New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
President, i'm Interview,
Declares Entente Must
Pool All Its Interests
Chance to Earn
Worlds Gratitude
Frank Anglo American
Understanding Neces-
T sary to Success, He Says

PARIS, Dec. 20.-"I am confident
that the big council of statesmen of
the world will be able to reach a just
and reasonable solution of the prob
lens that will be presented to them,
and thus earn the gratitude of the
world for the most cordial and neces-
sary service which has ever been rem
dered it, said President Wilson in an
interview to-day, referring to the ap-
preaching peace conference
The interview was given to the cor
respondent of "The London Times" In
it the President is reported to have
stated his views on the question of the
freedom of the seas and to have con-
trasted the evils of the Vienna con-
gress with hopeful outlook for the
Versailles congress-
Must Represent People
Lord Northcliffe, editor of "The Lon
don Times" has given The Associated
Press copy of the interview, from
which the following extracts have been
made:
"The congress of Vienna, the core
spondent says President Wilson told
him, was a congress of bosses; the
delegates were concerned more with
their own interests and the classes they
represented than the wishes of their
peoples"
Versailles, as President Wilson
said,' the interviewer continues. must
I be a meeting place of the servants. Of
the peoples represented by delegates.
and he added: there is no master mind
who can settle the problems of to-day,
To Pool All Ideas
If there is anybody who thinks he
knows what is in the mind of all
peoples, that man is a fool. We have
all got to put our heads together and
pool everything, we have got for the
benefit of the ideals which are common
to ALL
ASKED whether he would visit the
Grand Fleet, President Wilson replied
that he was afraid he would not have
time, adding that he fully realized that
behind the great armies there was the
strong, silent and watchful support of
the British navy in securing the COM
munications of the Allies.
He referred also to the very happv
comradeship and cooperation between
the British and American naves"
Holds Anglo-SaxOns Honest
The correspondent then adds:
president Wilson, in discussing the
role of the British feet in the main
tenance of what, at any rate during the
war, had been the freedom of the seas
tor the free people of the world, spoke
with sincerity which no amount OF
writing can convey. His accents con-
vinced me that he is a believer in the
decency and honesty Of the Anglo
Saxon race. He said:
Urges Frank Cooperation
1T is essential for the future peace
Of the world that there should be tho
frankest cooperation and most eener-
Gus understanding between the two
English speaking democracies. We com
prehend and appreciate, I believe, the
grave problems which the war has
brought to the British people and fully
understand the special international
questions which arise from the fact OF
your peculiar position as an island
empire"
The correspondent declared that he
left the President with the assurance
ringing in my ears that he desired to
cooperate with the British and with all
the Allies in securing, with their coun-
sci, new state of affairs throughout
the world"