Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-14

sary, just before the close of the present congress. If later he is re- qulr:d at the peace table it is said ne will not hSsitate to return to France. It is known, however, that he hopes to avoid this latter contin- gency and that all affairs requiring his counsel will be disposed of be- fore the middle of February.
 Refreshed and invigorated by ten days at sea, President Wilson is m excellent physical condition for the hard work ahead of him. From the time the George Washington passed out of sight of the State of Liberty the American executive exercised con sistently He has rested a great deal but still has found time for much work in daily conferences and with state papers.
 lie has made appointments, accept ed resignations and sibgned pardons, and conducted by wireless probably for the first time ill history, as the head of any nation, more work than ever before has been acccomplishea in this manner. Meanwhile, he has been inconstant touch with American officials in Washington and Paris.
 Presidet Wilson seemingly has thoroughly enjoyed the vogte Noth- ing has pleased him more than the ] moving pictore taken of him with ] the assembled crew on the forward 1 deck, in which the President shook l hands with every one, from the grimy | fire room men to the men of the l upper decks Ho has spent the even- ing at the bluejacket amateur shows ! and posed generously for hundreds | of snapshots pictures by officers and l men. He had read the ships paper dolly without fail and generally has attended the nightly moving picture shows
 President Wilson has expressed 1 much enjoyment at the singing of the l sailors quartGte. Aat target prac- tice and in signalling maneuvers he | always has been one of the most in- terested of the spectators.
 Invitations from Europe have teen coming in large numbers by wire l less. but President Wilson has been uniform in declining them and try ing to cut down the number of off cial functions arranged for him to minimum. He has summarily re- jected all invitations which might be liable to be construed as meaning that he is on a pleasure trip. It :s| said that President Wilson feels he cannot foreso visit to the Ameri- can troops at the front, or a visit to the devastated regions of France, and that he intends to crowd such visits into his absences from Paris fn Toy 1o,t conference gets down to business, During the succeeding six weeks he will conduct his daily business at the Murat Palace, the same as at the White House, surrounded by his clerks, stenographers and attendants.
 President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson actually have less baggage on board the George Washington than some of the minor attaches of the neace par ty.
 The degree to be conferred on President Wilson by the University of Paris will, it is said, be the first honorary degree to be given by this seat of learning. Likewise the de gree to be given the President by the University of Rome will be unique in the annals of that University so far as a foreigner is concerned.
 1t is said that President Wilson's conferences with the entente states men during the next few days un- douotedly will center on questions surrounding the proposed league of nations and the definition of free dom If the seas," and possibly also on the