Show MAJORITY NOT TO GOVERN AT PEACE PARLEY t 1 Entente Powers and U. U S. S to f t Determine Procedure re for r Conference 1 i 4 1 Washington ov 21 from the e personnel of the ho American dele a- a I tion and nd tho the preparation for President Wilson's Wilsons Journey to France Interest I j. j hore In Iii the peace conference centers t- t on what nations arc are to participate In the th thc deliberations I The entente Jo powers r nn and the tho United States havo bavo borno borne the brunt of tho war mid nud their es will vIll outline il h fl 1 plan lan of or procedure for fOI tho the conference These powers also will determine the extent of or the participation of oC other nations which have declared war on the central powers others which only severed soy sev ered cred diplomatic relations still slut others se I which ob observed ed cr a benevolent olen t neutral- neutral Mi t. t toward tho the associated tl nations and finally the neutral l nations which J 11 might ht seek seck representation on round ground that th their future will bo ho vital vital- J y affected l h by lS' tho expected decisions vi UI me Ule Number r Immaterial Each nation admitted to participation participation tion tron In the thc ConC conference will be bo regarded as a unit The number o oj of Its commissioners commis commis- or delegates will not matter nor t is It expected that decisions will willbe willbe b be recorded on the basis basl i of majority Votes of oC these those units If It the usual rules governing go such such International gatherings arc are observed e at nt Versailles and officials here belle believe they will be no attempt will be mado to bind minorities ml- ml to the tho opinions held b by a n. majority majority ma ma- of ot the commissioners 1 Each ach nation nation na na- un- un tion will be lie free to adhere to any declaration dee dec ec- ec of principles proposed to tho tito conference or to withhold Its assent In The Hague convention con a number of or governments s declined to accept certain coY coY- 5 lain tain rules laid ld down and others did so only with reservations which were setout setout set setout out with great exactness In the protocol proto proto- col Yet these divergent tJi views did not prevent pre the agreement of the tho conferences confer confor- upon tho the great general beneral principle 1 1 the tho a adoption of or which wn wa was tho the main object of or the tle powers ower which con- con and brought together the tho international inter inter- national gathering jn Slate In uny ln lie He Nothing las has yet et been officially an announced an- an re regarding the tho composition compo orthe of or the American commission to the tho conference con COli- ference ferenee and one hl high h official said toa today today to- to day a that neul nearly everything that has been said on all the subject Is only guess- guess worl worl and that President Wilson lIson him him- 1 solf olf is s 5 tho the only person who knows who r will bo be tho American merican representatives es It Is known however that So Secretary J. J Lansing will he head d the merit American dele dele- gallon gation It also was said today upon I a his authority that the namo name of or former Cormer 1 President Taft TaU who has b been en mentioned men men- In connection with the commis- commis slon could bo be eliminated as ns a 1 1 bill I I I t Only a few attaches of or the commis- commis sion will be taken from tho the United States tates tho the entire personnel number number- ing log probably not more than twenty twenty- five n or thirty persons Great pre pressure suro is being brought ht to bear U by persons who wish to attend the conference to bo Lo admitted to the party Iy in ono one ca- ca or another but word had lad gone forth Corth from the tho white House that tho the s I number must ho bo restricted because all I t needs of or the commission In the wa way of oC clerical al and oven even expert help can be 4 1 t i met from tho the present largo large staffs of or the tho American embassies In Paris and l. l London n on Bliss Bliss' staff start and General Gen Gen- eral s 's headquarters staff starr e 1 b r or to J liaise Kaise sc Race Question Wednesday ay X Nov 0 20 O. B By tho the Associated Press Japanese Pi Japanese newspapers news news- papers are aro su suggesting s that Japan and Chino China ralso raise the race question at the forthcoming peace conference with the tile object of or seeking an nn agreement ag to the tho effect effect that In the future there shall be no further racial discrimination throughout the tue world A Japanese dele delegation atlon In Including representatives representatives rep rep- of tho the war var nn navy and for for- eign olga ministries and various exports will soon embark at nt a Japanese e port on a 1 warship bound for tor the con con- bronco ference by way of oC the United States No announcement has lias vet et been heen ma mado o. o as to whether the chief hier of ur the will be sent from Japan The rho opposition party In is urging IlIg the nomina tion Lou of VI Viscount count Takaaki Into lato former ormEr foreign minister as ts s head of oC tho the dele dele- gation If It the chief of oC plenipotentiaries Is not chosen from Crom among the statesmen now In Japan It Is most 1 likely that Chinda tho Japanese ambassador dor or to Great Britain or MatsuI Mat Mat- BUl suI the tha ambassador to France PranCe will cs represent nt Japan at the council Japanese subordinates to attend the peace conference about to leave J Japan Nn Include Vice Admiral Isamu who was n n. naval nl d delegate delegat to the Ilus- Ilus Japanese so-Japanese p peace ace conference at nt PortH- PortH mouth In tn O I 1903 and Gen Con Kara ara chief of or staff of oC tho the Japanese garrison In jn on the Shantung sula In China Chuin |