The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-29
WILSON TO co
TO PEACE MEET
Officially Stated He Will Head the
United States Peace
Mission.
Wife TO ACCOMPANY HIM
White House Announcement Says Mrs.
Wilson and Official Delegates Will
Go With President, Who Is to
Insist on League Of Nations.

Washington, Nov. 20.-President
Wilson will head this country's dele
cation TO the peace conference. He ex-
poets TO sail for France within a day
or two after December >, the opening
OF the regular session of congress.
This was officially announced at the
White House. The statement Is as
follows:
The president expects to sail for
France Immediately after the opening
OF the regular session Of congress for
the purpose of taking part In the dis
cussiOn and settlement of the main
features of the treaty Of peace.
1T is not likely that ii will be pos
sible for him to remain throughout the
sessions Of the formal peace confer
ence, but his presence at the outset Is
necessary in order to Obviate the mani
fest disadvantages of discussion by
cab. In determining the general out.
lines Of the final treaty, on which he
necessarily be consulted.
ii will, of course, be accompanied
by delegates who will sit as the rep
resentativeS Of the United States
throughout the conference. The names
Of the delegates will be presently an
nOunced."
Mrs. Wilson will accompany the
president, it was learned, and the en-
tire delegation-peace ENJOYS, secre-
taries, stenographers and the like
will probably sail on one of the Ameri-
can battleShips, possibly the Pennsyl-
yania.
The presidents announcement set
ties two question. The first of these
Is the fact that the peace conference
will be an early one beginning in De-
cember; the second is that ii will be
held at Versailles.
The president will appear before
congress, presumably on the day it's
regular session opens, to explain more
minutely the reasons why, at this time,
1t Is imperative for him to go abroad.
His reasons ii was said, will 60 far
toward modifying the feeling In GER
tain quarters OF the senate and the
house that 1t is unwise for him to
leave the country.
There are two outstanding reasons
why the presidents attendance is nee
essary at the peace conference. He
wants to preserve the unity Of counsel
that brought victory to the allies and
America on the battlefield, and which
characterized the sessions Of the su.
preme war council at Versailles, and
he also wants to make secur the
foundations of a League of Nations.
The latter is his plan for world and
lasting peace and he is so strongly
convinced Of its efficacy that he is GO
Ing to Europe to put it into concrete
form.
BY common consent and appreciation
OF all the allies the president will as
sumo the leading role at the
tous conference. The position Of the
United States In the great war, coupled
with his position as this nations
spokesman, will make him the chief
figure and n whose word will com.
mand the respectful audience of all
civilization.
He will be able to see the peace con-
ference started with the fright foot
forward" and officials and diplomats
here believe that will be half the bat
tie for the eventual amicable settle
ment OF the grave questions 1t will
have before 1t.