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Britain nor between the Allies. We
have made great progress; the Presi-
dent is pleased also with the progress
made by Italy and France, and nov
we shall get together In Paris In nine
days and make arrangements for the
formal conference. Already we are
practically agreed upon the represen-
t%ation."
Congratulated upon his sweeping
victory in the elections, he said that
now the question was to use II
properly. President Wilson dined at
the Premier's house with the War
Cabinet for informal discussion. but
the Prime Minister announced that
the conference between President Will
son and himself was concluded this
afternoon.
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WILL SETTLE NAVY CLAIMS.
4. j.. SpelIacy becomes Legal Adj
wiser to T.. ID. Roosevelt.

HARTFORD. Conn. Dec. 2S.-Thomas
]. Spellacy, United States District At
torney, announced his resignation to-
day, to become legal adviser 20 Frank
lin II. Roosevelt. Assistant Secretary -
the Navy. Mr.. Speilacy Will arcum-
pany Mr.. Roosevelt when he sails fa.
Europe mex Tuesday.
There are many claims Of various
kinds against the United states Navy
due to operations during the war. The
Department has legal offices In London
and Paris. and these Messrs. Roosevelt
and SpelCaCy will visit. They will land
Mt Brcst, France, and will be met by
Admiral Wilson, who will supply data
concerning claims coming from Franco
and Belgium After "A two days stay nj
Frest the party will go to London,
whore they will meet Admiral Sims and
work in connection with him. Com
mander John Hancock goes with tie
party as paymaster.
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settlement of sundry political Issue. co-
nected with peace without detrlmsn, q,
the ultimate settlement, all the more hA.
cause many OF those issues are m, "a,
ripe for final treatment. Economic I,
sues, however, cannot wait. They nv.
either DO dealt with by coordinate1 a..
fort and through institutions eyoIvsa
during the war or they will be bunrlas
perhaps irredeemably. by allowing M
leaving each country to fend for it..v
In the latter event the ideal Of a lear,.,
OF nations may prove practically lnst.
tainable.
Considerations OF this kind douS,I.,,
inspire the Journal des Debdts with m.
following reflections. which ventu-.
TO commend to the attention Of Britt.
statesmen. because / know them 10 \.
widely entertained by intelligent French.
men.
Everybody" writes the Journal d.,
Debdts. "is behaving as though the va.
were but a memory, yet-we regret :;
say It at Christmastide-the war is ~
over. Germany is beaten. but none O.
the controversies bred by war has bee
settled. 1t is madness to revert ra,s.
rally or morally to a peace .ootlns b.
fore they are settled.
NiCtoIy siNeSuS inc means OF impot-
ing solutions lnappiicable In peace time
II we revert to a peace footing betors
they are applied we shall lose the greater
part of the profit of victory. The allied
Governments are bound to e~nllghter
their peoples In this respec. Untor,
tunately they are as afraid to spea<
frankly as they would have been vera
they vanquished. This method is ,a,a,
Time passes. 1t is, for instance. becum-
Ing harder and harder &c keep up troop,
for operations hat may be tndispers
able; and when measures will fnallf
have been taken on paper there may b.
no means Of carrying them out"
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ALL GERMAN BASES
VISITED BY ALLIES
Naval and Aerial Station In
spection Fraught With Peril
to Commission.

LONDON, Dec. 28.-Bear.ng an allied
commission which inspected German
naval bases and airship and seaplane
stations under the terms OF the ar
mistice. the British battleship Hercules
has returned TO her home port. During
a trip fraught with peril many German
ports were visited n preliminary ar
rangements for the surrender Of Ger
man w%arshIps were made.
Discipline on board the German war
ships Is very low, according to officers
OF the Hercules. They found. on the
FIRST enemy ship boarded, that the sail
ors were lounging about and the shins
In bad condition as a result Of neglect
This was in direct violation of the terms
OF the armistice, and drastic action was
taken by the inspecting officer. Fearful
or probable consequences the German
seamen left their ships at once.
inspection of airship and seaplane
stations required considerable land
travel. which permitted the members Of
the commission to gain information as
10 the condition OF the people in the in
terror or the country. 1t is reported
that every one encountered In German
ever In such an Industrial centre as
Hamburg seemed as well clothed and
fed as are the people Of France and
england. Winter crops. owing to the
mild season., are doing well. and tha
land is well cultivated and fertillzsJ
Admiral Sir Montague Browning. heal
OF the commission. was ccompanied nv
the best men from allied nations avail.
able for the work, They met i~ntermIna-
Bile objections, distractions and nva,I,ns
by the Germans. but the commission was
ultimately able TO induce the Germans
10 md means TO fulfill many points of
the armistice which they at nrst fatty
refused 10 carry out. Admiral Goette ~
the German navy seems TO be the onlv
senior Herman officer still attending 10
his duties. "
Discipline at airship and s~eaplane sta
lions was better han on the German
warships, II Is reported.
