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Show U. S. AUTHORITY ON FAR EAST GOES TO ADVISE DELEGA TES BERKELEY. Cnl., Dec. 6. Dr. Edward T. Williams, Agassiz professor of Oriental Ori-ental languages and literature in the University of California, has been selected select-ed by .Secretary of State Robert Lansing as a member of President Wilson's advisory ad-visory committee at the peace conference. confer-ence. It was learned here today. Dr. Williams is recognized as an authority au-thority on the far east. From 1S7 to 11 OS he was associated in various capacities capaci-ties In China, serving first as a missionary mission-ary and later becoming chief of the division di-vision of far eastern affairs of the United States government, which position he held until coming to t'.i Unbersitv of California last October. He will leave at once for Washington. |