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was added that he feels this position
Is In oonsonance with his expressed
attitude that no one nation should as
sumo the role Of master at the con-
ference.
0mciai PhoteGraph Taken.
During President wilson's inspec-
tion OF the American Peace Mission
headquarters in the Hotel de Criilon
yesterday an official photograph was
made Of the President and the other
delegates by army photographers.
President Wilson sat In the centre,
with Secretary Lansing and Col.
House on his right. and with Henry
white and Gen. Bliss on his left.
The photograph was taken in the con-
ference room of the American head
quarters. which overlooks the broad
Place de In Concorde, where stood
the guillotine during the French
Revolution
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
late this evening motored in a driving
rain to the Franco-American Commit
tee rooms on the Champs Elysees,
which Is lined with captured enemy
guns. They were received by several
hundred members and guests, and
President Wilson shook hands with all
of them.
The President ana Mrs. Wilson re-
ynained In the rooms for half an hour.
Crowds Of persons. knowing the Pres
ident and his wife were inside.
Thronged the sidewalks, notwithstand-
Ing the downpcur, and when they
drove of cheered them.
It has rained for three days and
the President Is beginning to feel his
enforced confinement. but he is in
perfect health. The President Is hop
ing that better weather soon will let
him outdoors more.
The reason given for President
Wilson's desire to make an early visit
TO England. It In understood is that
he has found it might be necessary
to return TO Washington much sooner
than he had expected. Whether this
means q change in the Presidents
entire programme. including his Jour-
ney to Italy. is not known here.
Possible Reason for Delay.
An interesting feature OF the dis
cussion of the Presidents intended
vtsit, beginning next Thursday, is
that the present British Cabinet is
technically not in a position to speak
for the Government until the result
OF the recent elections are known on
December rs. There Is little doubt.
however that Premier Lloyd George
and his associates have been reelected.
The President personally has taken
! q hand in seeing that the United States
IS informed Of what is going on in the
peace conferences. He took the first
step last night at his conference with
the other American delegates. It was
decided and later announced that the
delegates would see American news
paper correspondents each morning
for a frank discussion of develop
ments and the proceedings of the con-
ferences.
The American peace commissioners
conferred with American newspaper
correspondents for the first time to-
day. All other correspondents were
excluded. 1t was stipulated that none
OF the announcements to be made
vaa for purposes of publication. being
only for the guidance OF the corre-
spondents.
The date Of the first meeting of the
fnterallied conference has not been de-
rermined. nor has the date of the first
assembling Of the peace congress. 1t
has not been determined whether the
actual sessions win be open. President
Wilson's inclination Is said to be that
the sessions Be open as far as is possi-
; bie. but II Is expected that Il will de-
veiop that much OF the work will be
done confidentialiy and then perfected
openly
1t seems probable that German rep
resentatives will not figure In the pre-
Lminaries, and until these are disposed
OF 1t cannot be decided whether the
, neutrals win be invited to discuss the
subject OF a league OF nations. The
consensus OF the best informed observ-
ers here seems to be that they ulti-
mately win be so invited.
II seems evident that Americans
may expect that tho announcements
. on the progress OF the conferences
, win be Of a very limited nature until
after the new year, the intervening
time being taken up by exchanges
which are necessarily confidential.