New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
President Is Expected
to Name Enjoys in
Address Before
Joint Session
Plans of Sailing
Are Completed
Correspondents to De-
part Sunday Noon
and President Leaves
Early in Week

WASHINGTON, Nov 81 by The AS
soclated Press ).-President Wilson's
plans for attending the peace confer
ence are all matured, with the excen-
tion of the day and hour of sailing.
His departure, however, is certain
early next week.
1t is entirely probable that the first
announcement of the personnel of the
American delegation will be made IN
the Presidents address at the opening
OF Congress, which will be delivered
on Monday or Tuesday. At the same
time the President may make a state
ment to the country as we'll as to Con
gress on his going to Europe, some
thing no other President has ever
done.
No News Censorship
The most important announcement
yet made in connection with the Off
cial plans for the peace conference
came to-day. 1t was declared that
there would be absolutely no censor
ship on the news which the American
newspaper correspondents send back
home. At the personal request of Pres
ident Wilson both the British and
French governments will entirely relax
all censorship on all American news
paper dispatches telling of the deliber-
ations.
Furthermore, to facilitate the trans
mission of news to this country. the
government, through its recently &C
quired control of the cable lines.
will give news a preference in
transmission second only to gov
ernment official business News
will take preference over all COM
mercial business on the cable lines.
George Creel, chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Information, also an
nounced to-day that the committees
machinery in Paris would exercise
nothing whatever approaching a cen
sorship on the dispatches telling of the
progress of the conference All the
committees facilities, Mr.. Creel said.
are to be devoted to helping American
newspaper correspondents get the
news back home
No Restriction on Passage
The committees Offices in Paris will
De used as a headquarters for news
paper correspondents. Stenographers,
typewriters and interpreters are to be
provided.
Until two or three days ago there
were grave doubts as to whether any
American newspaper correspondents at
all would be permitted to accompany
President Wilson on the trip. There
was, however, to be no restriction on
the passage of newspapermen to France
by any means they might find avail
able
Mr.. Creel took the position that the
American people should be informed of
the movements of the President at all
times, through their only source of in
formation, which is the daily news
papers, and upon his repre- esentations
il finally was decided to include a cor
respondent of The Associated Press
and, correspondents of the other press
associations in the Presidents official
party aboard the liner George Wash
ington.
Transport Provided for Press
1t was decided at the same time 70
give passage to correspondents of in
dlvldual newspapers on the armv
transport Orizaba. which will sail from
Hoboken Sunday at noon. She will he
part Of the convoy of the Presidents
ship, which will include the sune,-
dreadnought Pennsylvania and num-
Der OF other naval vessels.
Besides the Presidents official partv
the George Washington will carry q
naval crew of more thar 900 officers
and men, 1t seems to settled. al