The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-14
COUNCIL
DELEGATES Of
ALLIES FIXED
France, America, Great Brit
ain, Italy and Japan Will
Each Have Five RepreSen-
tativeS in Sessions at Paris.

PARIS, Jan, IA. ,(By the Associated
United States, Italy and Japan each
VIII, have five representatives in the
peace congress. This was decided upon
yesterday by the supreme council en-
gagged in the preliminary work of or
ganizing the peace procedure. The
British dominions, it was decided, will
be represented apart from Great
Britain, Canada, Australia, South At
rica and India will have two repre-
sentatives each and New Zealand will
have one delegate.
Consideration of the question of the
Russian representation was postponed.
The size of the representation Of each
nation was, decided upon, not as pro-
posed by the French plan, In accord
ance with the part played by the ma
ton in the war but following Amer
lean and British plans in proportion to
the extent of interest of each nation
in the peace settlement.
Adopt Wilson Plan.
The question of representation set
tied, the council began the discussion
Of procedure. A proposal by President
Wilson concerning the sending Of prob
animation was adopted. At the meet
ing Wednesday the council will fix upon
methods of work and guiding princi
pies of the conference.
President Poincare will open the
plenary session of the peace congress
Saturday with an address, after which
officers will be elected.
Russia may be represented, together
with all the other nations engaged in
the war against Germany, at the first
formal meeting of the peace conference,
Whether Russia will have delegation
probably will be decided at the next
meeting preliminary to the congress.
This will be held tomorrow.
The first question to come before the
actual peace conference will be that OF
the proposed league Of nations, and 1t
was made known tCscy that it had been
planned for the cob rees to devo;e IL
hours daily to this wosk, If necessary,
until it is on the way to completion
There is some reason for believing
that the first plans for the structure OF
- a league Of nations to be laid before the
conference, probably will be somewhat
composite, representative of consen-
sus of opinion on the part of the Amer
lean, British and French statesmen who
have been discussing the subject. 1t
will not purport to be finished prod
uct, but it is intended to serve as a
starting point for development.
Marshal Foch, allied commander
chief, Is today on the way to his head
quarters at Treves to meet the German
and lay down terms for the
a.. t.sion of the armistice. There was
some disposition during yesterday s
conferences to make the terms Of the
extension more drastic than had al
first been proposed, but this was not
The extension, however, provides foi
the turning over of the German COM
*1nerclal fleet to transport troops, IN ex-
change for food; for the restitution o.
material taken from France and Bel
gium and for full compliance with the
terms of the original armistice.
WIFI nipo VKyi1rou
President Wilson will be the guest Of
honor at a banquet to be given by the
French senate Jan. 20.
The president gave dinner last eve-
ming to members of the American peace
commission and its technical advisers
Col. House was the only absentee, being
still too i'll to leave his home.
A start has been made on the ma
chinery through which the American
public will learn of the doings of the
peace conference. Hitherto the French
and the British press had access tt
much more information than the press
representatives of the United States
The British and French had also beer
issuing their own official communiques
regarding the meetings. 1t now has
been decided to issue joint COM
munique, prepared by committee rep
resenting all the nations, this to be tht
sole official outlying. President WI
with the representatives of the Amer
. lean newspapers, Of which there ar
more than 100 in Paris, through the
medium of a publicity agent. Ray Stan
nard Baker, former magazine writer
has been selected as the agent
The plan as announced today is fol
President Wilson or some member o
the American mission to communicate
TO Mr.. Baker such details of the pro
ceedings as were not embraced in thu
communiques, and which. the presiden
desires to make public, Mr. Baker con
%Veying the information to the GORE
kpondents. The correspondents will no
Ave original contact with the source o
#Aormation An interesting feature o
terdays meeting, as also of Sun
Wks, was that more than two hours Q
Sliscussion was conducted in French
Shich neither President Wilson no
W etary of State Lansing has con
versational knowledge and which Dayi'
LLOYD George, the British premier un
derstands to only limited extent. Al
the conversations concerning the re
newal of the armistice were conducte'
in French.