Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
Still Unsettled What Nations
 ~ Ni|I Sit In Supreme War Council
Not Decided How Many Delegates Will Be Allot-
 ted to Each. JAPAN WILL NOT
 REPRESENT CHINA Marshal Foch Reports De gree to Which Armistice
 Has Been Fulfilled. ~

Paris, Jan. 13-(By The As sociated Press)-The first r. mess before the Supreme War Council when it reassembled this afternoon was the settle ment of the question of repre- seutation in the first session of the inter-Allied conference.
 It is still unsettled what na- tions will be represented or how many delegates will be allotted to each.
 It has developed, however, that China will not be represented by Japan, but will have her own delega.- tiou
 ETorts of the French to bring to the fora the question of status of Entente and American troops in Russia and the adviSability of sending such troops into Poland to check the. Bol- shevik advance, it is understood, have been without success so far. The United States, 1t is said. will not con- sent to accept in principle or as a military policy the task of using American forces in Poland at all or in Russia in larger numbers than already are employed.
 Council of the peace congress lasted from 2:45 to 6:45 o'clock. The de- gree to which the Germans had full filled the conditions of the armisdce was reported by Marshal Foch
 It is unoffcially stated that under the conditions of the armistice Ger many had up to January 12 repatriate 45S,00o French French prisoners. leaving 28,000 remaining in Ger many; that there are several hun dred pieces of heavy artillery yet to be delivered, as well as 300 mine throwers; that 1867 locomotives out of the 5000 stipulated have been turned over, 6,65o railroad cars out of 15O,0Oo, and 4,422 motor trucks out of 5000. The 1,7oO airplanes called for by the armistice conditions have all been delivered
 Reports that the American delega- tion has agreed on a working plan for a. League of Nations, and that it will be one of the first things to be laid before t.:e congress have been cur rent in Paris All outward evidences in official quarters point in the other direction. AS late as President Will sons return from Italy he was not prepared to lay down working plan, desiring to have other plans origtnat- ing among the Entente delegates of 1ered first.
 At the same time. MT. Wilson has tod bn American mission. recognized experts in international law, to draw up a tentative plan which he could com pare with his own ideas. Out of the whole it was hoped to frame some concrete proposition representing the best ideas of the American delega- tion These men have not finished their work.
 When the present peace congress gets under way 1t probably will be found that much of the structure ot the second Hague conference will be utilized, and that with this will bt coupled the plan of William J. Bryar for years investigation of dispute; before a declaration of war. This latter feature is one of the definite things that Mr Wilson is understood to nave in mlnO.
 American international lawyers art convinced Hat the great battle O. wits vii come in the discussion oi whatever machinery is proposed tt lessen the probability of war. Not al of them believe the results of thi! peace congress will make war i'm possible, but they are sanguine tha 1t will make armed Conflicts mor' difficult Their principal concern i that the structure of the agreement whether 1t Is called a League 0 Nations or something else. shall no be framed, like The Hague conven tions, in qualifying phrases whici would undermine the whole structure
 President Wilson and his commis sioners are working on the theor that Great Britain, France, Italy an the rest of the world want som" ne7 machinery which will prevent wal The business of the conversation which begin today Is 10 find a com mon ground upon which all can unit for such a purpose. Upon the furthe details. the United States is said t be unconcerned. further than to e1 pect tha- covenants shall be fulflle and that details of the work shall 2 in agreement with the principles al ready announced.
 Paris. Sunday. Jan. 12.--Premie Clemeuc has appointed q legs committee of ten members under th chairmanship of professor of the Lar naude. dean of the law faculty of tn University of Paris, "s a consul!n body which will act during peace cor gross. All questions relative to tn work of the congress which M. Glen enceau may plan to sbnft will b passed upon by this committee befo1