The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
Returns to Washington to Take Up Many Serious
 Problems Awaiting
GERMAN SUBMARINE
 ACTIVITY WILL BE
 FIRST CONSIDERED
Officials Close to Chief Executive Say He Has Not Planned Any Cabinet Changes Yet-Many Ova-
 tions Given by Crowds

Washington. November 12.
 President Wilson came back to
 washinBton tonight ready to take
 up waiting public problems and
 begin framing plans for his sec
 ond term in the White House. He
 had been away two months.
 A cheering crowd packed the railroad station and waited outside in a drizz,e of rain to welcome the President. As he appeared, walking down the station platform accompanied by Mrs. Wilson. and fianked by secret service men, hun dreds began shouting and rushed forward in efforts to shake his hands.
 MT. Wilson walked through the station with his hat off, lowing and smiling, and was taken through the presidential wait ing room to an automobile outside. Sec- retary Baker, Attorney General Gregory Secretary Humility and Senator James of Kentucky were among those who greeted him. Mrs. Wilson, Miss Margaret Will son and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, cousin, accompanied, him here on the trip from New York, where the party landed late today from the yacht May flower.
 The President was assured by Secre- tary Tumulty that there had been no change in the result in California and that there was a chance of his capturing the electoral vote of Minnesota The President, however, is not expected to express his own attitude toward the out come until it is formally conceded by the republicans.
 SUBMARINE PROBLEMS AWAIT
 MT. Wilson paid no attention to offi- cial business tonight, but tomorrow will be at his desk. One of the first problems to be laid before him will be the sit uation resulting from recent activities by German submarines. Secretary Lansing is expected to lay before him sum mary of recent developments collected at the state department dealing partic- ularly with the Marina, Columbian, Ara bia and Lana cases. No secret is made of the belief of some officials that the situation is serious.
 The President has made it clear to friends that the policy toward submar rine warfare with the correspondence on the Sussex case will be followed strictly In his campaign speeches he declared that ill case the administration was defeated at the election it would have difficulty in dealing with foreign problems between now and March A. Now that he has bee, reelected, however he is known to feel that his course generally has been ap- proved by the nation, and that he can proceed with free hand.
 WILL SEE GERARD AGAIN
 MT, Wilson probably win have another conference in the near future with James w. Gerard, American ambassador to Germany, who has been in this country for several weeks. In an interview at Shadow Lawn Ambassador Gerard told the President of conditions in Germany
 The President also will take up con- sideration of the Mexican situation promptly. He has been getting frequent reports from Secretary Lane, chairman of the American section of the Mexican American commission meeting at Atlantic City. and will now give the question de- tailed study.
 MANY APPOINTMENTS SOON
 A number of important appointments are to be made soon, but some of them may be postponed until Congress con- venes. They include the members of the tariff commission, the shipping board. several federal judges and board to administer the workingmens compensa- tion law for federal employees. Postmas-
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