Men who drew up the League of Nations covenant: The Peace Conference Committee From left to right are seen (seated in front) Viscount Chinda (Japan) ; next but one, Leon Bourgeois (France) ; Lord Robert Cecil (Great Britain) ; Signor Vittorio Orlando (Italy) ; and next but one , Eleftherios Venizelos (Greece) (standing behind, in the second row) Colonel House (USA) ; next but one , M. Vesneitch ; General Smuts (Great Britain) ; President Wilson (USA) ; Paul Hymans (Belgium ) ; and Wellington Koo (China) . Other members of the Committee , not identified in the group are M. Larnaude (France) Senator Sciaoia (Italy) M. Ochiai (Japan) , Epitacio Pesoa (Brazil) and M. Jayme Batalha Reis (Portugal