The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29

'crowds kept incres sing in size. but the
vast spaces around ne chateau swai-
llwed them up al rrst. BY noon eleven
regiments of French cavalry and infan-
try under command of Gen. Brecard had
taken position along the approaches &c
the palace. while within the great court
on either side solid lines Of infantry In
horizon blue were drawn up at attention.
Long before the ceremony began a
line Of gendarmes was thrown across
the approaches. While theoretically
only persons bearing passes could gel
! through this line the crowds gradually
| filtered into and finally hlled the square
Within the square hundreds of fortunate
persons had taken Up positions at the
| windows OF every wing of the palace.
BY 1880 o'clock fiocks OF motor cars
began to arrive laden with delegates
| officials and distinguished guests.
The final allotment of seats m the
ceremonial chamber meanwhile had been
made, the places for the German dele
gates being reserved on the side Of the
horseshoe table, where they touched
elbows with the. japanese plenipoten-
tiaries on their right and the Braziltans
on their left The delegates from Ecua-
dor. Peru and Liberia faced the Germans
| across the narrow table.
Wounded Americans There.
When the detachments OF fifteen sol-
diers each from the American, British
aud French forces entered the hall
| shortly before o'clock and took their
places at the windows Premier Clemen-
ceau stepped up to the French detach-
ment and shook the hand Of each man.
The men had been selected from those
who bore honorable wounds. and the
d.. L. l. -. n
them there and his regret for the suffer
ings they had endured for their country.
When the German delegates entered
Premier Clemenceau, president OF the
Peace Congress, rose and delivered his
brief address, pointing out that the
treaty had been drafted with the collab-
grafton Of all the Powers, that the presi-
dent of the conference had formally GER
titled that the text to be signed was
Identical with that in the copies handed
them on June II, and that their sigma
lures were an irrevocable engagement
that all the conditions laid down in the
treaty would be Loyalty executed His
speech was translated into English and
German.
DR.. Mueller and DIR. Bell. the Ger
man Government plenipotentiaries. ar
rived early In the day by automobiles
from st. Cyr. instead of taking the
belt line railroad. as did the Ger
man delegates who came here to re-
ceive the terms Of peace on May z. The
credentials OF the new German delegates
were approved by the Peace Conference
authorities in the forenoon and every
thing was virtually In readiness at an
early hour for the ceremony. The morn
ing had been a cloudy one. but shortly
before midday the clouds began to break.
Last minute changes were made In the
programme to expedite the signing Of
the treaty. Two additional tables were
placed beside the one within the historic
Hall Of Mirrors on which the peace
treaty was laid. One OF the new tables
held the Rhine Convention and the
other the protocol containing changes in
and interpretations Of the treaty. All
these documents had to be signed by
each plenlpotentiary and the arrange
ment of the tables thus enabled three
persons to be engaged simultaneously
in aff1xing their signatures.
. Because of the size OF the treaty and
the fragile seals II bore. the plan TO
present 1t for signing to Premier Glenn
enceau. President Wilson and Premier
Lloyd George was not carried out and
the three conference leaders stepped to
the table TO affix their signatures.
Parisinns Flock to Vicinity.
Hours before the time set for the cere-