Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-25
PREM Ter
OF FRANCE
TO PRESIDE.
AT TABLE
Lloyd George and Wilson Will
Be Other Chief Dignitaries
to Attach Allied sigma
lures to Treaty.

Welmal, June Zf.-(By the As-
sociated Press.)-The plenipoten-
tiaries who will sign the peace
treaty for Germany have not yet
been chosen. ~ -
1t is still proving difficult to
find men who are willing, to affix :.
their signatures to a document
which is to be such a momentous
historical record.
Paris, June 24.-(By the Associ
ated Press. s.)-Unoffocially, Frida,
afternoon has been set as the tint
for the ceremony of signing thu
peace treaty of the allied and asso,
ciated powers in behalf of Germany
While the German plenipotenti
aries have not yet been announced
advices received from Weimar are
to the effect that they will arrive
in Versailles Friday. morning.
Premier Clemenceau was congrat
ulated on the result of the peace ne.
gotiations by his fellow minister.
at meeting of the French cabinet
at which acceptance of the peace
treaty by >Grmany was discussed.
The cabinet also examined vari.
Gus political and parliamentary
questions involved in the peace set
tlement.
clemceau Will Preside.
NJ. Clemenceau will open the cere.
monies with a brief introduction.
No speech is expected from the Ger
mans. William Martin, of the
French foreign office, as master of
ceremonies, will then carry the
treaty to President Wilson and the
premiers, who will sign at their
seats
After the treaty is brought back
to the signature table the names of
the other delegates will be called
ani they will advance and sign.
1t is expected the signing will re-
quire two hours. The seals of all
the delegates will be affixed in adj
vance; many of them are already in
the hands of the French foreign
office. ...
President Wilson is using the
presidents seal. which is an eagle,
with the words "Seal of the Presi-
dent of the United States"
Some of the seals supplied by the
delegates are merely monograms un-
adorned. The French treaty ex-
perts regard the Chinese and Japa-
nese seals as the most artistic.
These are chiefly, the names of the
delegates in oriental letters. and are
a1orned with flowers and quaint
figures.
: Not All Personal Seals.
The expectation was that strictly
personal seals would be used, but
like President Wilson, M. Wander
velde, representing. Belgium, is using
an official seal-the Belgian coat Of
arms encircled by the words
Minister of Justice"
The German delegates will sign
after rhe allies.
The order in which the allied dele-
gates will sign after the signature
of the president and premiers are at
tached will be according to the
alphabetical order of the names of
the countries they represent. When
the signatures are completed the
entente party will emerge on the
terrace at the side of the palace.
where all the great fountains will
be playing in the gardens. The
Germans will leave on the side
where they entered. Il.
Austrian Treaty Delayed.
The question of reparations is still
delaying completion of the Austrian
treaty, owing to the difficulty of
aligning the small eastern states on
any general scheme for a division of
the financial obligations and the
claims resulting from the breakup
of the Hapsburg monarchy, with
consequent elimination of, its res.
sponsibility for reparations.
American experts have conducted
negotiations with representatives of
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