The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-01-15
SUPREME COUNCIL NOW
CONSIDERING Terms
OF. new .ARMISTICE
Japan is Admitted to the Great
,Gathcring-Al Other Delegations
Materially Increased
.KUCH PRESIDES AT ONE SESSION
Complete Agreement is Reached Con-
.cerning All Demands to Be
Made of Germany.

Paris, Jan. 13.-The supreme coun-
jail' of the peace congress resumed it's
sessions at 3 O'Clock this afternoon at
The French foreign office, with the dis
1nguiShed gathering of yesterday
augmented by the presence of Japan
among the great powers represented
| and Il notable gathering Of military,
naval, economic and financial repre-
sentsttivcs of the various powers
Those present included, besides
President Wilson, Secretary Lansing,
Cen. Bliss and Herbert &. Hoover
f., the jUnited States, Premier Clem-
enceau, Foreign Minister Pichon,
Finance Minister Klotz, Minister of
Commerce Clementel, Minister of Re
| construction LouchcuI, Marshal Foch,
Gen. Weygand and AdmiraG De Bon,
for H@rance; PREMIER Lloyd George
and Fpreign Secretary Baifour, for
Gre,a Britain; Foreign Minister SON
nina, Tor Italy, and Viscount Chinda
and Ambassador MatSui, for japan.
All members Of the Versailles war
council also attended, including Gen.
Sir Watson, the British member.
.Armistice Extension.
The first business before the So
prcme council was the Dew tfTms fOs'
the exhaustion of the German armis-
ticc. 1ta. terms had been formally
Nlrawn up at meeting this morning
of military, naval, economic and
financial experts Of Allies and the
which was presided over by Marshal
Foch, reached complete agreement
on the new armistice terms.
The proceedings today were divided
into two distinct stages. The first,
the morning meeting, was presided
over by Marshal Foch at which the
military, naval and economic author.
tiles reached an agreement on new
terms for the armisticc expiring on
January II. The United States was
represented by Major Cen. Bliss, Ad-
maral Benson and Herbert G.. Hoover;
Great Britain by Gen. Sir Henry viii
son; France by Marshal Foch, Gen.
Weygand, his chief of staff, NJ. Kiotz,
minister OF finance, and NJ. Lcygues,
minister of marine, and Italy by Gen.
Robilant.
Complete Accord.
The accord reached is said to have
been cemplctc, embracing financial
terms whereby Germany must restore
the sums taken from the cities and
towns in the devastated regions; mil
itary, whereby Germany must restore
VIC gums IdkSH anu pIolnpIly uSllVci
up rolling stock and locomotives, and
economic, whereby food relief will
reach the fanished regions.
1t was this program, completed in
the morning, which confronted the
council when it convened at 9 o'clock.
Notable Increase.
AS the statesmen gathered, it was
seen that their ranks were notably
increased by the two japanese dele
gates, Viscount Chinda and Ambassa-
dor Matsui, while Gen. Bliss, Mr.
Hoover and Rear Admiral Grayson
accompanied President Wilson and
Secretary Lansing with Bernard, M.
Baruch and Edward N. Hurley later
added to the American representation.
The British forces were similarly
increased by Andrew Bonar Law and
Gen. Wilson, while France, besides
Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Min
ister Pichon, had it's ministers Of ma
>rine, commerce, finance and recon
struction and Admiral De Bon, chief
of the French naval staff.
Vittorio Orlando, the Italian pre-
mier, was the only absentee, having
been called to Rome, but Baron Son
nino, the foreign minister, was pres
ent with Gen. Robilant.