Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-15
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Is. 1915
President and Peace Conference.

Very interesting newspaper discussion
has been started, ON the hccls Of the
cessation Of war, in respect of the Peace
Conference that must to hcld 70 formu-
late terms Of final settlement Tie qies-
ton Is whether President Wilson shall
bc member Of the conference
It is conceded that hy reason Of his
intimate connection with All the details
OF war procedure from tho first, hls vast
knowledge Of all the muliitudrons trans
actions, and bis Acknowledged dirlo-
matte ablLty. Prr~dcut Wilson WooId ho
vauahc a4 uc!l Il al influential, mcm-
bcr Of the Peace Conference Il las
been asserted that should H attend as
delcgatc, IL would aesurceiIy TO chosen
presiding officer OF The conference
Just now It Is assumed tIat Tie Peace
Conference VIII bc hciI III some luo-
pcan city. and President Wilson at-
tendance as Il delegate would ncccssiatc
his departure from tins country Ard iie
period II hJe absence would hc indefinite
rs tho grave questions that ate crr.a1n to
press Tor settlement VIII require months
perhaps wears. "a, consideration ana dc-
termination President Wilson 'orm VIII
cNprc Two years trem Tie fourth aas Il
March. 1910 IH- Itacc Conference
duties nlght keen Ban engaged outside Il
the country Jmt aftcr thc SEPARATION "f
his term. and meanwhile lhe co"ntH
would hc deprived oi us >rr1 a"d his
invaluable aid hcrc at louc
Also. there Is ~ "nnVr,ten lN
against TIC President If t!r l.r5fcd states
Leaving his country de'nr hs term g.
Office This unur.stcn av ha> -e.dam
been ignored, anI only n urln ro:t.nt
instances Segl As President Mckinney
Sop iuto Fua-h territory Ii CaIada.
when lo rrs .o RtG4lo to attend tile
Exposition Vlr Is nef liz tatc 8. ,tr
hands y. 81 asses in ira T'e~#crt
Taft'~ visit ~ f!c Panama oana. l-c
other INSTANCES v,fc equally ummportart.
ana fcw Ia number
That tins '',.np uttel Law StoUid le
strictly observed! especially III respect ii
the PIe>llcn; ,aa.re !ouruev ae-o>s the
Atlantic Ocean. WI le generally aI-
mitted. The Ifc-ld,I, ot tA, lu;cd
States IS elected to serve bis country
here 1T home, a,l4 here ID ~hoaId STAY
during his fall term ot Office 80 matter
how desirable il might hc to lIave Inn
participant III international conferences
IL foreign coun,ncs. IT is held to he iar
better that lie should remain at home
This sentiment. long respected III our
country, is likely 10 prove forceiul OBJ
s4acle to q yielding hy Nj Wilson ia the
equally manifest sentiment that the Com !
ing Peace Conference would lie ioth
steadied and strengthened by hi~ pres
ence as an active and influential mcm-
Der. But to this clcmen. of opposition
there has been advanced the suggestion
that the Peace Coniero,co be hold N this
country II held hero i il argued the
President could be member and at the
same time be II position ID gyc attention
to his official duties But il VIII be adj
mitted that tins would II s,upcnQouz
task for him 10 assume
4 Peace Conference for determining
the details of ending war was he'd
IN this country. 1t tie cessation Of
hostillties Of the Kus>o-Japape,c War
OF l904-5 BY invitation of President
Roosevelt, the conference came here
and was he'd ., ihc navy ward u Ports
mouth, ~ H. II was VERY Interesting
occasion. l. made precedent however
for having the next Peace Conference fol-
lowing foreign war held il our coCntr,
and il might he we'll 70 hold here
Certainly, i- proceedings "oIid, hN
reasons of distance from tie scents Of
active var operations, be far removed
from the effect of local Influences.
But, whether The Peace Conference
shall be bold here q ID i4ropy there is
little doubt tie concensa- n sound pub
lic opuiou VII Dc thaf III wilson houi4
NOT b Ill active ncmbyr ~ wI have
enough o oo iu pcr.oinan4 H ard.ou-
dutic> Is President s. II. n.-,t ~tate-