Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-20
DISCUSSES TRIP
TO EUROPE WITH
CABINET LEADERS
President Arranges to Be
Kept Advised Constant
ly on Matters.
GOVERNMENT NOW CONTROLS
CABLES ACROSS ATLANTIC
This Will Assure Absolutely Sc
cret Communication Between
Wilson and Washington.
NO DATE is YET DECIDED UPON
iost-Oficc Department Explains Why
Wire Service to Old World
Is Taken Over.
GOVERNMENT NOW CONTROLS
CABLES ACROSS ATLANTIC
NO DATE is YET DECIDED UPON

WASHINGTON, November l9.-Pres-
idcnt Wilson. in n two hours session
with members OF his Cabinet to-day.
discussed tho preliminary plans OF his
Trip abroad as the head Of Americas
delegation to the peace conference.
The President. II was learned. does
rot believe that he will experience any
difficulty in directing the affairs OF the
country while nc is in Europe. During
his absence tho Cabinet will meet reg
ularly. and he will be kept advised
constantly on everything of Importance
that transpircs here. one OF the main
reasons for the government taking
control OF the cables is to insure alb
solutcly secret and uninterrupted com
'nunication between the President and
the officials of this country while ne
Is In France.
No other Information was fo-thcom-
ing from the White House as TO the
date of the Presidents departure, save
hat IL Will be early IN December. or
The personnel Of our peace allegation
/, is believed that the president may
represented at Versailles by proxy.
colonel House. the Presidents personal
adviser. who is now in France. viii
suggested. While developments both
here and abroad make Impossible the
Practically agreed ;ha. the following
men will be among the lot:
Secretary OF state Lansing. secretary
u War Baker Elihu Roo, and Colonel
House.
oyernIeh, gossip slimina,sa ,Ia,,s,d bo;h oh
There remains the possibility. how
ever OF former President Taft. and
Justice nrandeis being. numbered
table. and Samuel Go,npers. president
Of the American Federation OF Labor
also has been mentioned
Baker and Colonel House. though. all
states are gathered from tho thin air"
as nothing definite has come from the
President and none OF his aids care
10 tell what they believe he will do.
INVITATIONS ARRIVE FROM
MANY EUROPEAN CITIES
ManE !nvi,ations from cities and mu;
ncipaN:!cs IN France. England and
When tho work OF rcoccupying Belgium
is completed TO the extent where ma
,lyes OF that unfortunate land may
from there likewise Will nc for,hcom-
ing The burden of all those which
have come Is the same; they want
or OF u call. II the pressiden, would
ever undertake to visi: all the places
that want 10 SO" him. and hone to see
him, he would be gone from this coun-
trv for n wear at least. it is believed.
oGiciais believe however that lie
may visit London. Brussels and Rome
the capitals OF three Of tho major al
lics.-in addition TO Paris. where he will
make his Headquarters during tho con-
ference. Arrangements are now under
way in France to preparc n lavish re-
by delegation OF French officials.
headed by President Poincare and he
will be escorted in state 10 the Hotel
de VILE, in Paris.
1iDlOmattc
ter here to-day that the seven Latin
American countries that followed our
Sethcr with the four that severed diplo..
matte relations with the enemy. had
decided 10 lump their interests at
the peace conference and to ask Presi-
dent Wilson 20 be their spokesman.
The state Dcpartmcnt. however. knew
nothing Of tho report. If it should later
provc to 10 correct. the Presidents
rosition as the defcndc~ Of small ma
lions would be trcmendousl" fortified
nv such evidence of faith rcposed in
him by nations that went 10 war solely
because they knew the United States
was fighting for the right.
SENATOR TO OPEN ATTACK
ON SECRET CABLE POLICY
senator Watson. Of Indiana. an
nornced TO-DAY that he will address the
senate next Thursday on the action OF
inc President in taking over the con-
t-ol Of the cable systems. In his speech
he intends to criticize this action upon
the ground that the ending OF the war
maze II unnecessary.
At the conference Of the Republicans
today Senator Watson vigorously de-
nounced tho taking. over OF the cables.
crrment control was to facilitate n
strict censorship over all the news
co"ing from the ncacc conference. lie
said that George C"eel. chairman Of the
commit.ee on public Information. in
tended to so abroad with n staff Of his
rssictantS. and that through the control
&c the cables IL would be impossible for
rewsrancr correspondents to get
,hrnueh any news Of the conference un-
Ices Il w"s sanctioned bv the Creel
N""can. I've expressed the fear also
that tho Jurisdiction over the cables
would be cn,rloyed to spread propa-
r.opda favnrn hle TO certain interests Mt
tho rcace table and that accurate news
r,~a-din~ What the peace conferoes do
'scra,or Watson said that in his
,~~"oh r""' Thu.~d"- ~" would repeat
hose things to tho Senate.
r,;RLESON ANNoIiNCES
TAKING; OVER CABLE LINES
Absolute necessity Of unint erruptcd.
continuous communication for the gov
ernmcnt during the period of read
night by Postma st err General Burieson
for the Presidents decision TO take
control OF tho. cable systems.
While no reierence to the protest of
clarence Mackay, head OF the postal
cable system. Is made in Mr. RurIeson's
formal statement. II was intmated bv
q high Post -Onlce Department officiai
that further statement would bc
fort hcoming within a few days.
without referring specifically 10 tho
Presidents coming visit to EuroDe. Mr.
Burleson says:
.'There never was a time In the his
tory Of this war for which this Joint
resolution was passed giving tho Presi-
, don't the right to control the wire and
sabe systems which called for such
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