Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-21
.CECIl To PRE- SENT
NATIONS LEAGUE
MADE IN BRITAIN
Tail of Lion Found Free From.
American Twist; Plans forI
Reception of Wilson ABSORB
the Public,
(By Joseph w. Grigg.)
Copyright. 1918. by The Press Pub
fishing GO.


1.-THE New York World)
/ Especial cable Dispatch to the World
and Albuquerque Journal)
London, Dec. 2O---The World is in
formed tonight that Lord Robert
/ Cecil. who will have charge OF the
! league OF nations section of the Brit
! ish representation at the peace con-
| ference, Will probably precede the
premier and Foreign Secretary Bal
! four to Paris.
/ In one OF his last election speeches
| Lord Robert said; Those people are
mad who say We are not going 10
! bother about a league of nations"
| Lord Robert has, with assistance,
worked out Il complete scheme. He
/ modestly referred to this great I'M
! dertaking during the campaign as a
step in arriving ut n just settlement
/ TO avoid future war
| 1t now seems certain that Premier
Lloyd George, accompanied by For
cign Secretary Balfour and probably
Lord Reading and Lord Robert Cecil
the latter of whom is in charge OF
the league of nations question-will
go TO Paris at the end of the week for
their first conference with President
Wilson, Meantime, with the elections
out of the way, the premier and the
war cabinet are expected to hold fm-
| poEtant conferences here.
/ Election News Secondary.
! There was much ministerial activ-
! ity over the week end For a large
part Of the public. even during the
! final days Of the campaign, the presi-
| dents visit commanded more interest
than the election. and now that the
/ press is recounting the details OF the
/ Paris reception the momentous occa-
! sion takes precedence Of everything
! else in the public mind.
/ It is suggested in labor quarters
! today that the presidents visit 10 Lon
don will furnish the occasion to pre-
sent an address similar to the one pre-.
! scented to him by the French labor ant
socialist bodies
What grips the popular imagination
is the coming meeting of Presiden
Wilson with the British representa-
ton this week, his first handshak'
and talk with Mr., LLOYD George.
Man in Street Reassurcd.
With the passing of the election thu
man in the street is beginning to real
ize that partisanship caused the han
ding of some delicate subjects of in
terna.'onal significance in glove
off" style.
The man in the street here had be
gun to believe that somebody wa
really trying to twist the lions tail,
but he now knows that the tail is still
intact and that Anglo American rela
tons are unimpaired despite the cleo
trical storm in which they temporar
! ily seemed to be involved. So opinion
is running along more normal lines.
All in all Great Britain looks OF
admiringly "a the great. whole-heart
ed welcome accorded to Presiden
Wilson and bides the time when tn
president will be this nations guest
1t promises to be a welcome having II
8 counterpart in a previous reception 0
the head of any nation hitherto
: visitor to these shores, and Londor
= the greatest city of the empire, vii
be the scene of these memorable dem
= onstrations.
Arrival Date Awaited.
s While awaiting definite date fror
| the president, the actual arranging o
the program is held in allegiance, blu
once it is known when he will arriv
this will be quickly settled.
1t is reported that the president an
3, Mrs. Wilson will be guests of the kin
- and queen at buckingham palace dur
ing their stay here. The city corpo
: ration of London has already invite
| the president TO be it's guest in tn
historic Guildhall at luncheon. After
e ward he will receive an address in
gold box. If it is possible for tn
. president to visit the other great cite
: of the United Kingdom they would vi
= with London in the effort TO shoN
every courtesy to their distinguish
S guest, but the president has alread
n stated his regret at being unable t
: visit ancestral places in this countr
s to which he has been cordially in
e vited.
: London which is already bulgin
with the hugest population of its his
t tory, will have such an abnormal in
n flux of people from all parts of tn
United Kingdom during the presi
, dents stay that it will he a probler
i where they are to be housed and fec
. Warned TO stay Away.
The military has been warning sol
dierS away, if they can go elsewhere
because of lack of accommodation
for the first time since the plagu
ragged in London in the seventeenth
century and people were warned ava
from the metropolis.
C1VllElnS nave DecI Houlleu NOT
come unless they can stay at friends
houses,
, Thousands of newly married cou
pies are unable 10 find houses or flat
here because of the enormous influ
of people who remained away durin
the air raids and others. includin
many colonials. who have made Lon
don their home. for. while food
available, there are not enough res
: taurants, especially as many hotel
are still occupied by government de
partments.