The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-09
EUROPE PLANS
HIGH HONORS
TO BE PAID
PRESIDENT
General Holiday to be Oh
served in Paris When VIII
son Arrives Rulers
to Greet Party.
may CALL GARFIELD
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec 9.-During the prelim-
mary conversations to fix the program
for the peace conference it is probable
that the allied delegates will decide if
the organization of a society of ma
tions will be elaborated at the peace
congress or left to a further confer
ence, the Petit Journal says.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield has been asked
in readiness to join the peace delega-
ton in Paris to advise concerning
problems of fuel production and distri-
button. Similar requests have been re-
ceived by Henry P. Dawson, chair
man of the Red Cross war council and
Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the
war industries board. 1t is under
stood that the call for all three officials
may come shortly after the President
lands in France.
OCCASION OF CEREMONY
PARIS, Dec. elaborate plans are
being made by the French govern
ment for the entertainment of Presi-
dent Wilson. These plans include
various state dinners and official
calls and probably gala night at the
opera. The program will be completed
in the next few days.
Up to the present it has been decid-
ed that President Wilson upon arriv-
al at the Bois de Boulogne station at
10 o'clock Saturday morning will be
met by President Poincare and other
members of the French government
He will then go Immediately to the
Murat mansion which will be his
home while he is in Paris. No definite
decision has been reached as to what
the president will do on Sunday but
it is proba BILE he will drive about
Paris. 1t is possible that other plans
may be made before that time. Mr.
Wilson's drive on Monday to the
hotel de vile will be an occasion OF
considerable ceremony
School Children to Celebrate.
AS soon as possible after his ar
rival Mr.. Wilson will confer with Col
E. M. House. The conference prob
ably will take place at the "Maison
Blanche de Paris" Col House has
been quite busily engaged quite re-
Gently and is in position to furnish
the president with considerable in
formation which may be of value in
the task lying before him.
The school children of Paris will be
out in force when the president ar
rives. Thursday is usually a school
holiday in Paris, as Saturday is in the
U. S. King George of England and
King Albert of Belgium arrived in
Paris on Thursday so that the child
ren did not have an extra holiday
which the arrival of President Wilson
will give them.
Virtually all the mercantile estab-
lishments in Paris have notified their
employees that next Saturday will be
a full holiday. 1t is expected to be a
larger celebration than any before
seen in Paris. The streets near the
station where the president will arrive
will be filled with people. The Soc
ialists are taking great interest in
the occasion Of Wilson's visit.
ARRANGE DEMONSTRATION.
ROME, Sunday. Dec S-The Off
cials of the Italian foreign ministry
held conference today at the Ameri-
can embassy to decide on the program
for President Wilson's visit to Rome
Some difficulty is being encountered
because it is not known how long the
President will be here
President and Mrs. Wilson and the
Presidents party will be met at the
station by all the members of the cagi-
net, the mayor Of Rome, representa-
of the Roman municipalities and prom
inent men who wear the collar of the
Order of Annunciati, which entities
them to rank as cousins of the king.
Whether King Victor Emmanuel per-
sonally will go to the station to meet
the President or whether he will send
a member of the royal family has not
yet been decided. The American Wis
itors will be driven from the station to
the quirinal in royal carriages escorted
by the kings body guard. The queen
will welcome the party at the royal
palace.
Clubs and political associations have
arranged for demonstrations in the
street through which the President