Show HUN ENVOYS RECEIVED El VED VEDAT A AT TP PARIS A R liS liSBY BY AlliES With Preliminaries Ended Formal Session of Peace Congress Opens Wi With l Prest Pres t en la lion of Credentials ls Paris May Yay 1 By l-By By the Associated Press Press Information Information coming from French sources tonight is that a se secret secret secret se- se cret plenary ses session ion of the peace conference probably will be held Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- an and l the meeting with the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans mans for the handing over of the peace treaty will be held Monday afternoon VERSAILLES S May lIay i. i Dy By the Associated int d Press Pic Iu Iu In a session beginning at a at o'clock this afternoon after after- noon and aud lasting barely five minutes minute tIC the German plenipotentiaries o of it tl pence peace conference presented their ore cre 3 it t was t the tIc first step in the iho peace negotiations The German credentials creden creden- tints were presented to representatives tires tics of the allies and the United cl States Pale an and almost fainting from emotion Count Counton von on TIr I Brockdorff-I Jant Brockdorff-Jant- zau the German foreign secretary and head of thc lie delegation passe passed thron through h what evidently c was one of the bitterest moments of his life lie was n barel barely able to tc sustain himself himself him him- self seh through the brief ceremony and andreach andreach andreach reach the tho waiting t automobile which had lad brought him to the gathering s The Tho meeting took place In the room oom of oC the Trl Trianon non hot hotel l previously u used cd for Cor the sessions of r C the supreme lQ military counell coun coun- ell cil Count von Brockdorff upon entering was accompanied b by Herr Landsberg Professor an and two secretaries and waiting for tor him the allied representatives were grouped around Jules Cambon the former forme French ambassador t to tc Berlin who is chairman of or tho timo commission I I I Grer Greets I art Other members of or the time allied party parly included Henry Benr- White of or the tho United ct States tates Lor Lord Harding 1 Great Britain and amid Ambassador Matsui Matsu Japan M. M Cambon Immediately ad addressed Count Counton Counton on von Brockdorff Rantzau stating stating- that he ho was chairman of the tho commission en entrusted entrusted en- en n- n trusted h 1 by the allied powers to r J re receive and examine the credentials TO of or orthe the tho G German delegates as time the first stop slop In a conference which it was hoped would lead to peace Here are arc ours continued M M. Cam Cain bon extending as ns he spoke the formal credentials of the allied commission a as pl plenipotentiaries to the congress Count von van Rantzau Brockdorff-Rantzau surrendered surrendered sur sur- ren rendered ered the time German credentials with even en less hess of a formal Cormal address hl his emolion emotion emotion emo emo- tion lion being too great reat t to enable him to lo I cl deliver lher an extended discourse IN Ire 1 he After these brief ceremonies th Germans turned and amid left the hall ball walk walle- ing a few steps to tile the ears cars in waiting Thu Thuy Thoy w were re followed immediately b b. time the allied representatives The whole ceremony was over and the allied delegates dele del gates were proc proceeding back toward Paris h by b- o'clock Tho Time setting for tor the preliminary meet meet- in ing wa was dull and unimpressive e Th Tb 2 skies kf s were overcast o antI and there were VerI occasional oc cc- cm lonal bursts of ot rain This Cau cause e abandonment of tho the original plan which contemplated having the Germa delegates delegat's walk from Crom the tho Hotel Ibid dt der across the park to the Ho tel Trianon This would have ha follower I j I i i the time Involuntary precedent set et by b- bu Ix u Loul- Loul u ulo- ulo I Thiers Thier tho the French delegate elegate In dl df cussing peace with Bismarck in 17 H He like mcc the Germans resided at th tb Hotel des He Reservoirs er and made his hi wa a afoot to the little hotel occupied hi 11 Ir then the worlds world's diplomat ce cc center n lite te r. r Gendarme Halt Unit Car Au Automobiles tomo i Instead tead were provide provide- t today a M M Cambon was time the first o e the ml mission slon to arrive In his hIt car ac b by William 1 Martin chief t o 0 pr protocol tocol of the foreign n office Lor Lor- LorI I Ha Larding Harding II accompanied by Henry otman Ambassador Matus' Matus with hits his secretary an and Henry with Secretary Christian fol ci lowed in quick succession sion and immedi di Immediately atel- atel entered t the tC C conference r room om tt tu await the arrival of ot tho the Germans Tin on J ae 21 2 HUN ENVOYS RECEIVED I AT PARIS BY ALLIES Continued from Page I 1 latter were delayed for tor a short time In Instructions Instructions In- In Insufficient fact that owing to the had been given Iven to the French gendarmes controlling traffic along the tho route to the hotel Thc They halted the car to see sec the chauffeurs chauffeur's permit at tho the Count Counton von on Rantzau Brockdorff-Rantzau entrance to the hotel raised his hat hatto hatto hatto to a group of oC photographers and corp corps officers who stood outside the hotel Official Statement Tells of Ceremony Versailles May n l.-iG l. 1 the tho Associated Associated Asso Asso- elated Preys Tito Tho Tho French official statement on the ceremony of or the peace congress today toda says Tile The president of oC tho the committee on verification of oC credentials of the Inter Inter- allied conference Jules Cam Cambon on lA I and antl d the tho other members Henry hilt i r m U Harding and Baron Matsui received at o'clock today toda at Trianon palace l president president president Co Count Cont nt von Brockdorff Rantzau dent of tho the Gorman German delegation The latter presented the president of oC the German committee on verification Herr Lan Landsberg minister of or Justice and also ulso Herr SImonds director of or Justice justice justice Jus jus- tice In the foreign office anti and Herr Ganss councillor of the foreign n office The Thc German credentials were given to M. M 1 Cambon Combon who handed over overt j in exchange the credentials established bj by bythe the tho allied and nud associated powers flowers Tile The Gc German Getman delegates then retired Tho The respective e committees e will now ex examine examine examine ex- ex amine tho the cre credentials submitted to tu them Italian Situation Calmer Washington May Ia I. I Dispatches l. Dispatches from home nomo to the state department to today today today to- to day Indicated that feeling among amonS' the Italians wa was mulcting down and that th the o Italian statesmen wore were w re considering the Flume question que with a greater degree degree deree de de- gree ree of oC soberness than has been mani mant manifest manifest fest test In the last few days Officials hero foul ul that the situation shows a decided Improvement t a tWill Will ill Ac Admit n t Germany London May Mar 1 The I.-The The neuter correspondent correspondent corre corre- nt at Paris laris says tas that Lord Robert Rob Rob- Robert ert CIt Cecil will be he appointed British member r of oC tho the organizing committee of or tho the leagues of or nations and that Getman Germany will be bo admitted to tho the league ue after a period of oC probation probably ly one year |