The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-29

 of America be able and prepared to apply, so far as can be done. the purposes for which we en- tered the war to the solution of every problem arising in a voice which, while in harmony with the Allies, will De sure to be purely American.
 Ii is because the President wishes the American peace confeFees to be in a position to reach their own decisions that he has appointed his friend and adviser, Colonel E. M House, to pre- pare the equipment of knowledge with which Americas peace representatives will approach the conference table.
 Colonel House, at his New York home, 115 East F'ifty-third stree. made it very plain yeserday that his work was one of preparedness only. He made it plain that it was not because the President saw peace very near that he was preparing for the discus sioAs. Colonel House pointed out that the governments of the allied nations had been for long time preparing data on the solution of all the knotty problems that will come before the peace conferences. In addition to this, he said, there were diplonatists in all the European nations, Germany included, whose Knowledge of world politics was superior to that possessed by American statesmen. It is because of this condition one which at present might put Americas representatives in the position of not being free at all times from the necessity of acting on the knowledge of others,that the Pres ident has designated Colonel House to peace negotiations.
 Az C01@ Id eJF n1,r% ;@. At all conferences those come off the best cards in the way of knowledge of what they are about It is intend ed that the proper Knowledge be gath. cred for the use of America
 Because America, notwithstanding statements to the contrary, entered the war to make the world safe for democracy" in the evolution of the plan to preserve world peace strict attention is to be paid to what Amer ica's representatives have to say about how this Is to be done.
 There is the plan, expressed in America, by the League to Enforce Peace, of which William H. Taft Is head, of having a world police; there is the plan for which in this country the World Court league stands spolzes- man, of an international court which, ] by force of opinion, will effect good be havior among the nations, and 1 there are other plans. All these plans, in the extent of their entertainment abroad and in America, will be studied I by Colonel House. He will find out opinion on what would have to be done in the establishment of world
 police. how a world court should be
 constituted, how decisions should be l }nv oy,I 1,a Ne<
 to the President.
 Colonel House emphasizetd his state-
 ment that he would not make any de- cisions on any points of international politics; he said he would prepare the Knowledge and the date on all points that was all. The purpose, in brief, lof the undertaking is to insure that the situation will not arise where ItAmerica's peace commissioners will not be able to act with a full knowl- edge of the facts in the case.
 | The European belfigerents, all of
 them," said Colonel House. have for lmore than two years now been gath |ering data to be laid on the table at the peace conference. The United States Is now taking up its activities along this line. My work will be
 merely to help in any way possible will gather data that may be of use at some future time."
 Colonel House will in the very near future have conference with Pres iident Wilson in Washington with a
 view to perfecting the organization
 with which his work is to be accom- . 'plished. While acting with the State Department, the collection of data by Colonel House and his staff will be done outside of regular diplomatic cir , cles. He will be assisted by college professors. experts on international trade, and others whom the Colonel is now selecting.
 An idea of the size of the task put
 upon his shoulders may be gained from the statement of Colonel House that his work will extend all over the
 world. He will collect the knowledge :, to be had about the DardaneIles; he will learn what he can about the aims and purposes and result of proposed steps in the Balkans, the facts as tc
 the situation in South Africa, where German colonies have been taken b,
 the British; exact statements of con.
 ditions in Belgium, and what it will
 cost to restore that country ant northern France. will be gathered 2 the Trentino will be studied; the plan. and facts about Poland and Bohemia , l the facts about Armenia and Syria ? a study of Alsace-Lorraine and it. problems short, all the problems
 with which the European diploma
 is now familiar will be studied ant , reported upon.
 Already Colonel House has been ap
 preached by advocates of the various f plans for world security. All availa ble data on the work toward inter l national arbitration, all importan 2 ideas on the enforcement of worlt
 behavior, he will seek. The knott, ]. problem of representation in a worlt ! court, the rock which has since tn
 first international court vexed tn D project, will claim his attention. Ppin F ions on whether the Allies shoul, ! form world police, and whether tn Central powers and neutrals shall b. P represented if there is to be worl, :, police; opinions on the enforcemen S of decrees of a world court. opinion s as to the matters to be within tn
 Jurisdiction of an international tri
 bunal-these are some of the thing l. he and his saides will study. The
 there will be collected and digeste data on world finance, trade, com n merce, and all the notifications O governmental activities and ambi l. tions about which this country and 1t