Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1919 — BIG NATIONS TO RULE MEET [ARTICLE]

BIG NATIONS TO RULE MEET

Peace Conference Under Domination of Five Countries. Paris, Jan. 20.—The “big five*— America, Britain, France, Italy and I Japan—will be the dominating powers "at the peace conference. They will take part in all meetings and commissions. The other powers actively engaged in the war against the central powers will attend sittings at which questions theM are discussed. Among these* nations are Belgium, Brazil, China, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Serbia and the Czecho-Slovaks. Powers which broke off diplomatic relations with the central powers will | attend sittings at which questions coni cerning them are discussed. ! Central powene and nations in the process of formation will be heard only on questions directly concerning than. Russia's status will be decided upon “as soon as matters concerning Russia” - are examined. I These decisions of the peace confer•nee were officially announced. Germany and Austria are npt mentioned in the communique. It is presumed they are included under the head of "States now in the process of formation.** ’ * - I . v ■ , Man, 100 Years Old, Ends His Life. Philadelphia. Jan. 20, Frederick Layton, one hundred old, committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope made from a bed sheet at MB home. t : <f: -. __