Show PEACE CONGRESS COffi BESS NOW IN SESSION PREMIER clemenceau 18 16 MADE PERMANENT CHAIRMAN OF conference 1 H president wilson president poincare and david lloyd george declare determination of nations to come to an amicable understanding inels tho pence peace congress congi wits was formally opened on oil january IS 38 in tile groat great tie dc tit in baix tho the congress opened with ft a speech by president Pol of oc france president wilson stood beside ilia as lie spoke tho proceedings ce co which were confined nied to the election of tile french pro premier inter us am permanent chairman of 0 ilia conference nn fill address of welcome by the president adent of ilia lio frener I republic raymond and by 11 resident wilson premier lloyd george and huron baron sonnino were characterized by expressions of lasting nna tile the apparent of the of tile various nations tu to conic collie to IM an nin isable understanding with respect to ilia Ir problems oblenis to be decided by tile conference fv ference rence when president spoke the entire assemble stood and ilia fact that according to custom no applit use greeted ills his utterance guvo gave grouter so sol emilty to tile scene clemenceau accepts chairmanship at of the pres presidency of ahe lio congress wits both it a feeling expression of personal perso lint agrati tudo tilde and a outline ol of the great erent questions immediately chein three of these itinger general subjects subject a lie de floed na its rot I 1 ity for tho the ro io for crimes during the waro tind and labor legislation tile leaeno of nations lie ho declared was at tile the head of the program for tho it to n dext at full session to the authors of tho the war lie said bala lie lind consulted two eminent jurists on oil tile penal responsibility of tile former german emperor and each delegate would receive ti copy of unit that report in ull all seventy two seats were provided for the opening session of oc tha peace conference on tile outer side of the great horse horseshoe were arranged the japanese tile british and colonial delegates and the sent seat of tho the fifth british delegate A chair top for the ilia fifth american delegato delegate also was reserved to tho right of the table of lionor honor many nations seated tho the HeI belgian glan Braz brazilian illan cuban haitian peruvian portuguese serbian tzocho and uruguayan delegates sat in ili tho the order named across acrons at the left wing ot of tho ilia table sat atlin St alliese polish Lib liberian erinn IIo dJaz ecuadorian Ecuador ean chinese nud and bolivian delegations gat ions As tho ilia delegat delegations loas arrived d they were mel mcl by fanfares fan fares of trumpet anti and ne act corded 1 military honors by tho the troops president wilsons Wll Wil sons arrival was alio ill signal tor for a demonstration from ho crowds tho president passed into tile iho antechamber choro ali pichon Pl clion tile lie friench foreign minister and conducted film to ilia counell council room |