The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-02

Secretary of State Lansing and Henry
White were the first American repre-
sentatives to arrive for the function.
They were followed by Arthur J. Bal
four, Premier Orlando of Italy, and
Premier Paderewski of Poland.
At 1910 o'clock, President Wilson
had not arrived, and the ceremony of
presentation was delayed somewhat.
The president, however, reached st. Ger
main at l2;l4 o'clock. A puncture in
the tire of his automobile had held him
up on the way.
The Austrian representatives arrived
at l2:22 o'clock entering the chamber
by rear entrance. The delegates were
attired in conventional morning dress.
The Austrians were escorted in by an
Italian officer. Immediately upon their
arrival at 1922 O'Clock, the session was
formally opened by announcement of
the head usher Premier Clemeneeau,
president of the peace conference, imme-
diately began his address. M. Clemeneeau
spoke for only three minutes.
Paul Dutasta, general secretary Of the
peace conference, presented the terms to
the Austrians at 1881 o'clock.
Dir. Karl Renner, the Austrian chan
cellor and head of the delegation, then
began an address in French.
Dr. Renner opened with complaint
at the delay in the presentation Of the
peace terms.
The chancellor declared the Austrian
republic was entirely free from the
Hapsburg dynasty. II would never have
declared war itself, he asserted.
The chancellor concluded his address
at 1880
The entire treaty was not presented
to the Austrians to-day, and the l5-day
stipulation with regard to their reply
therefore refers only to the portion of
-the terms handed them at to-day's ses-
sion.
President Wilson's automobile mishap
occurred at st. Cloud While the pune
tured tire was being mended, an army
car passed. 1t was commandeered by
the presidents party, and the president
and Rear Admiral Grayson sped on to
sSt. German.
For President Wilson, Premier Lloyd
George, Premier Clemenceau and the
other allied statesmen, attendance upon
the ceremony involved an automobile
ride of about 90 miles, through the Bos
du Boulogne and Rocquenoourt, which
had been chosen instead of the direct
thoroughfare from Paris to ST. Germain
which is scarcely better adapted to rapid
traffic than the roads over which the
court of France once drove in its travels
from Paris to the summer residence al
st. German. For miles before reaching
there, the plenipotentiaries could see the
high towers of the ancient stronghold
first built in the 18th century to guard
the passages of the Seine, burned by the
Black Prince in 1916, and rebuilt and
enlarged by various monarchs in the
centuries following the English expul
sion from France, and now serving as al
anthropological museum. Two squadrons
of cavalry drawn up in the square kept
back the limited number of spectators
who could find places on the sidewalk
The conference hall was reached over 9
drawbridge leading to the inner court ot
the castle, where dismounted dragons
were stationed to render military honor;
TO the representatives of the allied ma.
tions. Two narrow flights of stairs were
mounted thence to the ceremonial cham
Der. A few privileged spectators looked
out upon the scene within the court
yard from the windows of the apart
ments occupied by James ii after his
dethronement and fight from England.
The room selected for the ceremony
known as the Stone Age or Pre- Historl,
Hail. was almost entirely occupied by
the conference table, arranged in hol
low rectangle, leaving scant room fol
the tables of the secretaries crowded
against the wall, and cramped spac,
for limited number of correspondents
Chairs We're placed for President Wilson
and Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyt
George at the head of the table, hankeC
on either hand by places for the othel
delegations, which ran around three side,
of the rectangle, as in the ceremonial a.
Versailles, when the peace terms wer,
handed to the Germans. The foot of tn,
table was reserved for Chancellor Rem
ner and his six colleagues.
st. German, June 2-Following is
summary of the conditions of peace Al
presented to the Austrian plenipoten
tiaries at St. Germain- -Laye, to-day
The conditions of peace of the alliet
and associated powers, with the excep