Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-10
PEACE DELEGATES
ACT UNQUEST|0NED
Commission on Credentials
Yet to Function-Probabl
ParIey Precedent.
CONFERENCE LULl LIKELY

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. February IO-President
Wilson has been accorded the
honor of being designated rs the
one who shall issue the formal
call to the nations of the world to
join the society of nations after
it's machinery has been set up by
the pence conference, il was stated
today.
The commission now working on
the draft Of the constitution of the
society is understood to have ap-
proved the plan which provided
that the President of the United
States perform this function, it be-
ing considered that the distinction
was his due.
By the Associated Press
PARIS, February 10.--Such head
way has been made by some of the
lesser commissions of the peace con-
ference with the plans before them
that it is expected these commissions
viii be ready to report number of
important projects to the conference
for its action almost Immediately after
The report Of the commission on the
society of nations is disposed of.
The conference itself, while it ap-
pears likely to drop into more
leisurely pace after the departure of
President Wilson and Premier Or
iando of Italy. and in the absence of
Britain, who has already left Paris,
plans to undertake the discussion of
some of these topics. Interesting
debates are expected to follow, occu-
pying the time of the conference
probably during what it seems to
be thought here will be the rather
brief absence OF those leaders.
May Cause Stir.
sion on credentials ever begins to
function some stirring developments
are expected to follow
The commission has not met thus
far, even to organize, the conference
having gotten along entirely with
out the right OF any Of the delegates
g their ssets being challenged,
81 ths hiStofy of sueis issts<naf iceai
&4tkAE1nE6. II being recalled thaf TIE
fAn6iie Westphalfan congress of 1Sx7
spent the better portion OF q year
in verifying the credentials Of it's
re usual course ct these. as
sen1bIes Is for the delegates to ex-
change their credentials as soon as
they gather, any one of them being
rss.;s prsxilsgsd to make .ne.c objection to the
ground TO do 80. It was stated, how
ever, that the committee on creden-
ttals OF the present conference would
conduct any investigation found neces-
sary OF the suficiency OF the papers
brought by each delegate. and that
delegates before undertaking the
work.
Come in Single File.
The delegates have been coming
along in single file ever since the
opening of the conference, and it has
not been thought proper to begin the
examination of the documents. Ru-
mors, however have been current re-
Gently that there was another reason
for The delay-the apprehension on
the part of the directing forces of the
conference that objections would be
Immediately lodged against the pres
ence of some persons who have al
ready occupied seats in the confer
ence and who 1t Is declared are not
proper representatives of their gov
ernments, or are accredited by or
ganizations that have no existence as
governments.
Leading members Of the conference
express confidence that these persons
have a proper status in the body,
have sanctioned their presence and
have even admitted some Of them to
membership in the principal commits
sions, and 1t is understood that the
conference leaders do not desire to
have an issue raised now in. this con-
nection that might result in bad
feeling and interfere with the smooth
progress of the peace-making work.