At Warnemunde, where n great ex-
perimental station was established nv tha
Germans, the allied commission met win
dlulculty when 1t asked permission 10
carry out the work OF inspection. II waa
only under protest that the memhara
were permitted to enter. the Germans
tearing revelations Of what they had ac-
complished.
The submarine commission. undAr
Lieut.-Commander Bower. pushed ito in
vestlgations assiduously at Uamburg
Bremen and other points, with the re,
SUIT that scores OF U-bOats. nearly an
near completion and hitherto undeclared
by the Germans, were found and re-
ported Admiral Goette protested to the
last against giving up these submarines
opt AZ a maj conference CONSENTED.
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TN" only serious dount that persists
in ,h"sH well informed quarters here
tina &c genuinely anxious for = just
9U' IJ'tirg peace is whether Mr.. Wilson
ana the allied statesmen may conprc-
henl NOT merely Intellectually. hI, also
iNu" 'u."allY. the necessity for u,4in-
tanning and developing irtcr-a'.ei in
]Sti;Uiuns which have rendered vital
services to the allied cause In the war.
WI regard to a rea Sonable control of
allied and American shipping resources
and ~ationing foodstuf- AVID raw iNr-
to- aj-, not to mention c~,o~l.uat.nx ln.
Allied financial problem. II = feorel
= 3rr 'ynty 10 revert too hastily 20 FREQ
d0'n ~ action on he part or individual
countries may jeopardizc the fruits o.
Ion. experience and throw cut OF ga,r
the organization which /, nGy bc IN
p~Oas:a," afterward to recon rrur'
Means may he found FOR shaving the
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TO GREET WILSON
AT HOME
Ancient ToWn Prepares Vel
come for President To-day.

CARLISLE. England, Dec. 2S.-Th.s bust
ling railway centre, where In oldrn times
Briton and Scot often battled for suprem-
acy. was busy to-day preparing to well
come President Wilson when he comes
tomorrow to visit the Girlhood home
here OF his mother. Here and there the
stars and Stripes hang lazily IN the
smoke-laden atmosphere and an oCca-
sional merchant Is decorating his shop
window with triColor ribbons
Decoration. however. il not general, for
oflcia! word has For" M that the Pr"@i-
dent desires his visit to be purely per-
sonal and Informal The authorities are
working along his line, hut the people
are making their own prcpa atoms and
the police force has been augmented In
expectation Of a large crowd.
Tho President will arrive az the eta
del Railway station, where h vii be
met by Mayor Peltram Carr and other
city officials. The President VIII he es-
corted past the old Roman wall u the
Crown and MitrP Hotel. n famous cid
coaching hotel, where the freedom Of the
city VIII be presented to him and lc will
sign the city roll. which contains many
famous names. A silver casEot contain
ing the engrosscd address Of welcome will
bc sent later TO Washington.
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The suggestion that Cardinal MERCER.
the Ff.natv OF Deigiunl. attend the peace
conference IN some capacity Is being
discussed among the d~iplonatists he~e.
The Belgian delegates have been named,
hut il is understood before their an
poiutmcnt Cardinal Merlrcr was favored
even outside the Catholic par'y. Baron
van den Hervel. Belgian Minister TO tho
Vatican. however. finally was selected
rs the clerical member Of the Belgian
delegation.
Those making the suggestion that
Cardinal MERCER attend the conference
polu' out hat the Cardinal has a wide
Knowledge Of Belgium In war tine and
that the part he played determined tho
attitude against h Germans, making
him a valuable participant in the confer
euCe.
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LOY GEORGE SEES
WAY TO CONFERENCE
British Delegation Will Start
First Week of Year.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-Premier Lloyd
George, In receiving American newspaper
correspondents at his residence at Z
o'clock tonight. said that the confer
ences with the President had brought
about an agreement on general princi-
pies The Premier said he felt assured
that matters which had been agreed
upon between America and England
would prove Of the greatest assistance In
the work of the peace congress.
