New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Compers, Davis, Hurley,
Baruch and Mccormick
Among Board Members
Chairman Ayerts
Conference Break
Quiets Small Nations De-
manding a Voice i'm
Drafting CongrcssPlans


PARIS, Jan. 2s.--Prcmer Clcmenccau
has announced the names Of the rep
resentativcs of the five great powers
who are to compose the committees on
the particular features of The work TO
be done by the peace conference.
The agreement of the peace confer
ence upon a league of nations is re
garded here as a most vital step in the
direction of progress and the pacidca
tion of Europe.
BY skilful handling, Premier Gle
menceau has averted what threatened
to become serious rift in the con
ference proceedings when the smalle,
nations represented at the conference
protested against the inclusion Of rep
resentatives Of the Great Powers only
in the membership of the respective
committees.
For a time it seemed that the
smaller nations might align themselves
against the larger NJ. Clemenccau
made plea for unity and harmony
and by promising to give attention t,
the stand of the smaller nations CON
fiict was averted
Lansing on Committee
The committees announced by Pre-
mier Clemenceau are as follows:
Responsibility for the War-Creat
Britain, Sir Gordcn Hewart; United
States, Secretary Of State Lansing;
France, Captain Andre Tardieu and
Ferdinand Larnaude; Italy, viterio
Scialoia and Deputy Raimondo.
Reparation-United States, p. NJ.
Baruch, John w. Davis and Vance
Mccormick; Great Britain. William
Morris Hughes, Sir John Simon and
Baron CunlifFe; France, L. l.. Klotz.
l.. 2. Locheur and A. +. Lobrun:
Italy, Antonio Salandra and General
Badoglio; Japan, Baron Maxine and
Baron Nobuaki.
international Labor Legislation
United States, E. n. Hurley and
Samuel Gompers; Great Britain
George Nicoll Barnes and Ian Nal
colin; France, NJ Colliard and J.. p.
Locheur; italy, Signor Des Planches
and Signor Cabrini; Japan, N. Oti-
chian and NJ. Okla.
Regulation Of Ports, Waterways
and Rallroads-Unitcd States. Honrv
White; Great Britain, Sir John
Simon; France, Andre Voiss and Al
bert Clavcille; Italy, signor Grcsnl
and Signor do Msrtino; japan. NJ
famakawa and Colonel Sato.
Expert Prepares Views
The United States will have another
representative besides Secretary Inn
sing on the committee. He will prob
ably be one Of the experts attached N
the mission now preparing the Amer.
can views on this important question
that carries with it the verdict Of life
or death to the former German Fm-
peror and some Of his generals and ad.
mirals, and even civilian officials.
Although the French government.
through the publication Of tho opinion
OF its legal advisers. particularly in
dorsed the theory that ii is within tn,
power of the peace conference N try
German, Austrian, Turkish and Bul-
garlan violators of the laws of war
fare, the American commissioners bo,,o
not yet disclosed their position. The
belief has been expressed. however
that they will be found not much a.
variance with the French view as 70
the strict question of legal power bn,
that they VIII not commit thensel,,.
regarding the policy to be adopted n
the exercise of that power.
League Not to Wait on Russia
II was stated to-day in authoritative
quarters that though it was desirable
that the Russian problem should he
solved at the outset of the pence con
ference, it was by no means necassar,.
that it should have been solved -
insure the success of the principal oh
Ject Of the conference namely f.
organize league of nations. The in
tention Is to proceed with the working
out Of the details of the project as
outlined in the resolution adopted bv
the conference yesterday as rapidly As
possible.
1t IS considered doubtful. in view Of
the magnitude of the task before the
committee having the matter IN hand
whether the plan car be worked ont m
detail before the date the pra~;do,,.
mas set for the commencement of his
return trip to Washington.
When the plar OF the league finally
is adopted by the conference. it is sa;a
the status Of Russia VIII be similar
technically to that of neutral state.
which have not yet entered the league.
that the d. OF will be held omen for no,
10 enter RS soon as she has made be,-
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