The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-01-14
RUSSIA MAY Be
AT PEACE TABLE
At First Formal Meeting, To-
gether With All Nations Who
Fought Huns.
PUBLIC TO Be INFORMED
League of Nations to Be First
Question Discussed and
Partially Settled.

PaflS. Jan. 14.--RuSS1a may De rep
resented. 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 present at that time
q delegation. irrespective of party. or
other spokesman, If any. probably
will be decided at the next meeting
preliminary to the congress. This
will be held tomorrow because of the
opening of the session of the French
parliament today.
& All the delegations, with the ex-
ception of the French, which will be
occupied with parliamentary affairs.
viii employ their time in preparations
for Wednesdays meeting. President
Wilson planned to engage in series
Of informal conferences with British
and French representatives.
To Serve as Starting Point.
The first. question to come up be-
fore the actual peace conference will
be- that of the proposed league of ma
tions. and 1t was made known today
it had been planned for the conferees
to devote twelve hours daily to this
work If necessary until 1t is on the
way to completion. There is some
reason for believing the first plans
for the structure of a league of ma
tions to be laid before the conference
probably will be somewhat composite,
representative OF consensus of
opinion on the part of the American,
British and French statesmen, who
have been discussing the subject. 1t
will not purport to be finished
product. but is intended to serve as
starting point for development.
Marshal Foch, the allied com
mander-in-chief, Is today on his way
to- his headquarters at III Yes TO meet
the Ge4manf f}tctckatefsS&o slay down
ftern1sf ffofv th6 se1eHnSiesr @SneAMnnaa<
stce. There was some disposition
during yesterdays conferences to
make the terms of the extension more
drastlc than mad at hrst been pro-
posed. but 1t was not carried out.
Ihe extension, however, provides
Tor the turning over OF the German
commercial fleet to transport troops
IN exchange Tor 1000; Tor the restitu-
tion or material taken from France
ana Belgium and Tor full compliance
WIN the terms OF the original arml-
stlce.
oo'e On1ciai Outgiving.
A start has been made on the ma
chinery through which the American
public VIII learn OF the doings OF the
peace conference. Hitherto the
french and British press had access
TO much more information than the
press representatives from the United
states. The British and French had
also peen Issuing their own official
communlques regarding the meet
lngs. IL now has been decided to is
sue JOINT communlque, prepared by
committee representing all the ma
tlons' thls to be the sole Official out
GIVING. PRESIDENT wilson mas also
oecloed 10 communicate with the rep
resentatlves OF the American news
papers Oh which there are more than
loo In Paris, through the medium OF
a pupiiclty agent. Ray Stannard
BAKER mas been selected as the agent.
Inc plan as announced today is
Tor PRESIDENT wilson and some mem
Der Oh the American delegation to
communicate to Mr.. Baker such
details as were not embraced in the
communicates and which the presi-
dent desires TO make public, Mr..