Republican farmer., 1919-07-04
ROADS LEADING INTO
 VERSAILLES PACKED
 BY HAPPY PARISIANS
LAST MINUTE CHANGES IN PROGRAM TO EXPEDITE SIGNING-FAMED FOUNTS
 PLAY AT CLOSING

Versailles, June 2S - Ger many's delegates and the dele gates of the Allied and associat- ed powers meet in Versailles today to sign the treaty for mally ending the war between Germany and 9 other nations.
 The credentials of the new German delegates were ap- proved by the peace conference authorities during the forenoon and everything was ready here for the ceremony set for 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
 Last minute changes were made in the program to expedite the signing of the treaty Two additional tables were placed beside the one within the historic Hall of Mirrors on which the peace treaty was laid. One of the new tables held the Rhine conven- tion and the other the protocol con- tafnlng changes in and interpretations of the treaty. All these documents had to be signed by each plenipoten- tiary, and the arrangement of the ta- bles thus enabled three persons to be engaged simultaneously in affiXing their signatures.
 Because of the size of the treaty and the fragile seals it bore, the plan to present it for signing to Premier Clemenceau, President Wilson and
  likely to be carried out, the new plan being for the three conference lead CTS to step to the table to affiX their signatures.
 Hours before the time set for the ceremony an endless stream of au- tomobiles began moving up the can non-lined hill of the Champes Elysees past the Arc De Triomphe, and out through the shady Bois DeBou1ogne, carrying the plenipotentiaries, off cials and guests to the ceremony. The thoroughfare was kept clear by pick cts, dragoons and mounted police men.
 In the meantime, thousands of Parisians were packing the regular and special trains upon the lines leading to Versailles and contending with the residents of the town itself for places in the park where the play of the famed fountains of Versailles would mark the end of the ceremony
 The automobiles bearing delegates and secretaries had reserved for their use the Avenue DuParis, the broad boulevard leading direct to the chateau's court of honor, French sol diers being ranged along the high way on both sides. At the end of the court a guard of honor was I leading plenipotentiaries passed, this publican guards in brilliant uni forms.
 The entrance for the delegates was by the marble stairway to the Queens apartments' and the hall of peace, giving access thence to the hall of mirrors. The walls of these apart ments were hung with unique Gobelin tapestries.
 The route to the peace table for the plenipotentiaries was through space reserved for some 400 privileged guests who were instructed to be in their seats well in advance of the entry of the delegates. It had been arranged that the delegations, instead of struggling in without order, as when the original terms of peace were communicated to the Germans, should enter by groups, each one be- ing formally announced by ushers from the French foreign office.
 This formality was not prescribed for the Germans, who were given separate route of entry, coming through the park and gaining the marble stairway through the ground floor. Thus was avoided occasion for the guard of honor to render them military honors, these being reserved for the allied representatives. The dismounted guardsmen on the marble stair case and in the Queens apart ments, however, were instructed to remain in their places for the entry of the Germans.