The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-01
Small Powers Now in Agree
ment With Supreme
Council.
DIPLOMACY OF JULES
GAMBON is EFFECTIVE!
Pain and Friendly Explanation
Of Policy of Big Nations Re-
moves Irritations and Opposi-
ton.
ONE

Edc1S,4, JAN. AI.-SoS IiAS @As'ooSAS~~
ed Press The peace conference to-
day made a distinct gain when the
10 small powers gave full adhesion TO
the organization formulated by the
Gves great powers, thus securing a
united. front Of the great and small
powers at the outset of the work on
the main subjects before the mem
berS OF the committee.
This was largely due to the skill
full direction OF Jules Cambon, French
delegate and former ambassador at
Washington, who was designated by
the council Of the gerat powers to
preside over the meeting Of the
small powers held this afternoon.
This meeting convened a, the foreign
once at 3 o'clock, at the same time
the, council Of the. great powers to
the two separate gatherings proceed
ing simultaneously, one IN the Office
OF al. Piehon, the foreign minister,
and the other in the Sale de la Pafa.
For a time there was some appre-
hensson Of the sequel to the different
Viewpoints expressed at SATURDAYS
conference, but today's meeting Of the
small powers was without incident
or renewal Of the claims then set up
for, Increased representation on the
yarfous committees. Belgium, Serbia,
Roanania and all the other small
powers had their full delegations at
the. afternoon meeting.
II. Canibon, IN opening. the meet
irg, took occasion to allude to the
sreat part .Belsium had taken IN the
war. zHe then paid a tribute to the
part mayed by Serbia: Rounaania,
5 Greece 4ans. the Others = This dissi-,
patesI any lingering shadows >of dis
agrssnaent, and the meeting proceed
ed sth entire harmony to: designate
the membership of the small powers
ON the commission. In the meantime
TIE council Of the great powers held ltt
rwa sessions during the day. resulting
i the formation of two new commits
siofs6 tosdeal with financial subjects
ana fhe Question of private and mari
fine laws
Willie. the Official communicates
afSe no indication Of the nature of
the question of maritime law 1t
would Seem to be a, term embracing
President Wilson's. second point OF
freedom. of the. seas
The ceunefl also proceeded to hear
in=s ON the disposition Of the cor
euered German colonies in the Pacific
and the, Far East. final conclusion
MT being reached. The conference
is giving evidence of real progress
since the committees were named, and
ntest of these bodies began to initiate
sl.esr work today.
President Wilson, who is chairman
of the committee on the league OF
nations, joined his colleague, Colonel
House, also q member Of that com
l,littee. during the noon recess Of the
council. Later in the day Lord Rob-
crt Cecil, British member of the
committee. joined him in a further
consideration of the questions which
the president and Colonel House had
examined.
The labor commission also began to
get under way. President Wilson met
sanaael Gompers. president OF the
american Federation Of Labor. James
Duncan. John R. Alpine and other
,rembers Of the American labor dele
cation, for brief exchange Of greet
.gs and later Mr.. Gornpers and Ed
r-attl. n. Hurley. who are the Ameri-
can members Of the labor commits
SION held their first conference on the
work ahead.
The military commission on demo-
bilization also had session while N.
Picfon completed the draft OF instruc-
tons for the commission which leaves
for Poland in a few days.
Henry White. the american dele
gate on the waterways commission,
also established relations with his
colleagues Of that body
Thus real progress on all the main
subjects is becoming apparent as the
Commissions are beginning to form
t1iate detailed projects for presenta-