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Show PRESIDENT SELECTS PEACE DELEGATION MEN WHO WILL 8IT WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT THE PARIS conference: KEN. BLISS MILITARY EXPERT becretary Lansing and Colonel House, With Henry White, Ex-Ambassador to France, Are the Others Chosen for Positions on Important Dody. Washington. President Wilson por sonnlly will bend tho Amcrlcnn delegation dele-gation to tho penco conference. This wns nnnounccd oulclnlly Friday night nt the Whlto House. Tlio other delegates will bo: Secretary of State Lansing. Henry White, formerly American ambassador to France. Edward M. House. Qen. Tnsker H. Bliss. White House Statement. Tho names wero disclosed In tho following fol-lowing announcement from tho Whlto Huuso: "It wns nnnounccd nt tho executive omco Hint tho representatives of tho United States at tlio pcaco confcrcnco would bo tho president himself, tho secretary sec-retary of state, Henry White, recently ninlmssndor to Franco; Edwnrd M. House and Ocn. Tnsker II. Bliss. "It wns explained that It hnd not been possible to nnnounco theso appointments ap-pointments before becnuso tho number of representatives each of tho chief belligerents wns to. send hnd, until a day or two ago, been under discussion." discus-sion." OlliV Name a Surprise. The only surprise In tlio announcement announce-ment wns tho selection of Ocn. Tinker II. nils, former chief of staff of tho nrmy and now tho representative of tlio American wnr department In tho Biiproino wnr council of tho nlllcs. For several days It bad been generally gen-erally understood that the Republican member of the delegation would bo Mr. Whlto. That Secretary Lansing nnd Colonel House would be tho other members hnd been unolllclnlly nd-inlttcd. nd-inlttcd. White Long In Service. Henry White, long In tllplomntlc scrvlco, wns tho American ambassador to Franco, during President Hopsovclt's ndmltilatrntlon. Ills diplomatic service bqgan In 188.1, when bo served for two years as secretary to the Amcrlcnn legntlon nt Vienna. IV) wns transferred trans-ferred to London In 18 n a second secretary sec-retary nf tho Amcrlcnn legntlon nnd In 1880 lie wns mndo sccrctnry to tho legn-' tlnn there, bolng recalled by President Clovclnnd In 1803. During his career he also served tho government In special diplomatic ca-nacltlcs, ca-nacltlcs, representing tlio United States at the International conference In London, Lon-don, 18S7-8S, for tiro abolition of sugnr bounties. Ho was n delegato from tho United States to tho International confcrcnco on agrlculturo nt Itomo In 1003, and also was tho American delegato to tho International confcrcnco on Moroccan affairs at Algcclrns. From March, 100,1, to March, 1007, Mr. Whlto was tho Amcrlcnn anilmsshdor to Itnly, leaving that Important post to becumo tho am-ImH.sndor am-ImH.sndor to France, where ho remained until December, 1009. Will Parley In .Berlin. London. Itcprcsentntlvcs of Great llrltaln, I'm not nnd tho United States will nrrlvo In Merlin shortly to dlscus.s tho nrmlstlre. the Iterlln correspondent correspond-ent of tho Colognc-Oazctto says ho understands. un-derstands. , A meeting of tho allied lenders In' Loudon will bo n preliminary to tho pearo conference, tho Dally Express rays. Colonel Houso nnd Premier Or-Inndo Or-Inndo of Itnly will be hero with tlio ltrltl8b nnd French statesmen. Paris. A group of members of tho chamber of deputies representing agricultural agri-cultural Interests hnvo sent n letter to Premier Clcmencenu expressing objection objec-tion to giving special representation to tho socialists nt tlio penco confcrcnco. If that should bo ngrced to, bowovcr thoTli'pultes urgo that tho farming ami peasant classes also bo represented, since they had shed blood mora freely than any other class. Bavaria for Sepatate Peace. Lomlom-Uovarln probably will ask to havo sejinpito plenipotentiaries ot tho peace negotiations nnd will claim conditions of n separata peace, says tho Paris Matin In commenting on the action of Iluvnrla In breaking off rotations ro-tations with the government at Iterlln. Tho Socialist council of Munich has .telegraphed to tho executive committee commit-tee of (ho Merlin Socialist council demanding de-manding tho dismissal of Dr. W. S. Solf, foreign minister; Phlllpp Schclde-mnnn, Schclde-mnnn, minister of colonies, nnd Mathl-as Mathl-as Krzberger, who, It has been niH nounced, will conduct negotiations pre. Ilmlnary to signing n treaty of peace. Tho telegram Invites tho Hcrlth council coun-cil to overthrow n government which continues such persons In Important posts. 4 Italy to 8upport Wilson. Washington. There Is n deal of dls-cusslon dls-cusslon of the role the president will piny nt tho peace conference and the lineup of tho nations on bis penco principles. Tho alms of the United States and Itnly aro similar. Itnly binds herself tp tho upholding of human, rnther than selfish rights, nnd fully agrees, with President Wilson's views that the moral law Is superior. Tho Italian plenipotentiaries wll supjmrt tho United Stntes on all fundamental funda-mental questions, It Is thought. j |
