Arizona republican., 1919-01-28

PARIS, Jan. 27.-(By The Associated Press)-The peace conference today made a distinct gain when the 10 small powers gave full adhesion to the or- ganization formulated by the five great powers, thus securing united front of the great and small powers at the out set of the work on the main subjects before the members of the commission.
 This was largely due to the skilful direction of Jules Cambon. French del egate and former ambassador at Wash ington, who was designated by the council of the great powers to preside over the meeting of the small powers, held this afternoon. This meeting con vened at the foreign office at o'clock. at the same time that the council of the great powers met, the two separate gatherings proceeding simultaneously, one in the office of M. Pichon, the French foreign minister, and the other in the Sale de la PaiX.
 For a time there was some apprehen- sion of the sequel to the different view points expressed at Saturdays confer ence, but today's meeting of the small powers was without incident or re- newal of the claims then set up for in- creased representation on the various committees. Belgium. Serbia, Ru- mania and all the other small powers had their full delegations at the after noon meeting.
 Cambon Is Diplomatic
 M. CambOn, in opening the meeting took accession to allude to the great part played by Serbia. Rumania, Greece, and the others. This dissipated any lingering shadows or disagreement, and the meeting proceeded with entire harmony to designate the membership of the small powers on the commission.
 In the meantime the council of the great powers held two sessions during the day, resulting in the foration of two new commissions, to deal with financial subjects and questions of private and maritime laws.
 While the official communiques give no indication of the nature of "the ques- tion of maritime law" it would seem to he a term embracing President Wilson's second point, freedom of the seas.
 The council also proceeded to hear ings on the disposition of the con- quered German clonies in the Pacific and the far east a final conclusion not being reached. The conference is giv- ing evidence of real progress, since the committees were named, and most of these bodies began to initiate their work today.
 Committees Organizing
 President Wilson, who is chairman Of the committee on the league of na- sions, joined his colleague Colonel House, also a member of that commit tee, during the noon recess of the coun- ell. Later in the day Lord Robert Cecil, British member of the committee, joined him in a further consideration of the questions which the president and Colonel House had examined.
 The labor commission also began to get under way. President Wilson met Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor; James Duncan, John R. Alpine and other , members of the American labor dele gation, for a brief exchange of greet inss, and later Mir. Gompers and Ed ward N. Hurley, who are the American members of the labor commission. held their first conference on the work ahead
 The military committee on demobi- Hzation also had a session, while NJ. Pinchon completed the draft of in- sructions for the commission which leaves for Poland in a few days.
 Henry White, the American delegate on the waterways commission, also established relations with his colleagues of that body.
 Thus, real progress on all the main subjects is becoming apparent, as the commissions are beginning to formu- late detailed projects for presentation 10 the conference.