The first step in the final stage of the establishment of an enduring peace was taken this afternoon in the Trianon Palace hotel at Versailles. For the first time Allied and enemy plenipotentiaries were face to face; those who had the privilege of witnessing the memorable scene could not avoid associating the proceedings in the dining hall of the palace with those of a court of justice.
Round the room sat representatives of an outraged world. The German plenipotentiaries facing them occupied seats at a little table at the bottom of the hall, placed there in the manner of those called upon to answer an indictment.
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