The Prince of Bavaria presided.

Next to the Prince sat the leader of the Russian delegation, a Jew called Joffe, recently liberated from Siberia; then came the generals and the other delegates.

Apart from this Joffe, the most striking personality in the delegation is the brother-in-law of the Russian Foreign Minister, Trotski, a man named Kameneff, who, likewise liberated from prison during the Revolution, now plays a prominent part.

The third delegate is Madame Bizenko, a woman with a comprehensive past.

Her husband is a minor official; she herself took an early part in the revolutionary movement.