Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12
WILSON AND THREE !
big PREM|ERS Will.
DECIDE ON PROGRAM
First Conference of All Al..
lies Will Be Held
Tomorrow.
CLEMENCEAU SELECTED
AS PRESIDING OFFICER
League of Nations Will Be Dis
posed OF Before Other
Problems. SO
ATTITUDE TOWARD RUSSIA
Franco Reported to Have. Turned
Down Proposal to Negotiate
CLEMENCEAU SELECTED
AS PRESIDING OFFICER
ATTITUDE TOWARD RUSS
Franco Reported to Have. Turned
Down Proposal to Negotiate ~
With BolSheviki.

PARIS. January 1.-THE first meet
ing OF the supreme interallied counai1
since the American delegation arrived
in Paris is expected to be held at tho
French Foreign Office Tomorrow.
This will bring together President
Wilson and the Premiers of the three
other principal powers. David Lloyd
George. Georges Clemenceau and Wit.
torio Orlando. who will probably be
accompanied hy their Foreign Minis
ters Baltour. Pichon and Sonnino. At
Is understood Colonel House will also
attend with President Wilson and Seq
rotary Lansing, us he had served las
the Presidents representative on the
council until the President arrived
here. M
This supreme council Is distinct from
the interallied conference, as the su-
preme council is confined to the Presi-
dent and Premiers, whereas the inter-
allied conference is made up of the
full delegation OF five members of the
great powers and 4 lesser number from,
other powers. For this reason Tho
full American delegation will not att
tend the meeting Sunday.
MEETING WILL ARRANGE F2
b PR0Sii.AsI F0is ETO-sIORR0W.
b.. The purpose Of the me ing ;is tp
Arrange preliminary lSprugFanr-Afot
Monday, when the other; nat tons Will;
be represented and full delegationst viii
DO present. The matterSo represehs3
,ation and Mondays meeting OF thu
interallied conference have been the.
subjects of Informal discussion among
tho various national representa- ives.s
The arrival of the Japanese and Chit
nese delegations has brought to the
front the possibility OF the assertion
by the former of the right to repre-
sent the latter. and it may he that
sdcred tomorrow. sSs-sffs
SESSIONS OF CONFERENCES
WILL LAST SEVERAL DAHSH
1t is expected that the interailled5
conference will assemble early Mone
will likely last several days. with5M
cer hs ef
conference in its full mem k.s-Ship. Ss13
do Wh en-, that stage sta, Is Ieach4 Presi.
pose of delivering the welcome I'd
France to the delegates. and PREMIER
G c, 1. will then, be chosen per-
accordance with the general viewS OF
the delegates, and the usual practice
OF selecting the chairman from thu
gathering. SO,
FIRST MEETING HELD of
REFLEX COMMITTEE
Aside from the meetings of the 'sit
preme council and the interaliied con.
terence. interest centers in the Inter-.
allied relief committee, which held it's
nFst meeting to-day after the arrival
Great Britain. This is the orsanixas.
lion Of which Herbert c. Hoover is d.
was Tor the PURPOSE a o Of seeur meeting
cooperation Of ali the allies in shs
extensive relief plans.
baruch arrived to-day. and are bring
ing the results OF their experience 5ay
the The heads Of the United States War
Wlr In trlo -
to the various activities Of the Amer.
lean delegation. f'Ss
~ The The FIRST ar week. perhaps the hrst
occupied by discussion OF the league
oi nations plan. and all delegates will
rex Th' v 10 nave ~, hand in shaping 1T
mat mat the plan when adopted will be
virtual the constitution OF United
fundamental International law for ali
nations. = 'sf4i
CONVENTIONS OF VARIOUS
NATIONS WILL BE HEARH
All contentious of the various partiea
discussion of the League plan. For e ,s
ample. it the question of the freedom
OF the seas Is TO be left absolutaIy
TO the league Of nations. Britain and
to be holding conflicting views. viii
each Try to incorporate in the ,leagpess
ot-nattons program definition OF the
.rceuom or the seas which Will be-
binding. -, IS
Also the French and Italians, whosS
territorial claims may possibly claESs
with the idea of the safety of demf2 I;
racy. viii naturally endeavor to NEE
the league rules SO framed as to- atVasi
them the right to make laws relatives
TO expansion. ~. 'Sssess. IS q ~.
In other words. IL the ie2
nations plan is to dominate all other
ISSUES; at the, peace conference--agI
this is generally eXpected-then 1t will
be unquestionabiy In the adoption and
constitution OF the league that all3tbea
opposing Ideas among the allies VIII 80 Z
settled, so that the hnal adjustment
after the plan has been adopted viii
be purely a formality. sSSs
Premier Ciemenceau 1t Is announced
officially, has informed Senator Leon
Bourgeois. whom lie had asked TO come
to confer with him this morning. that
he intends 10 bring up tho question OF
ing of the interallied conference. The
Premier SALT he would demand the APT
pointment OF commission to study
the subject and II his proposition was
accepted, NJ. Bourgeois would be abx
pointed to- represent France on the
comm isslon. ~
FRANCE DE:CLINEs TO GIVE
SONIETs ANY ruECOGNIT10Ms
The British government recently
submitted TO France q propositions tp1
Russia which. II successful. fwpIkEs
have led to- the ADMISSION OF dole RngS3s
OF the Russian Soviet governnhe L ~
the peacs conference. according ts tx