Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-14
PEACE COUNCIL
PUTS MORE BURDEN
upon THE GERMANS
First Session Decides Huns Must
Pay for Stolen Material
and Machinery.
DELEGATES IN ACCORD

Paris. Jan l4.-The supreme touncii
Of the Peace Congress resumed It's scs-
sions M 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon ~
the Foreign o lice. with the distinguishes
gathering of yesterday augmented Nv inc
presence OF Japan among the great powers
rcprcsented and q notable gathCilns oi
military, naval, economic. ana hnan'lal !
representatives of the various powers
rwo STAGES or CONFERENCE
The procccdinrs were divided into
two distinct stages. Marshal loch pre-
sided ~ the morning meeting, az when
the military, naval and economic au-
thorities reached an agreement on new
terms for the armlsticc expiring ON Jan.
l.. The United States was represented
bv Naicr-t ,cn Bliss. Admiral Benson
nnd Uerhcri 4 Hoover, Great Britain hv
General Slr Henry Wilson, France NV
Marshal Foch. General Ncygand his
chief of sthfl NJ hlotE. minister Of finance
and NJ Lcvglcs minister Of marine and
Italy hv General Rohilant.
DELEGATES sS rERFrcr ,ccoRn.
The accord rrachci is said 10 have
hecn complete, embracing hnanclal terms
whereby Germany must restore tn sums
taken from the critics and towns ~ nc
devastated regions, military whereby
and promptly deliver up rolling stock
including locomotives, and economic
whereby food relief viii rraCh the ianish-
cd regions
II Was this program, completed "a the
morninr which confronted thr council
when II convened AZ : y clock. Ns the
statesmen gathered, u was seen that their
ranks were reinforced rs the two Japanese
delegate, Niscount Chnda and Amhas-
sador Matsm while General Bliss, Mr.
Hoover ana Rear Admiral Grayson ac-
eornnanied President Wilson and Sccre-
tary LANSING. with Bernard NJ. Raruch
and Edward \ lIhrlry later added g the
American representation.
sgIrIsn AND IrALIAN DELEGATES
The British force were similarly aug
mcntcd by Andrew Bonar Law and ticn-
rral Wilson, Nhuc France, bCsidce l'rC-
m,rr Clrmenccau and Foreign Minister
plrhon. had is ministers ut marine, COM
merrr. hnance and reconstruction, and
Admiral 30 Ron chief 81 The naval stan
Nittoirio Orlando, the Italian premier,
was the onlv absentee. having been callef
10 Rome, but Baron ~onninn the foreign
minister, was present with General
kobilant
FOCH REC aILs GEN. GRANT.
The scene was again interesting as the
distinguished personalities gathered
President Wilson motored 70 the Foreign
Office with Admiral Gravson, and again
carried his large leather portfolio. while
Premier Lloyd George ha With hum hl-
dispatch case. Marshal FoCh was pufhng
. large cigar a. he arrived, suggestive 81
General Grant
The meeting was held in N Plchons
private office, a. the large Sale &c "a FaiN,
with Us huge horseshoe tsblc. stall awaits
thu gathering of tho full delegations
The session was protracted, with lndica-
tions that the new terms OF the aTmlstlce,
with their military, economic, and financial
phases, were receiving very full discussion
At ; 5o'clock Marshal Foch and General
Wcygand, NJ klotz, and the various null
tary experts tled out oi the conference
room. while the member of the lntcTalhvd
supreme Council settled down u "a dis
-tlssion of the diplomats questions IN
yoiycd IN the conference program, the
irst subject taken up beng the repre-
sentation oi the nations n the Peace Con-
ference
The session Of the supreme Council
closed about $50 O'Clock, and NJ Gle
nenceau was the frst 10 leave the council
'oom He was followed m order by
secretary Lansing, President Wilson,
aud the other delegates. President VII
son stopped for an instant AZ the cMi
while a aashlight photograph was taken