Show GERMAN DElEGATES I ITO TO PARIS ARE SELECTED I I Ii II I i Peace Envoys Are Ready I to Great Depart for I Conference e. e BY y Associated Press Fress H March The German delegates to the tho peace conference wIll be Count von Brock Brock- dorff the foreIgn minIster Dr Eduard David majority SocIalist and first presIdent of the national assembly assembly assem- assem I bly Dr Adolph Warburg Dr Adolph Muller minIster to Switzerland Professor Professor Pro Pro- jl fessor Walther M. M A. A of Marburg 1 unIversIty and Herr GeiSberg minister of posts and telegraph in the Pruss Prussian Ian ministry All the German delegates to the peace conference will be on an equal footing although Count von Brock Brock- Rantzau dorff-Rantzau the foreIgn minister hill be their leader The party will not have the power to make final decisIons decisions de- de that being vested in the cab cab- i met inet tiit It will be accompanIed to the I conference by a large group of experts clerks and secretarIes The selection of the peace conference I delegates was reached after a long cab cab- cabit it Int meeting which began Wednesday and lasted far into the evening Count cab I von Bernstorff will not be a delegate although there has been great pressure brought to bear to have him named This was partly frustrated by Information information tion receIved from abroad through AmerIcans here that he choIce of Count yon von Bernstorff probably would be rejected rejected re- re by the entente powers The appointment of Count von Rantzau Brockdorff-Rantzau Dr Eduard DavId and even Max Warburg was no surprise surprise sur- sur prise sInce they had been frequently mentioned but that of Herr Geisberg minister or of posts and telegraph in the Prussian mInIstry was unexpected By Associated Press B BASEL SEL March Mathias Erzberger ger refused to be a member I of the German delegation at the peace conference confer confer- I ence although pressure has been brought to bar upon him to bring I about hIs acceptance accordIng to a aBerlin Berlin dIspatch whIch Is said to be based upon authoritative information Note Count von Rant Brockdorff-Rant- zau zau Is a graduate of the German imperial imperial im- im dIplomacy and has been foreign mInIster sInce the resIgnation of Dr Solf Dr David is a member of the German mInIstry portfolio The Identity of Dr Adolph Warburg is uncertaIn I Mr Mueller formerly was director of I Ithe the ElectrIc Accumulator Works at Berlin and In July 1915 receIved an honorary degree from the UniversIty of Hanover for his work in developing the effIciency of German submarInes Professor late in 1914 published a letter blamIng Russia Russia for forthe I the European war Herr Hert Geisberg is a newcomer in the German government By Associated Press BERLIN Thursday March In 13 official circles it is believed that the peace negotiations in which Germany will take a part are very very- near at hand It Is learned that the Instructions to German expert experts to hold themselves In I readiness to leave for ParIs March 17 or 19 with the German delegates was wasI based upon a remark made by General I the representative of Marshal l I Foot Foch at Spa at recent n negotiations with the German commIssIon General I Is reported to have said that the ames allies would be able to begin prelimInarIes preliminaries pre pre- with the Germans about March l 20 and that the preliminary peace might be concluded by y April 10 |