Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14
LEAGUE PROGRAM
TO OCOME UP First
ATF0RMA[PAR[H
Composite of Consensus 01
Opinion to Serve as Start
ing Point. s.
RUSSIA'S PLEA FOR SEAT
TO COME UP TOMORROW
Foch Goes to Complete Extensis1
of Armistice With
Germans.

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By the Associated Press. es1e,
PARIS. January 14.-Russia may-b
represented, together with all sth
other nations that were engaged q
the war against Germany, at the f1ft
formal meeting of the peace confer
enc. Whether Russia will have .peoG
ent at that time delegation Of pranl
nent Russians, irrespective Of part
or other spokesman. If any. probx4a
will be decided at the next meeffs
preliminary to the congress. This,Wtl
be held tomorrow because of the of&1
ing of the session of the French pr
lament today.
All the delegations with the exec
tion of the French. which will be oe
cupied with parliamentary affairs, WI
employ their time in preparations Il
Wednesdays meeting. President NJ!
SON planned to engage in a serf6&zt
informal conferences with British
French representatives.
League Up First. 80
The first question to come up bssSs
the actual peace conference wilt
that of the proposed league Of naff4
and 1t was made known today th8t4
had been planned for the confere41sk
devote twelve hours daily to this wot'
if necessary. until it is on the WAY
completion !, z se !
There is some reason for beli6H1u
that the first plans for the struefm@
of a league of nations to be laid ~
fore the conference probably WIFI
somewhat composite, representatives z
a consensus of opinion on the paS<56
the American, British and Freu6
statesmen who have been discue65j
the subject It will not purport t03
a finished product. hut il intended Z
serve as starting point for deve16G
ment. -
Foch Goes to Meet ocrma11 q
Marshal Foch. the aIiiea cossiasS =
headquarters at Trevss to meek G.
German delegates and lay down txxzU
for the extension OF the Aful1
There was SONS disposition duF1X1
yesterdays conference to maka
terms of the extension more drlz<
than had at first been proposed. 81
this was not carried out. 81
The extension, however. prov101l
for the turning over of the GefI
commercial fleet to transport tree
in exchange for food: for the rell1
tuition of material taken from Fr1d1E
and Belgium, and for full complix316'
with the terms of the oriotxN
armistice. 5s'<s:
Joint Communique From HsS1a8
A start has been made aoiss
machinery through which the a 4
can republic will learn Of the d<
Of the peace conference. Hithefto
French and the British pr9GDs.
access to much more informatiou
the press representatives from
United States. The British
French had also been issuing e
own official communicates regsr6t
the meetings. 1t now has been denE1
ed to issue a Joint communicates e1H
pared by a committee repfesenk5&
all the nations. this to be the -
official outgiving. --r-. -.'
President Wilson has also deei&fl
to communicate with the repre063f1s
tives of the American newspapergo II
which there are more than one A1H-
dred in Paris, through the medty1
of publicity agent. Ray StannardeBk'
ker, a former magazine writer. has 8eH
selected as the agent. fst<
The plan as announced today istfo1
President Wilson or some membAf ~
the American mission to comrnUtH
cate to Mr. Baker such details Of III
as were not embraced 81
the communicates and which -
President desires to make public ~
II 10 tR . ~
the correspondents. The correep4u&s
ents will not have original Cod
with the source OF information. ssl
Discussion In French.
An interesting feature Of yestsrdel
meeting. as also Of Sundays, was IT,
more than two hours Of the discual1
was conducted in French. OF wA16o
neither President Wilson nor ae<re;
tary of State Lansing has q couSoy.
Lloyd George. the British prei1{.
to only limited ext1UE
All the conversations concernfnGrl =
of the armistice were e14y
Quoted in French. x:sSfs
The French press today gives Pf<3:
dent Wilson credit for the dec14{1
by which Brazil secures three 49,
gates to the peace congress. andskX
that placing the number OF conan =
tees at five instead OF at twenty
the French plan proposed. The 3s
caro- says that when the Questto4
the publicity of treaties and se
diplomacy was discussed PrestG04l
while supporting the ma511S
ity in favor of secrecy. expressed ll
opinion that treaties should be puu1
although the negotiations leadtn9
to them called for the exercises 60
certain discretion. -
President Is Dinner Host. sass'
PARIS. Monday. January 14-1s
lent Wilson gave q dinner this agge
ng to members OF the AmerieAns y66
and its technical sAv1owk
including E. N. Hurley. B. N. BexQ1ks
Herbert C. Hoover and Vance H8Cp(s
nick. Col. K. M. House WAS thaa
absentee. being still too in to -
lis home. T..
French senate will tender to Pre-
Nilsson has been set for January 4l
Mr.. Wilson's Proposed Touy
President Wilson is consider11
;peaking tour of the United
when he returns home. II tQT
hat this trip will take him
many Of the principal cities a44Sl
possible that he may touch the
.oast- -
n March Mr.. Wilson woQ14 -
for such . te4r 80
.urning to Europe ah1yl9 ~
ais original plan ana q h1H
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