Practically an understanding has al
ready been reached W the Entente
Powers regarding the admission OF the
various nations to the peace conference
itself. said the Premier. In his confer
ences in Paris with the Premiers OF
France and Italy President Wilson a
become fully acquainted with their views
and he had now also acquired a knoWl-
edge of the British standpoint.
And" continued the Premier, Il feel
assured that all these Powers are in ac-
cord on the basic principles OF the peace
which will come before the conference,
At any rate, 1t will be certain that
America and England will be found
working in complete harmony in the
conference"
wiII Select Delegates at Once.
At the close of his address, answering
q question as to when he expected the
British delegation to 60 to Paris. the
Premier replied that owing to the neces-
sity of clearing up the general election
and other pressing business II could not
be before the end of the first week of the
new year.
He warmly welcomed the American
newspaper men to England. He ex-
pressed qualification that he had been
able TO meet them and spoke unre-
STRANGELY Of the important role news
paper men had played in the promotion
of the ends tha all had at heart and
in furthering the intimate friendship
between the United States and Great
Britain.
The Premier said that owing TO the
elections it had not been possible as
vet to organize the British delegation
20 the peace congress. but he would pro-
coed Immediately. now that the result
was known. TO take up the matter with
his colleagues. At the present time. he
added, 1t could be stated that only two
members OF the delegation had been
selected misunderstanding himself
and Foreign Secretary Balfour.
Bonar Law Not TO De Delegate.
Touching on the report coming from
the United States that Andrew Bonar
Law. Chancellor of the Exchequer,
would be one OF the delegates, the Pre-
mier pointed out that 1t was impossible.
as the Chancellor was the Government
leader in the House of Commons and his
presence would be needed at home.
Arthur J.. Balfour, the Foreign Secre-
tary. in receiving the American CORE
spondens this afternoon said that Presi-
dent Wilson'S visit TO England q been
not only a spectacular success but that
II had gone TO the hearts OF the British
people. II would have international re-
suits Of the largest Importance to he
whole world.
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PRESIDENTS VISIT
HAS NO EARRING NOTE
Londoners Are Pleased With
His Speeches.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.--Presldent Wilson
made his last public appearance in Lon
don to-day. officials OF the City OF Lon-
don presented him with an address of
welcome in the ancient Guildhall, where
other famous Americans, including Gen.
Grant and former President Roosevelt.
have been received. Afterward he was
the guest at a luncheon in the Egyptian
Hall Of Mansion House. where hover the
ghosts of decades of civic oratory and
where many Americans have partaken
of the famed Aldermanic turtle soup.
The drive from buckingham Palace and
return was witnessed by immense
crowds There was plenty OF enthusiasm
abroad. but It hardly reached the same
volume as that which attended the Presi-
dents entry into London on Thursday.
The announcement OF the results of the
general election was somewhat of a
counter attraction to-day.
Beneath the surface OF the formal!tIes
at the Mansion House an unusual epi-
sode of human interest was ripping
part happy. part tragic. Premier
Lloyd George, who sat neal the Presl-
dent. was learning that the voters had
renewed his lease OF power by heavier
majorities than political auguries had
foretold. II. H.. Asquith. his one time
chief and rival OF to-day. was seated
near by and heard that his political ca
reer Of more than thirty years had been
halted,
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ASK s HOUR DAY IN MILLS.
Textile Workers in Lowell VIII
Launch Drive Tomorrow,

Lowell, Mass, Dec. 2S,-Presidents
OF al the textile organizations I'm IAis
city appointed n committee to-day TO
begin on Monday n campaign OF educa-
ton for an eight hour day in the mills.
The Textile Council will be called upon
TO act on the matter.
Textile workers are anxious 20 re-
tain their Saturday half holiday. Their
proposition il 10 do this and at the
same time have a as hour working week.
by working a little longer on other DAYS.
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torfc interest. The room where the
Presidents grandfather conducted school
IL now used as a dining room. 1t ca
tends the depth OF the house. with big
windows at zach end, n opening on the
garden, which was once the school play
ground. Mr.. Sayer Is unable to Identify
the room which the Presidents mother
occupied.
President Wilson is expected to arrive
at the house at IL o'clock Sunday morn
Ing, and from there will go TO the
Lowther Street Church neal by.
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All Optimistic Now.

Premier ClemenCeau. II Is reported, has
Informed his intimate friends that his
three conferences with President Wilson
and Col House have resulted in n com
plete understanding. As the result OF
these reports peace delegation circles
take n much more optimistic view OF the
outlook OF the peace congress than they
did a week ago.
