The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-23
Scene Ls Laid For
 Signing the Treaty
 h HaU of Mirrors
Historic Event Will Be Witt messed By 400 Invited Guests and Equal Number Of Newspaper Men

Versailles, June 22.-Arrangement have nIready begun to take shape at Versailles for the signing of the peace treaty. Orders have been given to have everything in readiness Tuesday, although the ceremony, according to the Havas agency. is not likely to oc- cur before Thursday at the earliest.
 The famous gallery of mirrors has received It's final furnishings. The carpets have been laid md the ornn- mental table with it's eighteenth ccn- tnry gilt and bronze decorations has been placed in position with the dins where the pienipotentiaries will be seated.
 There will be room for 400 invited persons at the historic session. They will be given places in the left wing of the hall of mirrors, while the right wing will be occupied by about the same number of press representatives. Sixty seats have been allotted to the French press.
 The programme of arrang ents. &s far as they have been settled, were submitted to Premier Clemenceau to- day. The court of honor has beea cleared of captured guns. Three reg5- ments of infantry and five of cavalry will be on duty at the time of tho signing of the treaty. Republican Guards in gala uniforms will render the honors. They will be stationed on the grand staircase by which the plenfpotentiaries enter the hall According to the Havas agency, dip lomatic relations with Germany will lnot be resumed immediately on tho signing of the treaty, but only after it's ratification. This also applies to the admission of German subjects into France.
 F. ling M. cismenceaus presiden- tia will be placed A small table
 ss AiAtAH he diplomatic instruments
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 MAY SIGN WI gspAv
 By Associated Paris, Saturday. Juno "A esAz patch reaching the Amor s DsecA delegation late this afternoca rsns Weimar said a decision had reached by the Germans to ask ne further delay from the allies, but t. | later the social democrats and cen. trists found that they had sufficient majority in the assembly and so de- cided not to sign a request for delay. In high quarters In the peace con- ference the belief was expressed to- of hA f%r would take place Wednesday, There seemed to be no inclination to grant the Germans any delay. although 1t
 was recognized that if there was no German government to deal with some delay would be inevitable With regard to whether the allied | troops will move forward if an af- firmative answer is not received from l the Germans at o'clock Monday aft- | ernoon. some of those in authority favor sending the troops forward im- mediately, while others prefer a delay 1 of two or three days for the actual maneuver
 council of four after the meeting to- day was that everything looked favor
 ably to the signing of the treaty. and | that 1t was even possible this func- | tion might take place Tuesday The council today discussed 13 | points raised by the German note and 1 sent reply to the effect that six of treaty and that the other six would ] be made the subject of a protocol to | be added to the treaty.
 ] The council today reached a deci-
 sion with regard to the representa-
 ton of minorities The reparation
 terms of the Austrian treaty were not
 completed and will be taken up again Monday