Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-17
II, JAY JEROME WILLIAMS.

PARIS. Feb. 16.--rhe Saturday at
lcrnoon. sessions of the peace confer
e enoG h@ ave been In progress long
view OF the chief Observation-Disclosures. and
satd "bird's,e: view, might be en-
great and the near great.
When All the automobiles have drawn
up before the ttuai dOrsay and dis
and when the clock in the fatpous and
ornate clock chamber depicts the hands
ut the hour Of ). practically all OF the
great men OF the present ago have as
Scmblcd IN their respective places and
I taken their respective poses for the
OF course. the Saturday sessions are
commonly known as the "oratorical
field days, wherein the delegates give
DIG FIVE" have outlined In secret SEES
sions during the week. Nevertheless,
they afford close ups of the plcnipo-
temtiarics OF the associated powers aud
therein they arc interesting.
The picture is nearly always the
same. The broad table ut the far end
OF the room is, geographically speak
ing. the most important, for beside i,
are seated the delegates Of the chiof
spread along the length OF the room
arc graccd by the representatives of
the smaller nations.
PRESIDENT AND PREMIERS
SIT Ar SAME TABLE:
The far end table always has had
! President Wilson 10 the right OF Pre-
micr Clcmenccau and Lloyd George. the
Irish prcmier nj his left. Md these
TORY VIII term one OF the strongest OF
all timcs-cannot escape being the
cEnoSurc of jail eyes.
"'rhc poSthreS they sdopt are nat
urai-.natural because the sessions are
u ;,n long enough TO preclude any
was able 10 see Woodrow Wilson, Pres
idcnt OF the United States, sunk back
~ miS chalr. sometimes appearing in
tcrcSted sometimes plainly bored and
sometimes with touch of cnnui--this
tinc beng when a icrid orator. speak
ing French at a gait too rapid for the
President to understand, holds tho foor
Tor an extended period.
nen again and this is typical.
S states ,,n rose, the President
ilstHn In rapt attention when the in
tcfnfcter OF the confcrencc--a French
ngu'Snant Who is a past master in the
arr OF Northumberland with stir
ring intonation and gestures fsrviG. a
speech In English the Same speech in
French being delivered perhaps in a
monotonoUs monotone by its original
orator.
"TIGER OF FRANCE" LAUGHS
WHEN PRESIDENT JOKES
AZ times tho President turned to
mark IN an undertone. on some of
tmsSe occasions the Tiger OF France
S, dn ms right hand on the table, |
uchihily caused ono to wonder whether
OF not Woodrow Wilson is u humorist |
,bi Nc chseim n.n pose as general
me clements. one minute lie will /
give profound attention 10 what is: |
nc e. SAD, proppins his wise old head !
closed eyciids, and with his white .
Wa!fus muStache acting as a great
niecs OF camouhage AS far as the
Then. an instant later, he has been
tho picture OF animation. despite his |
InS rTs zen Years popping from
Georges right ear. and Keeping botiI
OF those gentlemen busy listening To- |
MN. At other times the old Tiger
ceptlb!e repose. for second later may |
SEQ him in the role of nrebroni |
! g , a. ,t,,n forth a veritable stream OF
sometimes in English
LLOYD GEORGE APPEARS
hest NAfURED OF TRIO
David Lloyd George appears 20 hei
ne best natured Of the famous triunl-
' ,i Iro ,e lie adopts an easy, almost
con- family to I5ouar Law at his left
"hd MS face wears the amusing hnir,
! is%'eraMt look OF man whose thoughts.
me PUBIC show, but let's hurry il up,
!or we Rave real business to do when
W., GO togetiler after Il while"
~ president Wilson's right sat the
olhsr members Of ;he American dele
81 tion-Sccretary " State LANSING
VINO IS constant auditor Of the whis.
.r.fa utt"ranccs Of his chief: Colonel |
iiG"se. VINO sits quietly, and by cX:er-
nal appearances might be taken Co,
a japanese delegate, inaymuch as Hc !
secs all. hears all, understands All. |
anu an says nothing; General Bliss. the
rugged old war horse. endowed with
more than the usual amount OF ..horsn
S.hsc, ana finally, the secretaries and |
sIehosfap ncrs attached to the Arcri- /
can mission.
NJ Lloyd Georges lef, ia Enrland,s
oeSi Iinb"r' First is Bonar Law. the
49, calculst:ng statesman, whose
ihn"WicGec OF business is equal to his
mo" tedSe OF diplomacy. and. who,
t,hhcretore, is doubiy valuable AT a con,
ls.enee where reparation indcmnifi
yhltoh ana the like are promincn,
---2H-S.: men nero IS Barnes, labor's