Arizona republican., 1918-11-14
WILSON $ MIND
 OPEN 0N PLANS. TO ATTEND THE PEACE MEETING
Risk lis Too Great, Say Some e-Lansing Expected To Bear Brunt of Work No Encouragement For Solf-U Understood w Council Has Paved Way For Quick Session

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-President Wilson was said today to have given no indication as to how he regards the suggestions from high sources in Flu rope that he attend the great conrer- ence which is to re-establish the peace of war-tOrn world.
 Most of the presidents advisors, however, are understood to consider that acceptance of the invitations would involve needless risk and would serve no purpose that could not be accom- plished through the delegates who will be appointed to represent the American government and who will be in constant communication with Washington.
 Should the president decide 10 attend the conference-and some of those usu- ally well informed say he has an open mind on the subject-that fact would not mean, in the belief here, that Sec retary Lansing would be a member of the American delegation. It was said that upon MT. Lansing would fall much of the weight of the heavy tasks con- nected with American participation in the conference, not only by virtue of his high rank, but also because of his wide experience in other international. conferences and arbitrations.
 Ante Conference Unlikely
 l IT. foreign secretary, for a preliminary peace conference had not reached Washington in official form tonight. but it is understood there is little prob ability of it's acceptance. Such con- ference is regarded here as unnecessary and as likely to complicate uselessly the work of the general conference when it is held.
 Ostensibly, Dr. Solfs proposal is based upon the urgent need of Germany for food and other supplies but it is pointed out that these conditions will be dealt with by the United States and the allies in advance of the peace con ference, under the general pledges con- tained in the arnisJtce and given by the supreme war council at Versailles.
 Further assurance on this subject is given the German government by See retary Lansing, who, in a note handed ! today to the Swiss minister in reply to one from Friederich Ebert. the German i chancellor, said the president is ready 10 consider favorably the supplying Of i foodstuffs- to Germany and. to take up the matter with the allied governments, ] upon assurances that public order will | be maintained in Germany and an equitable dist ibution of the food is guaranteed
 Solf's Purpose Suspected | In some quarters here it is suspected ! that Dr. Solf's real purpose is to have | the preliminary conference dispose of 1 political matters, such as the future of ! the German colonies and trade relations . between the central powers and the ma y tions with which they had been at war. in the hope of being thus able speedily to e-establish German foreign trade.
 All of the old treaties of amity and commerce under which international trade has been conducted between the warning nations. automatically have been destroyed by the war. and it will be necessary to provide a whole new | fabric of trade treaties.
 The peace conference may signify it's own ideas as to how these shall be ! framed. but it will remain for the in dividual nations to give these ideas concrete form in special treaties. r Council Prepared the Way
 The supreme war council in Yer
 sailles did more than consider the sub
 ject of armistices. and it is now learned
 that for a long time preceding the final
 collapse of the central powers much
 study and attention was given to the
 subject of final peace in all of it's rami-
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