Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-10
PEACE CONGRESS !,
READY To START,
80 DELEGATES SIT
Considerable Progress May Have
Been Made Before Wilson
Returns Home
DELAYS DIsAPPorNT HIN
Dy Associated Presq 70 Every vreolnr

By Associated Press ~ Every gvcrlnr
Paris, Jan. 10 After nearly q mont
Of waiting and preparation, rongcrsa
tons which viii lay the Foundation ~
the actual peace congress are about ~
start American deIegates feel that .
great deal of progress might have F<-n
made before now if full representation
Of the nations allied against German
had arrived promptly The Britt ,h
pieppOtentlarics nov are expected fo
arrive Saturday Ag many II ibe prir-
cIpal questions ~ ~ thrcsheJ gut u
preliminary conference concern mos
intimately the United States, C,re7.
Britain and France, there j. some barc
of fair headway being made wh'l,
awaiting he official announcement ~
the full Italian delegation and The arrival
n the Iapanese representatives, T,o
BolgIans viii arrive nozt wcclr
pTLs1H 10 REPORT 10 co~cRvss.
The first fow conferences betveor
the Americans, French md British vilI
probably develop just how mpch proqrcss
may bc expected before thc Presiden.
gocs homo next month II y settlcd sh4t
when bc reaches America one n E.s
first arts viii ~ - address Conreee
and give n report IN What ba- bon ~
here agTce that the most SIR Wilsnr
can hope u report rill Drobahiy ~
general undertaking of The ridoet -or.
upon q set 0f principles which 77rs-
Re left n be applied by the peaoh RON
gross. Physical conditions alone will
probably prevent The accomplishment
of more than this during the remaining
six weeks # big stay
k1Hvspvr,. 4. - r, p-r y r-.-
Organization work has taken rhr
Americans month, and even now the-
are 0nlv partly ready The French n;
course. nave their organization ~ thc
spot The British rave brought 9yo-
from England x highly developed ma
chime which is virtually ready ~ fiDc-
ton The japanese win have - orVanize
after reaching here, as W1ll the Belglans
and other minor belligerente.
These preliminaries viii not necess.r1-
" delay the informal conversations.
but they viii hamper the working r
group plan" conferences hv which the
principal beihgerents expect % thressh
ont points with Interested neutral
non-beliigerents or minor nations H.
gagged in the var. and reduce their r.
suits 20 memoranda which arc '0 "a
70 the peace congress for inclusion rs
the final settlement.
PRESIDENT DISAPPOINTED At DELAY.
President Wilson's feeling. nn coming
70 Europe as early as be did, was tnat a
the entente governments had made thcir
preparation TO get down 70 taking peace
He ana the American commissioner
have been disappointed hv the Ielayr
The american delegates arc unGerstond
to feel very strongly that unless plans are
made to permit the activities Of peace ~
be resumed in warning countries, the de-
mobilization Of their armies NAV BRING
unwelcome problems
The return Of Mr. Wilson 70 the L United
States VIII reduce the American delegation
70 four, but II was explained today ha
delegations viii vote ss units, and hat thc
President never had intended 10 sit con
tlnuoualy 81 ne peace able.
Al the progress that h4s bcon made
has been in President Wilson ronIerpnr.
with French. sh ana Italian Statesmen.
These conferences have approached oniv
broad principles. In the conversation
about TO begin the progress that has beeu
made with individual countries Roua
probably be brought into the discussion
and general agreements sought.
EIGHTY DELEGATES AT CONFERENCE
There Will probably be eighty delegates
at the peace congress if the program pre-
sented 70 the delegates today by tho
French government. IS approved by the
supreme Council There will. IN addition
be extra delegates from most Of he na-
tions represented These viii be c.iic,
INTO the congress when special subjects
upon which they are experts are under
consideration
Lord Hardinge, former NlceroN. Of Iu0is
sir LOUIS Naliet, British NmbassaIo
10 Turkey, and SIR ESmC ". HoWar5
British Minister TO Switzerland, probably
will appear for Great Britain AS ,>tr..
delegates. Bernard Baruch, Vance No
(ormick and other specialists viii b. Gale,
upon by the nIted States peace commi--
sion
SMALL POWERS To HAVE THREE.
Changes in the plans hitherto consider
ed were suggested today They concern
cd. principally, the number If delegate
10 bt gwen the smaller powers. Mos
of those which declared war aa the central
amp;r,a viii have three Fines" nations
are Greece. Serbia Portugal Runapla.
Brs1tl and China Poland nd C,te ho-Slc-
val kla Wlil hsvr tRo each Countries
uhlch simply broke relations aIta eitht
Of the central powers win have one delc-
gate.
Neutrals VIII bc represented when 'b,u
special interests arc taken up. rhr nuIu.
ber If delegates 10 10 apporJloncd
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