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The German plenipotentiaries are to be invited to Versailles on

April 25th, and the contrast between their mission now and the presence of their fathers in Versailles half-a-century ago is hardly likely to be missed by the unwilling guests of 1919. President Wilson, making this announcement as spokes- man of the Council of Four, stated that the reception of the German delegates will not interrupt or delay other Peace settlement work. Many issues outside of the German terms will now move rapidly to decision. Mr. Wilson anticipated an early agreement about the Adriatic question, which will bo given precedence. He realized that, though the process of decision by compartments must bo followed, all the clues. tions of the present great settlement are parts of a single whole."

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