Members Of the American delegation
attach Significance TO the Presidents
conferences with Premier Lloyd George
and Secretary Balfour and to his speech
at buckingham Palace last night.
TIE Earl Of Derby. British Ambas-
sador in Paris. and NJ. Hoover had n
long conference to-day with Col House
concerning details OF allied participation
in the food relief of Europe, which are
nearing completion.
In conference circles the opinion pre-
walls that several d'mSu't questions
which VII come before the Allies at ONE
time during the peace conference may
bo left over Of arbitration after an
agreement has been reached as 70 a
League of Nations,
one ~ these questions may hN thn IN
tue status Of LuVemburR. Ono party
there desires the establishment Of the
Grand DuChy, Another faVors the proc
lamatlon of a republic. A third adyo-
Gates annexation 10 France while etill
another prefers annexation 10 Be'Eium
The same course may be followed con
corning differences between the Italians
and Jugo-Slavs rs to n division Of terri
tory on the eastern shore Of the Adriatic.
A question which attracts attention il
the future Of Serbia. where There is a
conflict OF several European Influences.
Cardinal ROurue. Archbishop Of West
Minister, went to Serbia recently. and
before leaving Rowe had a long inter-
view with Pope Benedict. An Anglican
Bishop also has visited Serbia, It is re
DOrtcl.
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Mayor in the centre and President Will
son on his right, nex to the Duke of
Connaught or
There had been Just = hint tha the
Presidents address would be the key to
the conferences he a been holding with
British statesmen. The address was in
terpreted In American quarters as con-
flrming the previous intimations that
these conferences had been very salts
factory from the Presidents viewpoint
Unprecedented Reception.
The oldest observer in the Guildhall
to-day declared no reception ever ac-
corded any dignitary there approached
In spontaneity and volume that which
greeted the Presidents appearance and
the address which followed.
AS the President left the Guildhall
after his address the crowd in the yard
took up the cheers that had been
echolng within the building. The
President. with Mrs. Wilson, entered
their carriage, and as they drove of
through the lanes of boisterous n hat
and handkerchief waving throngs some
one proposed three cheers for Wilson"
They were given with such a will that
the President smiled delightedly and
rose n bowed again and again.
The Mansion House luncheon was
comparatively informal except for the
toasts. When the aged master Of cere-
monies, In city livery and standing be-
hind the Lord Mayors chair, proclaimed.
Your Royal Highness addressing the
Duke Of Connaught). My Lords, Your
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I
pray silence for the President of the
United States" there was a burst Of
hearty, although d%ecorous. enthusiasm,
with hand clapping. waving of napkins
and beating Of tables.
Mansion House Speech.
The Presidents speech was In .
lighter vein with a personal touch as
follows:
Mr.. Lord Mdvor, Your Royal High
ness, Your Grace, Ladies aud
Gentlemen:
you have again made me feel. sir,
the very wonderful and generous well
come of this great city and you have
reminded me OF what has perhaps be-
come one OF the habits of my life.
You have said that l have broken
all presidents in coming across the
ocean to Join in the councils OF the peace
conference. but l think those who have
been associated with me IN Washington
WIN bCSNlly tldb lldI Is mourning sur
prislng. 1 said to the members of the
press in Washington one evening tina
one of the things that had interested
me most since / lived in Washington
was that every time I did anything per-
fectly natural 1t was said to be an
precedented.
1T was perfectly natural to break
this precedent, natural because the de-
mand for intimate conference took
precedence over every other duty. And,
after all, the breaking Of presidents,
though this may sound strange doctrine
in England, is the most sensible thing
70 do.
The harness OF precedent Ia some
times a very sad and hara ising tram
mel. In this case the breaking Of
precedent is sensible for n reason that
is very prettily illustrated in a remark
attributed to Charles Lamb. One I'VE
ming in a company OF his friends they
were discussing n person who was not
present, n Lamb said, in his hesltat-
Ing manner. I h-hate that fellow
Why, Charlie one OF his friends said.
I did not know hat you knew him
Oh lee said. IL d-don't. l c-can't
h-hate a man l know
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HARMONY SPIRIT
PERVADES FRANCE
Optimism Becomes General at
Reports Of Conversations
in England.

