The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-27
Wickersham Says Vice
President Must Act
in Meantime.
MAY BE J ENJOYS
Eleventh-hour Decision
May See One or Two
Senators Chosen.
Creel Going.

he II ont Of tho country, George W.
Wickersham. encouragement in the
Taft administration, tonight declared
before the council on foreign rcia tons.
He said that the constitution makes
lit mandatory upon Vice President
Marshall to assumes the Office OF
president, IL Mr.. Wilson leave the
United States.
ME-. Wickersham also mentioned the
law by which bin passed by con-
srssss automatically becomes law M
lcss returned by the president within
ten days, and said for this reason too.
the president should not be absent
from the scat OF government
About 100 lawyers, educators.
bankers and business men attended
The meeting.
Washington, Nov, 2s.-Complete
arrangements have been made for
President Wilson'S trip to the peace
conference.
He viii sail next week Immediately
upon the convenTg of congress, and
will be absent from the United States
for not more than six weeks. TINS
period VIII include the time consumed
| in the voyages to and from Europe
The personnel of the peace dele
CATION from this country will be made
public at the White House as soon
as the superintendent of the allie d
| nations is agreed upon This means
that the United States delegation will
conform numerically with those Of
Great Britain France and italy.
| Among those In the presidential
party will be Am hassador Jusserand,
Of France, and Count Macchi di Cell
lore, the Italian am bassa dor. both OF
| whom have seen invited by the presi-
| dent 10 make tho voyage with him
| The presence Ct Ambassador di Gel
| lore indicates that the president viii
visit italy.
The final touches tc The arraag-
I erfste nts4were made by the presideu' At
| today's cabinet meet. which possibly
i will be the last cabinet meeting be-
! fore his departure. He was in ses-
ision with his advisers for two hours.
The admi,ii-' ration today let IL be-
come emrhat'caiiy known that George
| Creefs i.orerdns expedition u Fn-
rope. perhaps as a member of the
nresident'~ immediate party does not
| American newsrao.rman covering
the conference will be censored.
! Not limit srribcs.
| On the contrary, II was declared by
one Official. every possible facility will
! he placed at the DISPOSAL of accredit-
ed newspaper correspondents In
/ France to enable them to get the
news ofthe momentous sessions home.
| The presidents vessel will carry
/ sns1 Tan
while other newspapern' en- viii be
given accommodations on a navy ves-
! sci. which will act as n convoy 10 the
! presidents chin. There Will be no
J limitations on the rewSnanermen 60
/ ing abroad, EXCEPT the press assocta-
tion representatives on the presiden-
i tsal steamer,
/ With regard to censorship" ii was
declared, that the action OF the gov
| ernment in taking over the cables
could not be construed as presaging
"a censorship, This report was placed
| in the same category by administra-
/ ton officials. MS the one which init
mated that Mr. Creel's departure
meant a censorship of news.
/ Pecanse of the many preparation,
that are being made in England for
the pres dents reception, /. is believ-
cd that that country Will be the first
visited. Only a short time will hs
spent there. however. and then the
president will go TO Paris The rresi
| dent intends to spend as short a
time as is POSSIBLE abroad and his
intimate advisers decry the report
that he will be gone for three months.
They term this statement pure
bunk" In n very short time. pos
sihly within the next two days. the
president will make public the per-
sonnet of the peace delegation. his
sailing. the name of the ship that
will carry him and the exact time he
, expects to be gone.
| 1t is generally believed that the
! United States peace ENJOYS will he
five in nunbr, but seven may be the
| final number This Is one of the
reasons why their names were not
made public today. Another reason
why their names were not given out
TODAY. is the fact that the president,
as yet, has not fully made UP his mind
on all of the selections. An eleventh
hour decision may see one or two
senators chosen. If the delegation
is limited to five, there will be one
senator, and two. II seven are named.
This action. it Is argued. would allay
much OF the resentment now exist
ing In the senate. because of the pres
idents apparent disrp gard of that
body in the makeup of the delegation.
The presidents vessel will carry
the entire peace delegation. lumber
ing two or three hundred persons
in addition to the president Mrs, Will
son. Ambassadors Jusserand and hi
Cellore and their immediate families
This number VIII include nor only
the peace ENJOYS and their wives. but
also the many clerks, stenographers
and secretaries. who will compose one
part of this country's peace-makins
activities.