Arizona republican., 1919-01-18
Greatest Assemblage In History Meets This Morning Clemenceau to Pre- side, Wilson in Place of Honor Have All Publicity on Open Meetings Wilson May Address Meeting.


 Press) scene is set for the open ing of the peace congress at o'clock tomorrow afternoon, with the impress sive ceremony befitting such an eventful occasion. Final details were concluded tonight at a meeting of the supreme council, which completed it's labors and adjourned for the inaugura- tion of the larger body tomorrow.
 The secretariat of the congress dur ing the evening completed the official list of the delegates. It includes Q 1 distinguished array of leading pub lie figures from every section of the 1 civilized globe, and in personnel and in the interests represented it em- braces probably one of the most not l able gatherings of statesmen the world ever has seen.
 The final preparations were con. l cluded today at the foreign office. 1 where the congress will meet, and tho | green table now awaits its guests. The | opening tomorrow of the congress will | be a ceremonial function, the leaders making their first bows, the, delegates | exchanging salutations and the repub- lican guard, in gorgeous uniforms. l lending color to the scene.
 When the delegates are installed
 
 ence table, Raymond Poincare, presi- dent of France, will make his entry into the hall with an escort of premiers and take his place in the presiding of- l ficerS chair at the head Of the table.
 Poincare to Give WeIcime Address
 The opening address of M Poin- care, in welcoming the congress tu Paris. will sound the glories of the war just won and tell of the momentous work or reconstruction entrusted to the congress. It is probable that Presi- dent Poincare's greetings will call for some response on behalf of the for eign representatives, in which case President Wilson may address the gathering for the United States and all the other countries represented.
 Clemenceau to Take Chair With the conclusion of M. Poincares address and the response to it, the ses- sion of the congress will be declared to be open and Premier Clemenceau will
 take the presiding officers chair as
 head of the French delegation. Such
 address as M. Clemenceau will make will be brief and mainly in the nature of an initiation of the procedure of the I congress, such as the selection of of ficers-chairman, vice chairman, and 3 general secretary. l The report of the supreme council ? on the rules governing the congress will then be presented. These were ? elaborated at the sessions concluded l tonight. It is expected that they will be approved without discussion, and ? then made public. This and possibly some further adjustments in the rep
 resentations of the smaller countries 3 probably will embrace all the work f to be undertaken at the opening cere-
 mony, and the main issues will await 9 the business sessions. ,. The announcement made tonight that : the supreme council had decided today ? to admit representatives of the press 2 of the allied and associated powers to : the full meetings of the conference was
 received as an suspicious augury on Q the eve of the assembling of the con-
 gress.
 l List of Delegates e The official list of the delegates may l not be given out tonight but it's com f position is known in the main as fol- | lows:
 e F'rance-Georges Clemenceau, prime n minister; Stephen Pichon, foreign min 0 ister; Louis Klotz, finance minister: n Andre Tardieu, French high commits sioner to the United States, and Jules . Cambon
 V Great Britain-David Lloyd George.
 prime minister; Arthur J. Balfour. c foreign secretary; Bonar Law, Lord f Privy Seal; George Nicoll Barnes, la d Dor leader, and another alternate dele :, gate.
 United States-Woodrow Wilson,
 president of the United States; Robert - Lansing, secretary of state; Henry } White, Colonel E. H. House and Gen. | Sl- I
 U Italy-Vittorio Orlando, prime min- :, ister; Baron Sonnino, foreign minis u ter; Antonio Salandra, former prime , minister: Marquis Salvage Raggi, and ! the Italian minister of finance who T will succeed Francesca Nitti, who has l. resigned, with the other members of
 the Italian cabinet. < Japan-The Marquis Saionji former II prime minister: Baron Makino. Baron T. Chinda, Baron Matusi and Count Hay IL ashi.
 ; Brazil-Senator Epitacio Pessoa. Dr. N Pandia Caloreras and Deputy Raoul l. Fernandez.
 i Belgium-Paul Hymans, minister of ;; foreign affairs; Emile VanderNelde, ls and M Vanden Heuvel Serbia-Nikola Pachitch, former '- prime minister and M Trumbitch former president of the Dalmatia diet
 who Will alternate With Dr. M. K. NeS- hitch, Serbian minister to France, and
 M. Reber.
 Greece-Elitherios Venizelos, pre-
 mier. and NJ. Politis, foreign minister
 Rumania-M. Bratiano, prime minis
 ter and NJ Nishr
 Czecho- -Slovakia-Dr. Karl Kramarz
 premier, and M. Benes, foreign min
 ister. r Poland-M. Dmowslli, Polish repre-. | sentative to the allied governments ant ! a second delegate representing Gen. ] eral Pilsudski.
 China-Lucheng Hsiang, foreig1
 minister and one other.
 Canada-Sir Robert Borden prim, = minister; Sir George Foster, minister he of trade and commerce, with others o h. the delegation alternating. ge Australia-Wiliam Morris Hughes he premier, and one other. tn, South African republic-Gen. Loui
 Botah, and General Jans Shuts. a India-The Maharajah of Bikane we and Sir $. P. Sinha.
 Siam-M. Charcon, minister t ng France. and one other. mp New Zealand-William F. Massey to premier.
 tn Portugal-Ejas Moniz. nd
 Final Informal Meeting PARIS, Jan. 17.-(By the Associate ng Press).-All is in readiness for tn h. commencement tomorrow afternoon C