoken by Premier Clemenceau. Of
France Premier Orlando, Of Italy, and
Stephen Pichon, the French foreign
minister. Arthur Hugh Frazier. sec.
retary Of the American embassy, acted
as interpreter for President Wilson,
translatinE the speeches that were
made in French. Yesterdays session
of the supreme council of the peace
congress was a lengthy one, lasting
from 2:45 to 6:45 O'Clock. ss
The degree TO which the Germans
had fulfilled the conditions Of the arm
istice was one Of the important matters
before the council. It heard Marshal
Toch's report on the subject.
The first actua! session Of the peace
congress is being held today although
the series OF conversations FOR laying
the ground for the structure which win
later be presented to the formal as
sembly by the delegates Of all the ma
ti0ns.
Americans Have Plan.
Yesterdays meeting was prelimi-
naryaof those Of the coming weeks and
months. These conversations will take
up details Of the program to be car
ried out-what subjects will be con-
sidered at the meetings--the role OF
each expert adviser and the order In
which various matters will be con-
sidered.
Today's meeting probably will deal
with the important question Of the or
ganization by which the peace confer
ence will function. II is also expected
to make start toward 4 decision on
the question uppermost In the pubic
whether the sessions will be open
or secret.
Nothing has developed to alter ths
statement that the American delcEatcs
are primarily concerned With the cres-