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the government In any particular Of the nature OF that
definition. or OF any policy which was to be presented at
the conference as that approved by the United States.

the government In any particular OF the nature OF that
definition. or Of any policy which was to be presented at
the conference as that approved by the United States.
Congress has not yet settled down to work. A
good share of the time since the opening Of the session
has been used up in discussions Of matters relating to
the presidents trip abroad. Senatorial resentment OF
presidential secretiveness in relation to peace policies
is reflected in Senator Cumming resolution providing
for the sending Of a senatorial committee to attend the
peace conference. a resolution which the foreign rela-
tons committee has decided to report adversely, and
in the resolution Of Senator sherman OF Illinois, declar-
ing tho presidents position, vacant because OF his an-
sence. This. too, is destined to go by the board.
= Across the ocean attention is focused on the peace
conference, and in the meantime on the conference OF
premiers in London to discuss preliminaries. The pre-
miers of France, and Italy have arrived to take part in
the meeting, and the United States would have been rep
resented by Colonel House had it not been for his illness.
At this time about the only matter Of policy on which
anything in the nature of official sentiment has been out
lined is in relation to the trial of the former kaiser for
his part in the war. Official opinion in Great Britain
and France appears to lean very strongly toward the
policy Of demanding the extradition of tho fugitive
Hohenzollern and his formal trial for violations of law
in precipitEting and conducting the war.
.
President Wilson is we'll ON his way across. the At
lantic en- route to the peace conference. Accompanied
by Secretary Lansing and former Ambassador White,
and a large clerical force, he set forth on the steamer
George Washington on Tuesday, expecting to reach Brest,
France, next Friday. The party will proceed at once
to Paris to prepare for the work of the great confer
ence.
The German political situation continues to be OBJ
scure, but from the uncertain light which is shed upon 1t
by dispatches from within the shaken empire, the south
German separatist movement appears almost to have run
its course. Eisner, who headed the movement for the
creation of a separate Bavarian republic, which. it was
said, might be joined by wurtemburg and saxony and
some OF the southern duchies and municipalities, seems
not to have been holding his own, and the movement for
a general German constituent assembly appears to grow
in force. That there is a decided lack of harmony with
are being made by members of the former government,
from the deposed emperor and his eldest son to subor-
dinate officials, to shift the burden of blame for starting
the war from their own shoulders to others
Following the departure Of the president the NOM
nation OF Representative Carter Glass for the position
of secretary of the treasury was made public. The ap-.
pointment was made before the president sailed, but
announcement was withheld until the nominee had de-
member of the house from Virginia for eighteen years,
and had just been elected for another term. Mr.. Glass
has, however, decided to accept the place, and will enter
upon his duties about the middle of the month unless
difficulties occur.