Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-18
Right to Declare Executive
Session After the Practice
of American Senate to Be
Used When Desired,
BELGIUM AND SERBIA
GIVEN THREE ENJOYS
Delegates to Be Denied Privj-
Iege Of Issuing Statements
Regarding Own National
Questions.
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isr MORNING. JOURNAL SPECIAL te.sGr wiWsl
Paris, Jan. II (by the Associated
Press. ALL is in readiness for the
commencement tomorrow afternoon
of the peace congress At a meeting
today attended by President Wilson
and the other leaders of the great
powers, the delegations which are to
sit in the congress were completed by
according to Belgium and Serbia
three delegates each, and two repre-
sentative of the king of the Hedjas,
whose forces in Holy Land so mate
RALLY aided the British in overcoming
the Turks,
AT the meeting the question of the
admission of the press to the confer
ences was also acted upon. 1t was de-
cided that the newspaper men should
be admitted to the meetings of the
full conference, but that on necessary
occasions the deliberations of the con-
ference might be held in secret 1t
was determined in reaching this de-
cison limiting the activities of the
press, that while not5uqder-rating the
Importance OF pubiic OPINION, the pro-
cess of reaching a favorable solution
of the task before the congress would
be hindered if discussion of every dis
puted question were opened by pub
lie declaration by each delegation of
its own national point Of view.
1t has been tentatively decided that
three representatives of the press of
the allied and associated powers will
be admitted to the conference. The
conference probably will be organized
in manner similar to the American
congress with secret committee meet
ings to discuss delicate questions, with
formal open sessions and with eXecu-
tive sessions, as in the United States
senate.
TO Announce Conclusions.
The following official communica-
ton dealing with the peace conference
was issued this evening:
The president of the United states
of America, the prime minister and
foreign ministers Of the allied great
powers, assisted by the japanese am
bassadors in Paris and London, mot
at the Quai D'Orsay today, in the
morning from i0:30 a. IN. to 1890
p. m. and in the afternoon from 3 D..
IN. to $3.50 p. M
THE French president OF the coun-
ell read out the terms OF the renewal
of the armistce.
THE meeting decided to give Bel
GUM and Serbia three delegates each
at the conference. IT was decided also
that the king of the Hedjas should be
represented by two delegates. The
question of the number of delegates
from the various powers thus was
finally established.
"The program for the opening con-
ference, which will take place at the
foreign office tomorrow at o'clock
in the afternoon, was afterwards ar
ranged.
Full Publicity Refused.
"The meeting finally examined into
the question of the publicity to be CIV
en- to the discussions of the conference
and unanimously approved the follow
ing text to he handed to the press in
the name Of the five great powers:
The representatives of the allied and
associated powers have given earnest
consideration to the question of pub
licity for the proceedings of the peace
conference. They are anxious that the
public through the press should have
the fullest information compatible
with the safeguarding of the supreme
interest of all, which is that a Just and
honorable settlement should he ar
rived at with the minimum of delay
1t is. however, obvious that pub
licity with regard to the preliminary
conversations now proceeding must
be subject to the limitations neces.
sarily imposed by the difficult and
delicate nature of their object. The
proceedings offa peace conference are
far more analogous to the meetings
of cabinet than to those of legis-
lature. Nobody has ever suggested
that cabinet meetings should be held
in public. and If they were so held
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