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Show (3 g DELLCillEo Will Outline General I Program and Consider Food Situation in Germany Ger-many and A u s ria Admiral Robison fade American Member of Commission for Carrying Carry-ing Out Naval Terms. PARIS, Nov. 14. (By tho Associated Press.) It is probable that (he first . meeting oT the peace, congress will 1)0 held after tho English parlf amenta ry elections, and at a 1 line which will give ample opportunity for the American and other delegates to arrive. A meeting' meet-ing' to be held shortly of thr inlrMUed conference will finally detcrmlno th de-tails de-tails of these questions. y -' Premier David Lloyd George and Ifor elgn Minister Balfour of Great Hrilain, Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonuino of Italy, Premier Venizelo. of Greece and Foreign Minister Pucflllejf Of Serbia arc on their way hero for a resumption re-sumption of tho conferences at the hums of Colonel Edward M. House,1 special representative rep-resentative of the United States government govern-ment and tho session at Versailles., Besides outlining tho general program of the congress, tho question of hit ting the food situation in Germany and Austria probably will be considered. AMERICAN MEMBER OF NAVAL COMMISSION. Hear Admlru 1 S. S. Itoblson has bowl appointed American member of the, naval commission to arrange for tho extent tun of the naval terms of the Germun armistice. arm-istice. Admiral Uobison arrived here Monday Mon-day from tho United States a nil on re- celpt of his appointment left ycdlctRUcy fo i n Lxmdon to take up his duties. Hear Admiral Bullard has berft appointed ap-pointed American representative lo.rsee to the carrying out of the naval terms of tho Austrian armistice. Ho la now at Pola, the great naval baso In the' Adriatic, and haa telegraphed Admiral William 9 Benson, American chief of navnl opera Hons, that tho execution of the naVaJ terms of the armistice are proceeding aat-Isfactorily. aat-Isfactorily. The United States now has two ciuis-,, ers, a destroyer and thirty-six submarine subma-rine chancre In the upper Adriatic at ot near Pola, under command of Hear Ad . J intra! BulIarrK VERSAILLES IS MOST CONVENIENT PLACE. Admiral Benson ordered the fast cruis- er Birmingham to proceed from Glbrallar I to Pola and also the collier Leonldai Wt thirty-six chasers and a destroyer to proceed pro-ceed from Corfu to Pola. These Iuatc'iiow I arrived, giving the United State's a con- I slderable representation In shlpH and men. Chasers have been directed to proceed along the Dalmatian coast, visiting Vtt razzo, Scutari and other points on t he. coast, ho that the American flag may be seen by the inhabitants. The general feeling of I hr associated irovernmeiitH Is that VcTBt-llles-ParS l tho most convenient place to hold the peace conference and tf this were decided upon also would serve as a recognition; , of the paramount poblllon of France in H tho war. COLONEL HOUSE WILL PUT FORWARD I U- S. SUGGESTIONS WASHINGTON. Nov. H. - In ad van co I of the meeting of the supreme war council, coun-cil, soon to he held ai Versailles, official here decline to discuss the approaching peace conference or to indicate any vies the government may have as to the time or place of Its assembly, America's suggestions sug-gestions on these subjects probably will $ be presented to the council Itself by Col- onel E. M. House, the government's bpe-cial bpe-cial representative in Gnirope. The development of the separatist movement In Austria and Germany, resulting re-sulting In the uprising of so-called In- 'rl dependent republics on the basis of former German and Austrian provinces, promises ; to present much difficulty In the further procrsH of peace nf oi hit ion. Kach of ! those states wishes to bo represented in- H (Continued on Pago Fourteen.) - M DELEGATES GATHER FOR PEACE PAULEYS (Continued from Page One.) dependently at the peace table, and adjustment ad-justment of all these delicate questions is one of the tasks devolving on the supreme war council. In some quarters today it was suggested sug-gested that the supreme war council also may consider at this time some of the protests which have been made by the defeated central powers or their component com-ponent states against certain features of the armistice which they assert are unworkable un-workable or else calculated to create serious seri-ous conditions among the distressed civilian populations. Should the supreme war council decide that some of these terms may safely be modified to prevent such acute distress as will strengthen the threatening evil of an era of Bolshevism in central Europe, some diplomatic observers ob-servers regard it as possible that relief will be granted. In no event, however, would any change that would In any way jeopardize the maintenance by the allies and America of absolute military domination over the defeated foe be made. |