The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
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4 Paris, Jan. 10.-The putting
of the league of nations into
: z being, which will be one of the
! immediate consequences of the
z exchange of notifications of the
q treaty of Versailles, will occur :
z in Paris at 1890 o'clock in the .
q morning of Friday, January 16, y
q the supreme council decided to- J
q day.
q Ambassador Wallace cabled .
Z this decision of the council to
Z President Wilson so that the .
q president might issue the for
q NAL notice of the meeting of the y
q league to be held on the date .
z named. .
z The first meeting of the coun .
q Gil will be called to order and 2
z presided over by Leon Bour- .
q geois, representative of France .
q in the council. He will deliver .
q a brief address. Earl Curzon, .
q British foreign secretary, who .
Z will represent Great Britain at Z
Z the meeting, will also speak. y
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Paris, Jan. 10.-The treaty of Yer
%sailles, making the peace between
Germany and the ratifying allied
powers, was put into effect at Ais
o'clock this afternoon by the ex-
change of notifications.
The entire ceremony, which took
place in the Clock hall at the French
foreign ministry, was completed at
4;16 o'clock,
Previously Baron Kurt Won Lers-
ner, head of the German mission,
signed the protocol of November 1,
providing for the reparation for the
sinking of the German warships at
Scapa Flow and to insure the carry
ing out of the armistice terms. The
signing of this document occurred in
the office of the minister of foreign
affairs.
Baron Won Lersner and Herr Won
Simson, the other German represent
ative, were among the last of those
to arrive at the foreign ministry for
the days ceremonies. They passed
into the foreign office shortly after
Premier Clemenceau, who as usual
was given an ovation as he stepped
out of his car.
The delegates assembled in the pri-
vate office of the minister of foreign
affairs, where, at a secret session,
the protocol was signed at 4;09 o.
clock.
Led by Premier ~Clemenceau, the
delegates then filed into the famous
Clock room, where they held the pie
nary sessions of the peace confer
ence that fixed the terms of the
treaty. Baron Won Lersner and Herr
Won Simson we're the last to enter
the room and first to sign the min
utes recording the exchange of rati-
fications.
The proceedings began without
any ceremony, Premier Lloyd George
of Great Britain following the Ger
delegates at the signature tables
He was succeeded by Premier Glenn
.nceau of France, who on returning
to his seat after signing, stopped in
front of Baron Won Lersner and Herr
Won Simson. The German represen-
arose and bowed to M. Glenn
enceau, who said a few words which
were inaudible to the spectators.
The premier then passed on to his
place without shaking hands.
The incident was watched with the
intense interest in a dead 81
1t was noticed that Baron Won
Lersner made a movement as if to
put out his hand, but seemed to check
himself as he saw that M. Clemen-
eeau kept his gray gloved hands at
MS side.
Other Nations Sign Up.
Premier Nitti, Of Italy, Baron Mat
sui, the japanese representative, and
Paul Hymans, the Belgian foreign
minister, followed Premier Clemen-
,eau in the order named.
Then the delegates of the other
ratifying nations signed in alphabet
cal sequence. The entire ceremony
was over at 4:16 o'clock, when M.
Clemenceau rose and said:
"The protocol having been signed,
as we'll as the minutes recording the
exchange Of notifications, l have the
honor to declare that the treaty of
Versailles is in full effect and that
It's terms viii be executed i~ntegrally.'
The ceremony was characterized
by formal p~oliteness to the exclusion
IF all cordiality, excepting between
5he allied delegates. Baron Won Lers-
1er was pale and grave and exchang-