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Show M SESSION IT SPi LASTS n MINUTES Allies Deciine to Discuss Armament Arm-ament With Those Who Have No Authority SPA. Belgium July 6 Allied and Herman delegates to the conference to be held here this week met this morn-Int morn-Int for their first session which lasted only twenty minutes Adjournment was then taken until o clock tomorrow tomor-row afternoon. Constantine Fehrenbactt, German . Ii.'iii.vllm and he id of that country s delegation, kept the allied premiers waiting for ten minutes, being lat.-teachlng lat.-teachlng Fraineuse. Premier MUlerand MU-lerand of Frame was first to arrive Count Bforsea, Italian foreign minister, minis-ter, was next; being followed by Viscount Vis-count Chlnda, Japanese ambassador to Gri d Britain Premier Lloyd George was the last of the allied representatives representa-tives to reach the llla Ho wore a shining filk hat. bill Premier MUle rand appeared wearing the nemo, ratic J felt hat similar to those who know him PHOTOGRAPHERS THliRE. When Horr Kebrenoach's car rode up the winding road to the lla all the allied delegates were assembled ; three from each delegation and an Inrmv of photographers uwoiied When ithc German chancellor alighted from I tho car he consented to bp photo-graphed photo-graphed and then entered the lla j with alert step. ! waa followed by two of his colleagues after which the session was declared open. ASK MUC KKPLV. The Gorman chancellor declared he hod come to the conference with the 'intention of executing ihe treaty of Versailles M Delacroix, kjeigian premier pre-mier who presided, then referred to tho notes regarding disarmament presented pre-sented by the allies to Germany and asked what reply the Germans had to make. l.rr Kehrenbaeh said thai the war minister and Major General '"ii Seecht. chief ot tho German general staff, who were expected to attend the conference had not yel arrived He suggested t bat In their absenco Dr. Walter Simons, the foreign minister, be permitted to make some observations observa-tions on the subject. WAIT FOR OTHJERS. Premiers MUlerand. Lloyd George and Delacroix retired for a private conference on this question, aftwi Which Mr Lloyd Ccorge said the allies saw n Object In discussing armament with anyone excepting thlose who were responsible. He proposed that the conference adjourned mini these two delegates should arrive and It was decided to suspend the session until two o'clock tomorrow afternoon |