The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-16
PEACE MEETING.
INAUGURATION
WILL BE HELD
ON SATURDAY
Detachment Of Troops Will
Pay Honors to Arriving
Delegates-PresidentP Poin-
care to Make Address.
CLEMENCEAU PRES|DES
by Associated Press)


PARIS, Jan. 16.-The Inauguration
Of the peace congress on Saturday
will be carried out with ceremonies be-
fitting such an occasion. A detachment
Of troops will pay honors to the arriv.
ing delegates, and Stephen Pichon. the
French foreign minister. will receive
President Wilson at the head Of the
steps of the foreign ministry and ac-
company him to the room where the
meeting will begin, at three o'clock
sharp.
The plenipotentiaries will sit around
a horse shoe table, the middle part Of
this Ia BILE beinig reserved for officers.
The delegations will be grouped by
states in alphabetical order. as they
appear in the Almanacs De Gotha.
American delegates will be at one end.
then those Of the British Empire.
France. Italy and Japan in the order
named. After them will come repre-
sentatives OF other states. also seated
alphabetically.
When all are seated. President Poin-
care will enter and take the presi-
Dental armchair to Ike the opening
address. 1t Is understood that he will
refer to the tragic epoc ending so
kIOTlOuSly IOT Iuo culCltC anu "hASh
for four years upheaved the world.
1t Is expected also to refer to the
immense task Of universal reconstruc-
ton which must be the work OF the
conference and the high ideals Of JUS
tice which will be observed during the
deliberati ton Of the peace congress.
He will then conclude by declaring
the session open and will withdraw.
Clemenceau In Chair,
Premier Clemenceau will take his
place in the chair as chief Of the
French delegation. this being his right
as the congress Is meeting in the cap
ital of France. He will request the
assembly to elect officers. which, be-
sides president, will include vice
presidents and general secretary.
Regulations for the congress will then
be read. 1t Is expected they will be
ratified as they stand, after which
they will be made public. Formal in
vitations to attend the first sitting
were sent out last night by the
French delegation to ambassadors and
ministers of various countries. These
invitations announce the number OF
representatives accorded to each
country and ask the diplomats to
transmit invitations Immediately to
the person or persons chosen to at
tend.
The supreme council Of the five
greater powers resumed its session at
1890 o'clock today.
There were present for France. Pre-
meier Clemenceau and Foreign Minis
ter Pichon: for the United States.
President Wilson and Secretary OF
State Lansing; for Great Britain, Pre-
mier Lloyd George. and Foreign Sec
retary Balfour; for Italy. Foreign min
lister Sonnino and for japan, Viscount
Chinda and Baron Matsui.
Vittorio Orlando, the Italian pre-
mier was the only absentee. He still
is detained in Rome.
President Wilson arrived at the
meeting place accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson and her secretary, Miss Ben
ham.
SaIandia to Attend.
The impression prevailed today that
following the protests that have arisen
against the decision of the council re-
stricting all the news Of its sessions
to formal communiques, some explain
alton or statement on the subject
might appear in tonight's communique
to the effect that the restriction will
apply only to the actual proceedings
OF tho current day and not to any
comment by the delegates on the gen.
eral question before the council.
This impression cannot be officially
confirmed but it finds a place among
the reports in circulation today.
Serbia cannot take part in the peace
conference unless represented in a
delegation from the combined Serbo-
Croatian- Slovene state, the Jugo Slav
committee here declares in protest.
Antonio Salandra, the former Italian
premier. will be one of the Italian dele
gates to the peace conference, accord
ing to the Giornale d'Italia.