New-York tribune., 1919-08-29
1 eace Parley
Bill for 8.
$l,506,776

Continued from page
bers of the American delegation. This
money later was paid back.
Wilson'S Itemized list
The list Of expenses submitted by
the President follows:
E1penses from December /. 1918. to June
Tt4vel and subsistence s15s4s4s
SUBSISTENCE .............. 144.9lA.G2
Wages to employees OF IIotsl
&. cri.ion .........; 5s.345.a8
printing. furniture and hNt-
ures repairs newspapers and
PIE r,iseelianeous expenditures. 499..$9.55!
FOOD and hotel supplies ...... ,.ss5S.qo
Hire and laundry OF hotel
Fuel heat light and com ''''"'''
pfess'e ar ........... 90 0o3S.7S
Inventories and legal services s.599.75
special aliotmen,s to fnvesti-
gatinE comm issioNs dis
patched TO The Baltic prov
iuces Poland. Turkey. the
baIkan~. Russia and the
c,n.,...a,is, [@aeasqs .......... iossl0?s g
Purchase of automobiles. ..... i4sO2 oS
Total ................... s666 $50 %
Travelling expe-7ses. ~,a,ionery
and supplies disbursements
BY the Department of state
in Washington .......... 3s.0o9o2
Total .............. s704s6s.3l
ment by members OF the
American mission to nego-
Naia peace or account of
u .-1.s.
Gives. official entertainments
b. tn. ~-crctary OF State
aud Edw-rd House: unex-
pended allotments and mis-
ianeous Items ........... 1s,72142
Total net eNlenses. December
l. 1918. 70 June 80. 1919. ox-
elusive Of The rent Of the
Fotel Nril.on and telegraph
charges ............. 5s5.146.ss
Liabilities
December J. 1878 10 September
80, 1919 including DAMAGES
t!e amount Of which are not
~ known approximately
Ss5.00o monthly .....-..... s36o0oo 90
Telegraph and cable service
through The War De partnent,
amount no. yet known.
though expense VIII be la.s,. -----------
Expenses of The commission
from July !, 1919. to July 80.
1919. exclusive of rent and
telegraph service .......... 15o62e74
Expenses OF the commission
from August !, 1918. to 4 as-
ust ST. 1919. exclusive Of
rent and telegraph service,
estimated .-...-........ 1o5, 10000
Expenses Of the commission from Sep
tenber /. 1919. to Dec-mber 81. 1919, esti-
mated for four months $4,000
Total estimated and actual liabilities
so far as known to date, 81 450.6g974
L-ss rental Of the Hotel Crllon to June
20. 1919, which is payable out Of the ap-
Prvprlatio ion ior the national security and
defence. Sy4J.OO0
Total appropriation required on the as
sun.ption hat the conference may be pro-
lOnsed to December 81, 1919. s. 20, ,62y74.
and estimated. $1,5O6,776.63.
Size of Delegation
II assume that no explanation is nee
essary," the President wrote, in re-
questing the appropriation, "of the
continued presence of the commission
in Paris, since every one knows that
although the treaty with Germany now
is before the Senate, treaties with
Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria are yet
to be completed, and many other mat
ters Of actual and potential concern to
this country require careful attention
Of the American representatives..
I'm considering these appropriations
and estimates it should be borne in
mind that for time the personnel Of
the American delegation numbered
more than 300 persons and on July 81
last had been reduced to about 400,
about IS OF whom were civilians. the
remainder being from the army and
navy. The conference has been held
at time wnen conditions in France
are abnormal, prices of food being
more than l20 per cent greater than a
year ago railroad transportation hav-
ing increased more than $50 per cent
Fuel is not only difficult to obtain, but
only obtainable at prices over 400 per
cent, higher than before the war AL
though an army commissary has been
utilized for the most part, the prices
paid have, notwithstanding, been vastly
greater than in the pre-war times.
Then, too, means of communication
and the usual channels of information
have been 50 greatly impeded, as a re-
suit of the war. that not only has it
been necessary to maintain an expen-
sive courier system, but, in many in
stances, commissions have had to be
dispatched for purpose of investigating
in order that the American commission
might De III pOSlllOn TO act tnteIIl-
gently and upon information the ac-
curacy of which had been positively es-
tablished.
These unusual conditions have made
the work of the commission expensive,
although I have no hesitation in saying
that, considering the magnitude of the
task, or the extent to which the COM
mission was obliged to rely upon it's
own agencies instead of upon those
available in normal times, the expenses
have been and are very modest.
1T is obviously not possible at
present to estimate how much longer
the conference may be in session, but
assuming that its work shall extend to
the end of the calendar year, December
81, 1919; which think may be regarded
as the maximum. the sum Of $825,000
will he reuuired for the Axnensean