Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-01
Senators Resent Fact That.
None of Their Number Was
Selected to Place on the
Peace Delegation
SEVERE CRITICISM
OF WILSON PROBABLE.
Suggested That Senate Com
mittee Be Sent to Fance to
Keep Congress Advised of
Progress of Council
icy poen,nc JOURNAL spss,Al ls.seo w,es,


Washington, Nov 30.-Seldom has
any utterance Of President Wilson
been awaited with greater interest
than the address he is to deliver Mon
day at the opening Of the winter ses-
sion of congress. and on the eve of
his departure for Europe to attend
the peace conference Members Of
the senate and house expect to hear
something of American plans for the
conference. as well as an outline of
needed TO aid in the task OF read
justing the war organized country to
a peace basis
Arrangements were made today
with joint session in the hall of the
|house Monday afternoon at one
o'clock after congressional leaders
had been notified that the president
desired to be heard on the first day
of the new session instead of ON the
second as usual, in order to hasten
his departure. The address will con-
stitute his goodbye to congress and
through il to the people for he is ex-
pected TO sail on Tuesday.
Presidents Standing Undecided.
No official comment was forthcom-
ing during the day on the personnel
of the peace delegation announced
last night at the White House. No one
would undertake to say whether the
president himself would be regarded
las O part of the delegation accompany
ing him. or what might be the for-
NAL rank accorded the four dele
gates Secretary Lansing, former am
bassador Henry White, Colonel r.. M.
House and General Tasker H. Bliss.
Informally it was indicated at the
state department that these points
could not be cleared up because of UNI
certainty as to the course to be fol-
lowed by the heads of the associated
governments and their accompanying
delegations. Exact information was
said still to be lacking.
The state department made public
the names of the chief officers and
attaches of the delegation, including
the secretaries and DR.. James Rrown
Scott and. David Hunter Miller expert
advisers in international law The
war department announced the per-
sonnel of the group of assistants to
GeHeTdi BflSs, aIlpuS WHOM Will Dt
number of officers detailed from the
American expeditionary force.
Senator's Are Pecved,
All of the party, which with its
large clerical force and corps of ex-
perts in various lines will number
some hundreds, will sail on the steam
ship George Washington with the
president. Preceding them ON the
steamer Orizaba, leaving New York
at noon tomorrow will be several
hundred American newspaper cores
pondents going across to report the
proceedings of the conference.
Resentment among members of the
senate over the presidents failure to
take one of their number on the dele
cation was apparent today although
no statements. on the subject were is
sued for publication. Several of the
republicans discussed plans for intro
ducing resolutions Monday proposing
to send a special senate committee to
France TO remain duriHg the confer
ence, particularly to keep congress
advised regarding the proceedings.
Senator Cummins of Iowa was one
Of those who prepared to offer such
a. resolution Others We're under
stood to be making ready speeches on
the general subject of the president
policy and there were predictions that
the sessions during the first days Of
| the week would be lively ones.