Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-04

Washington, Dec. 3.-President Will son began tonight his trip to Europe to attend the peace conference.
 The President left Washington on a special train for Kew York, where to- morrow he and his party board the transport, which includes Mrs. Wilson and her mother, Mrs. Wm. II. Boiling, will board the transport George Wash ington on which the voyage across the Atlantic will be made
 No announcement was made as to the Presidents itinerary but it was understood that the George Washing ton would steam from New York with her naval convoy some time tomorrow, probably in the morning. About seven days will be required for the trip and the ship will dock at d French port presumably Rrest.
 Only three of the five American rep resentatives to the peace conference as announced at the White House last week will cross will on the former North German Lloyd liner. They are the president himself. Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Henry White, former ambassador to France and Italy Colonel E. M House, and General Tasker H. Bliss, the other two members now are in France and will join the president there.
 Rear Admiral H. s. Knapp and Cap tain Wm. V. Pratt are accompanying the Presidential party and will report to Admiral Benson, naval representa- tive with Colonel House on the peace mission, as his Assistants. Admiral Knapp has been in command of the naval forces in Haiti and San Domin- go, and Captain Pratt who is assistant chief of naval operations has been acting head of the bureau of opera tions during the absence aboard of Admiral Benson.
 Secretaries of the peace delegation will be Jos. c. Grew, former secretary of embassy at Berlin and later charge at Vienna and who now is in Paris, making preliminary arrangements; Leland Harrison of the Latin Ameri- can division, and Phillip H. Patchin, confidential assistant to Secretary Lansing.
 Wm. McNeir, goes as disbursing of- lcer, and s. Y. Smith, as draughting officer and a large force of clerical assistants from the State Department is accompanying the party.
 Conveying the Presidential ship when she put to sea tomorrow will be the uper-dreadnaught Pennsylvania and fleet of fifteen destrOyers under personal command of Admisal Henry T. Mayo, commander in chief, of the Atlantic fleet. Ten of the destroyers will turn back after AS hours but the other five and the Pennsylvania will continue across the Atlantic
 Off the coast of rFance the Presi- dential ship will be met by two divis- ions of the Atlantic fleet and escorted to port.
 Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, will be in command of the chief division which include the uper-dreadnaught The President does not expect to be abroad for more than six weeks, which would give him just a month on Eu- ropean soil. Before the peace confer iers Lloyd George of Great Britain, Clemenceau, of France, and Orlando. of Italy and probably with King AL bert of Belgium to discuss the salient points of the peace treaty.
 While in Europe MT. Wilson plans to visit Enlgand and Italy as well as France and he may go to Brussels He also is understood to intend to make a pilgrimage to some of the battle fields in France. Great preparations have been made in London. Paris and Rome for the Presidents reception. Joseph P. Tumultyfi the Presidents S Secretary accompanied MT. Wilson to New York, but will not go abroad He will return to Washington to conduct the business of the White House and ! will be the eyes and ears of the Presi- dent in this country MT. Tumulty will be in frequent communication with | the President by cable and will keep him fully advised of events at home. President Wilson did not go to the Union Station until short while be- fore the time for his train to depart
 As he and Mrs. Wilson entered the station the crowd there cheered and soldiers and sailors who were wait 1 ing for trains, formed a human lane through which the President and Mrs ! Wilson walked to the train shed.
 . When some of the crowd wished
 the President "good luck" and "pleas. ant voyage" Mir. Wilson smilingly l called back "Thank you
 ] Just before the train pulled out ol the station, the personnel of the par ] ty AkOArd was announced.