PARIS, Dec. 2s.-The sentiment to-
day in peace congress circles after
another week Of conferences is dis
tinctly brighter and a spirit Of opti-
mism has taken the place OF the pessi-
mism which had prevailed in some quar-
tiers. This is due to private advices
from London showing that the political
exchanges now going on there have been
equally as satisfactory as the public
demonstrations.
One OF the primary questions con-
sidered In these exchanges has been
the converting of the conference at as
early a date as possible. The American
delegation has been insistent that 1t
shall begin not later than January Q.
The exchanges to-day indicated an
agreement for the assembly OF tho
congress- between January 9 and IA.
Even the latter date would be ac-
ceptable TO the Americans, 1t is an
nounced. as assuring a reasonably early
opening OF the discussion.
Accord shown I'm France.
The pessimism obviously existing in
Oiil qudI clS Was uuo Nlo OuS
views held on the fourteen points, but
the Presidents statement that the al
lied leaders agree with him in the prin-
ciples therein laid down has largely re-
move the first impression.
The Presidents statement is echoed In
all responsible quarters here, Premier
Clemenceau also joining In the declara-
ton that the conferences he has had
show an entire agreement on the prin-
ciples.
4 meeting was he'd in Col. Edward
NJ. Houses residence tonight of all the
american interests, including food. ship
ping, the army. navy, Treasury and
War Board. Thus far Herbert c. Hoover
and Edward ". Hurley and the other
heads of tho various branches have po-
ceedcd independently, but the meeting
tonight f~oreshadows a united commits
sion.
Ono of the most prominen; delegates
to the peace conference now in Paris
said to-day that the exchanges of the
last few days nave resulted In nm
agreement on tho principles Of virtually
all questions. including the reccnc!l!ng Of
dinerent viewpoints on the question OF
freedom of the seas.
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Fanfare Breaks Hush.

inside q hush fell upon the multi
tude. Suddenly II was broken by a
fanfare of trumpets and the stirring
strains Of the "Star Spangled Ban
ner," announcing that the procession
was coming. The Lord Mayor and
Mrs. Wilson, the President and the
Lord Mayors wife, Ambassador and
Mrs. John. w. Davis walked up the
aisle amid tremendous cheering. the
Duke of Connaught, Premier Lloyd
George, former Prime Minister As
quith, Field Marshal Halg and other
noted persons on the platform clap
ping their hands.
The President surveyed the unique
scene with just the shadow of a smile
rs he noted the ancient hablliments
about him. There followed the read
ing of the address by the recorder
and Its presentation in n gold casket
by the Lord Mayor. Bowling to these
men In wigs and red gowns. the Presi-
dent arose in the severe simplicity Of
a frock coat and delivered his adj
dress. Premier Lloyd George, sitting
in the front row, was one of his most
eager listeners.
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At Premier's Residence.

President Wilson concluded q strenu-
ons day OF entertainment with dinner at
the Prime Minister'S residence, at which
we're gathered the members OF the war
Cabinet and other Government and do
minion officials.
The dinner was served in the big OAK
panelled dining room in which the Prcs!-
dent lunched with the Premier yesterday
The table decorations consisted OF poin-
valley and sprigs OF holly. Two silver
canielabra added to the soft lights from
the large eleCtrol!er suspended over the
centre of the table. There We're small
lights on the walls, on which hung paint
ings. including a portrait OF Washing
ton. unveiled By the President yester-
day.
The dinner was purely informal. Mr..
Lloyd George was seated AZ one end Of
the table, with President Wilson on his
right and Sir Robert l.. Borden. the
Canadian Premier. or his left. ~ the
opposite end OF the table sat Andrew
Bonar Law. Chancellor of the Ex-
cheQuer. with William N. Hughes. the
Australian Premier, on one side, and
Gen Louis Botha, the South African
Premier.
The other guests were Earl Curzon.
y Austen Chamberlain. George y.
Barnes, Gen. SHUTS. Baron Ffnlay,
Speaker James w. Lowther. a. !. Bal
four. Walter Hume Long. V!scount
Miner. Baron Montagu. Sir Eric Ged-
des. Winston Spencer Churehl,l. Lord
william Weir. Sir Joseph Maclay, Earl
of Reading. Sir Henry Wilson. Admiral
Wemyss, Field Marshal Haig. Admiral
Sir David Beatty. Cen. sykes, Sir
Maurice Hankey. W. y. Lloyd. Premier
of Newfoundland the Maharajah Of
Bikaner. Sir George L. Foster. Sir
Joseph Cook, j. T, Davies. the Pre-
mler's secretary. and Philip Kerr.