The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
WILSON'S TALK
. WITH POF.MIER
ST.: factory
Am = Ieader Discusses
All ; Peace Points Inform
ally With Lloyd George and
BaIfOur-- Does Most Talking

| LONDON, Dec. 2T.--President VIII
sons conferences today with British
| statesmen are described In American
| quarters as having been very satistac-
| tory. The president spent more than
three hours before Premier Lloyd
! Georges luncheon In most intimate dis
| eussion with the premier and Foreign
I Secretary Balfour at buckingham pail
ace, going over the general aspect OF
| the IA points of his peace program.
No one particular phase was taken
| up, but the discussion wits general. NO
official announcements were made and
| afterward the president continued the
discussions with the British statesmen
at the luncheon in Downing street and
later resumed them at Buckingham
| palace.
Ii was learned a great deal Of prog
ress was made in making clear some
phases of the presidents points which
are uppermost in the minds of the
British, principally as regards the aues-
tion of British naval supremacy,
At Buckingham palace before the
luncheon, President Wilson, the prime
| minister and the foreign secretary met
in one of the rooms of the pre- dents
suite before a cheertui open fire, WITH
no secretaries or documents to lend
any air Of formality. 1t was an en-
tirely informal conference, intended to
develop the most intimate aspects.
On All Points.
The president did a great deal Of
the talking, and it was said afterward
that nothing developed to show that
any substantial difference in principle
or in fundamentals existed. The dis
cussion ranged about the freedom OF
the seas, the league of nations and
the attendant proposition Of the reduc-
ton of ornaments.
None of these three subjects were
discussed specifically or by itself, AS
they are considered inseparable in the
final analysis, so the first purpose Of
the conference was to develop what
might be the differences of opinion to
the point where they might be clarified,
Mrs, Wilson was entertained at
small luncheon party today by the
cluded Mrs, David Lloyd George, Mrs.
John w. Davis, wife of the American
ambassador and Mrs, II. II. Asauith,
Forty American correspondents who
arrived here with President Wilson
we're taken in charge by the goVern-
ment as its guests. They were given
dinner last night by Lord Robert
Cecil, former minister Of blockade, at
the Savoy hotel The Newspaper Pros
prietors association gave q dinner In
their honor today.
Londons morning newspapers, having
suspended puDllfRliQna Hlnce. IpeHuhy LQf
the Christmaa hnlsdaySs h3sa, 70 fifla
space II today tfof u NJ sdssal 4stA from
the world, Neverth eless, by Tar the
largest part OF every paper is given
over to President Wilson's visit, other
news being severely condensed
Throughout the descriptive articles,
as we'll as the editorials, qualification
Is expressed over Mr. Wilson'S pres
ence and the peoples joyous welcome,
which is declared to have been the
warmest tribute to a distinguished ris-
itor that London has ever known. There
is a strain of sympathetic personal
greeting running through all the sto-
ries and the writer's regard the pop
ular acclamations of the president as
being animated by the same spirit.
President Wilson'S journey was a
triumphal procession from the moment
he landed" says the Mail 'and 1t was
real, sincere affection and no mere
| curiosity that brought to HIS ears the
| tremendous acclamations Of the people
| of London. There have been more ex-
cited crowds here, but never crowds
that so impressedly expressed their
warm hearted hospitality"
The Telegraph says: