The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-12-06
PRESIDENT WILSON
SAYS DUTY CALLS
Him TO FRANCE,
Final Terms by Spring,
Wilson Tells Congress
men. Will Keep in
Touch-Cables to Open
First F or Messages
From Him.

First f or Messages
From Him.
LONDON, Dec. 2.-The great aI-
lied conference at Downing Street
this week Is expected to map out a
general programme for Great Britain,
France and Italy, with the view to
eliminating all conflicts of interest.
The preliminary peace conference
is scheduled to begin ON Dec. 16, this
date having been fixed so President
Wilson may be enabled to acquaint
himself 10 the fullest with all pro-
posals reached.
PARIS, Dec. 2.IFourtsen Ameri-
can destroyers have been ordered to
proceed from Brest TO the Azores to
meet President Wilson.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-In an ad-
dress to Congress in joint session to-
day President Wilson formally an
nounced his intention to go to Paris
for the peace conference, saying the
allied governments have accepted
principles enunciated by him for
peace and it is his paramount duty to
be present. The president said he
will be in close touch by cable and
wireless and that Congress will know
all that he does on the other side.
referring to his announcement that
the French and British governments
had removed all cable restrictions M
on the transmission Of news of the
conference to America, the presi-
dent said he had taken over the Amer
lean cable system on expert advice
so as to make unified system avail
able.
He expressed the hope that Le
Tould have the eo-operatiou Of the
public and Of Congress. SAVING
through the cables and wireless con-
stan counsels and advice would be
possible.
Much Of the address was devoted
TO the railroad problem, for which the
president said he now had no solu-
ton to offer. He recommended care
ful study by Congress, saving II
would be disservice to the co1ntrv
ana to the railroads to permit q re-
turn 70 old conditions under private
management without notifications
Not After Permanent Control.
The president declared he stood
ready to release the railroads from
government control whenever a satis-
factory plan Of readjustment could
pe worked out. The president said
ne hoped to see formal declaration
OF peace by treaty "by the time spring
has come"
NO definite programme Of recon-
structlon can be outlined now. Mr..
Wilson said, but as soon as the ar
mistlce was signed government con-
troll OF business and industry was re.
leased as far as possible. He ex-
pressed the hope that Congress would
not object to conferring upon the
war trade board or some other
agency the right of fixing export
priorities to. assure shipment of fool
to starving people abroad.
AS to taxation, the president in
dorsed the plan for levying S6.00O.-
100000 in 1919 and for notifying
the public in advance that the 1920
levy will be $4,000. 100000.
The new three-year naval building
programme was indorsed because. the
president said, 1t would be unwise to
attempt to adjust the American pro-
gramme to a future world policy "a
yet undetermined.
Paying tribute to the peoples con-
duct in war, he spoke particularly of
the work OF women, and again ap-
peaied for woman suffrage by federal
Duty to Go to France.
Declaring he had no private
thought or purpose" in going to Eu-
rope, but that he regarded It az his
highest duty, the president said:
1T Is now my duty to play full
part in making good what they
Americas soldiers) offered their
LIES blood to obtain"
The president concluded after
speaking az minutes and left the
chamber amidst applause limited to
the Democratic side. Interruptions
Of the address for questions which
had been threatened by some Repub-
hcan members of the House did not
materialize.
Democratic representatives arose
and applauded vociferously when the
president announced his intention Of
going In person to the peace con-
ference. The Republican aide was
silent and 50 were many senators on