Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-20
PLANS .F[AbORATELY
 " |[SON VISIT
Preparations Under Way to Repeat Paris Enthu- slastic Reception of Amer ica's President.
DATE OF VISIT NOT YET SET
 Plans for Ceremonies of Presidential Greeting Held ill Abeyance Pend- ing Definite Announcement of Ar. rival.

1 Paris, Dec. 19.--Definite plans for 1 the peace conference are not shap- ing as rapidly as some of the Amer lcan commissioners expected. Mean while President Wilson is taking ad- vantage of the opportunity to assess public opinion in France, and inciden- tally in Great Britain. His advisers say he is entirely satisfied that less peoples are largely in accord with the principles he has announced as necessary to durable peace.
 The members of the American mis- sion are employing their times before the peace delegates from various countries actually assemble, in series of informal conferences, which eventually will include a representa- tive of each of the entente belliger- ents. Neutral states will not come into these discussions. The feeling among all the entente conferees is that the making of peace should be their first task, so that they may de- termine upon the broad outlines of a league of nations, which later rep ICSGUlull|GS Ol HcutIdl COuIlIlcS Wlll assist in completing.
 While the American commissioners are holding these informal exchanges where are designed to clear up diver gences of opinion, the President is constantly givign the closest attention to immediate problems. He is re- ceiving reports from the United States, from American diplomatic agencies throughout the world and from the group of investigators brought here for the purpose of studying the many special problems 1 which will arise. These investigators are continuing their studies With the advantage now of being on the ground and in intimate contact with the orr ginal sources of information.
 1 The President may change the program of his movements while awaiting the opening of the confer ence. It was not supposed until today that he would visit England before the first of the year, but he has re- ceived urgent invitations to come soon
 London, Dec. 19.-The British gov
 ernment still was without definite 1 information this evening regarding the
 exact date on which President Will
 son will visit London. The officials,
 however, are making tentative ar-
 arrangements to greet him after Christ
 mas as that is the time suggested
 by MT. Wilson for coming to this | country.
 News that President Wilson con-
 siders coming to London next week
 was received by the British govern-
 ment through an official channel to-
 day. It caused considerable surprise
 and necessitated hurried reconsld4
 eration of plans by Premer Lloyd
 George, who Had intended to meet !, the President for brief conference : in Paris and then proceed to Monte !, Carlo for a few days rest. The President will be welcomed whenever he arrives. but the date l now proposed, December 26, mas , handicaps. December 26 IS holl- , day known as boxing day" All who
 have country homes and lives in
 London. from the kng downward.
 spend that day in the country. Busi-
 ness in London customarily is at q . standstill. Nc arrangements for the vlslt or
 the President had been made up to
 today, because the government wish' ] ed to John w. Davis, American am
 basador. The American embassy had !, no information of the reported change l in the Presidents plans.
 n Premier Lloyd George has post
 poned his visit to France and the
 preliminary conversations between H inc President and the Premier which \ would have been held in the French
 capital will be held in London.
 The change in the Presidents ar
 rangements is held to explain the
 hastening of the formal reception ol H Ambassador Davis by King George
 today. This was done so that the II Ambassador could be properly accre' | dited in readiness for the formal1tles
 in connection with the Presidents r. Premier Lloyd George had hurried
 conferences tonight with Sir ETC n Geddes. first lord of the admiralty
 and ether ministers.
 The reasons given for Presiden
 wilson's desire to make an early VI N eft to England, it is understood Il 1 that he has found it might be neces
 sary to return to Washington muci
 sooner than he had expected. | The present British cabinet ls !! technically, not in position to speal