Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-27
Smiics but EOrgOes SpceCh


of. the motor car and was followed
/ by the President himself.
Smiles but FOrgOes Speech
/ Frantically cheering. the crowC
! surged by the police right up to thu
| entrance of the house, swarminl
about the Presidents car.
| President, still smiling and waving
| ly, raised his hat and bowed. Tit
crowd cried for a speech, but the
! President, still smiling and wavint
his hand, disappeared into the house
The entrance room was especial!
! decorated for the occasion.
| From the public buildings il
! Whitehall and from the foreign Of
! flee and No. 10, the Stars and Stripe!
| and the Union Jack waved together
/ Dinner Private Function
Dinner at Buckingham Palace to
| night was a quite private function
! covers being laid only for Kinl
George and queen Mary and Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson. After dinnel
the President had long talk alon,
with the king. The President is de
sirous of becoming personally ac
lquainted with the leading person
ages in England before beginning his
more formal conversations. He haC
an earnest talk with Queen Mother
Alexandra this afternoon when ht
called to leave cards at Marlborough
House.
Pleased With Reception
The President was greatly pleased
with the warmth of his reception il
London which. in the opinion ot
some of his suite exceeded even tha'
of Paris.
Except that no member of the
royal family will be present, the
procession tomorrow through the
city TO the Guildhall where Presi
dent Wilson will receive an addras
of welcome from the city corpora
tion will be on the same scale as tha
from Charing Cross station to Buck
ingham Palace yesterday.
In the first carriage will be The
President, Mrs. Wilson and Lore
Chesterfield, grandmaster of equer,
ries. American Ambassador Davis
Mrs. Davis, Major GGeGneral BiddlC
and Lord Herschell, will be in the
second carriage while the third will
be occupied by Rear Admiral Gray.
son, Brigadier General Harts anC
Sir Charles Gust.
Carlisle, Eng, Dec. 27.-The Car,
Isle City Council to-day voted the
freedom of the city to Presiden,
Wilson, who will visit here Sunday
morning. The mayor who moved the
resolution said:
President Wilson, with matches
statecraft. guided, focused and unit.
ed American opinion on the war
Carlisle and Cumberland are proud
of the fact that the Presidents
mother was born and spent her earl.
lest years in this city"
Mrs. Wilson Luncheon Guest
Mrs. Wilson was entertained a
small luncheon party to-day by the
Countess of Reading. The guest.
included Mrs. David Lloyd George
Mrs. John w. Davis, wife of the
American ambassador, and Mrs Fl
II. Asquith. Other guests were Mis-.
Benham, Mrs. Wilson'S secretary;
Niscountesses Harcourt and Erleigh
Lady Wiseman, Lady Mond and Mis-.
tBonar Law.
Go Over If Points
President Wilson's conferences to-
day with British statesmen are
described in American quarters "A.
lltlNl ms pttu very SdllSIuClOTA. Us
President spent more than three
hours before Premier Lloyd George,
luncheon in most intimate discussion
with the premier and Foreign Secre
tary Balfour at Buckingham Palace
going over the general aspects of tn,
fourteen points of his peace pro
gram.
The whole discussion was "a gen
the discussions with the British
statesmen at the luncheon in Down.
ing street and later resumed them a
Buckingham Palace. Much progres,
was made in making clear some
phases of the Presidents points
principally the question of British
naval supremacy.
Confer Before Fire
At Buckingham Palace before the
lIncheon President Wilson. the pre-.
mier and the foreign secretary me-
in one of the rooms of the Presi-
dents suite before cheerful oper
fire. II was an entirely Informal
conference intended 10 develop the
most intimate aspects of the sittI-
ton.
The President did a great dea. oi
the talking, and il was said after
wards that nothing developed to
show that any substantial difference
in principle or in fundamentals
existed.
Freedom of Seas Discussed
The discussion ranged about the
freedom of the seas, the league OF
nations and the attendant PROPOSE
ton of the reduction of armaments
None of these subjects was discussed
specifically or by itself, as they are
considered inseparable in the final
analysis, so the first purpose of. the
conference was to develop what may
be the differences OF opinion to the
point where they may be clarified.
The conference continued during
the afternoon. President Wilson will
meet all the members of the Imperial
War Cabinet a. the state banquet
tonight and the Premier's dinner
Saturday night.
a deputation from the League of
Nations Union, headed by Viscount
Grey. will visit President Wilson at
the American Embassy on SATURDAY..