Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-20
RUSSIAN MATTERS TO
COME BEFORE PEACE
COUNCIL AT MEETING

representation of the British empire
by the panel system. -.
Montenegro shall be represented
by one delegate, but the rules con.
corning the designation of this dele
gate shall not be fixed until the no.
ment when the political situation o.
this country shall have been ciearet
up.
The conditions of the representa-.
ton of Russia shall be fixed by The
conference at the moment when tht
matters concerning Russia are ex-
amined
/ Technical Delegates.
/ Sec. Each delegation of pleni
potentlarles may be accompanied 10y
three technical delegates properly ac-
credited and by two stenographers.
The technical delegates may be
present at the sittings for the our
pose OF furnishing information which
may be asked OF them. They shall
! be allowed TO speak for the pur pose
/ of giving any desired explanations.
! Sec 4--The delegates take precc-
dence according to alphabetical order
in French, of the power.
| Sec 5--The conference will be de-
clared open by the president of the
French republic. The president of
(
J be invested temporarily with the
Craftsmanship Immediately after this.
| Nj, Clemenceau has since been
| elected permanent chairman of the
conference.) A committee composed
! OF one plenipotentiary of each of the
| great allied or associated powers
| snail proceed at once to the autenti-
cation of the credentials of all the
members present.
see. b--In the course of the first
| meeting of tho conference will pro-
coed to appoint a permanent president
and four vice presidents, chosen from
the plenipotentiaries of the great
powers in Alphabetical order
Sec. I A secretariat. appointed
! from outside the plenipotentiaries,
composed of one representative of the
United States of America, one of the
British empire, one of France, one of
Italy and one of Japan, will be sub
mitted to the approval of the confer
ence ~ the president, who will be the
controlling authority for its opera
tons.
This secretariat will he entrusted
with the care of drafting the protocols
of the meeting, of classifying the ar
chives, of providing for the admins
tration and organization of the, confer
ence and generally insuring the regu-
lar and punctual working of the serv-
ice entrusted to it, The head of the
secretariat will have charge of and
be RESPONSIBLE for the protocols and
arc hives.
The archives will lrNays be open to
the members of the conference.
Publicity Ihrured.
Sec. S--The publicity of the pro-
ceedings shall be insured by official
communicates prepared by the secre-
tariat and made public. In case of
disagreement as TO the drafting of
these communicates, the matter shall
be referred to the plenipotentiaries or
their representative,
Sec. 9--ReserNed.
Sec. 10--All documents intended for
I inclusion in thef protocols must be
handed in writing by the plenipoten-
tiaries presenting them. No document
of proposition may be submitted
save by one of the plenpipotentiaries
or in his name
Sec. 11--Plenipotentiarie wishing
to make proposal not connected
with the question on the agenda or
not arising from the discussion shall
give notice of the same twent-four
hours in advance. in order to facilitate
the discussions. However, exceptions
can be made to this rule in the case
of amendments or secondary ques-
tons, but not in the case of substan-
tive proposals.
Sec 12-Petitions, memoranda OBJ
servations or documents forwarded to
the conference by any persons other
than plenipotentiaries must be re-
ceived and classified by the secreta-
rat Such of these communications
as are just political will be briefly
summarized in a line to be distributed
to all the plenpotentiaries This list
will be kept UP to date as analogous
communications are received. All
such documents will be deposited in
the archives.
Sec. 13-The discussion of the
question to be decided will comprise
q first and second reading. The first
will consist of the general subject,
with the object of obtaining an
agreement on matters of importance
Subsequently there will be a second
reading for more detailed examina-
ton
Sec. 1.-THE plenipotentiaries shall
have the right, subject to the agree
ment with the conference, to author
ize their technical delegates to submit
technical explanation on such points
as may be deemed lawful If the con-
ference thinks advisable the technical
explanations of any particular dues-
ton may be entrusted to a committee
of technical delegates, whose duty will
be to report and suggest solutions
Sec. 1.-THE protocols drawn upi
by the secretariat shall be printed and
distributed in proof to the delegates
in the shortest possible time. To ex-
pedite the work by the conference the |
thus made in advance /
shall take the place of the reading of
the protocol at the beginning of each
meeting. IL no alteration is proposed
by the p'enipotentiaries the text shall
be deemed approved and entered in [
the archives. II
If any alteration is proposed. its text
shall he read by the president at the
beginning of the following meeting. In
any case the protocol must be read
out in full at the request of any pleni-
potentiary.
Sec. ia committee shall be
formed for drafting the resolutionsl
adopted. This committee shall con-
Germ itself only with questions which
have been adopted. It's so;e duty shall
be to draw up the text of the decision
adopted and to present 1t for the APP
prevail of the conference,
1t shall be composed of five men,
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