Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-11-27
WILSON TO co
TO PEACE MEET
Officially Stated He viii Head the
United States Peace
Mission.
Wife TO ACCOMPANY HIM
White House Announcement Says Mrs
Wilson and Official Delegates Will
Go With President, Who is to
Insist on League of Nations.

Washington. Nov. 2O.-President
Wilson will head this country's dele
CATION to the peace conference. He ex-
| poets to sail for France within a day
or two after December ,. the opening
of the regular session of congress.
This was officially announced at the
White House. The statement is as
| follows:
The president expects to sail for
France Immediately after the opening
| OF the regular session of congress for
the purpose of taking part in the dis
| cussion and settlement of the main
features of the treaty of peace.
tits not likely that it will be pos
| sible for him to remain throughout the
sessions of the formal peace confer
! ence, hut his presence at the outset is
| necessary In order to Obviate the mani
! fest disadvantages of discussion by
cable in determining the general out
lines of the final treaty, on which he
| must necessarily be consulted.
| "He will of course, be accompanied
by delegates who will sit as the repre-
! sentatives of the United States
throughout the conference The names
of the delegates will be presently an
nounced."
Mrs. Wilson will accompany the
president 1t was learned, and the en-
tire delegation-peace ENJOYS, secre-
taries, stenographers and the like
will probably sail on one of the Ameri-
can battleships, possibly the Pennsyl-
vana.
The presidents announcement SEP.
| ties two questions. The first of these
is the fact that the peace cor iereoce
will be an early one, beginning in ] e.
| cember; the second Is that it will he
held at Versailles.
The president will appear before
congress. presumably on the day its
regular session opens, TO explain more
| infinitely the reasons why, at this time.
il is imperative for him to go abroad.
His reasons. it was said, will go far
toward notifying the feeling in GER
tain quarters of the senate and the
house that it is unwise for him to
leave the country.
There are two outstanding reasons
! why the presidents attendance Is nee
essary at the peace conference. He
wants to preserve the unity of counsel
| that brought victory to the allies and
! America on the battlefield, and which,
! characterized the sessions of the SUI
preme war council at Versailles. and
he also wants to make secure the foun-
/ datons of League of Nations.
The latter is his plan for world and
| lasting peace and he is so strongly
| convinced of its efficacy that he is go
ing to Europe to put it.into concrete
/ form.
| BY common consent and appreciation
| of all the allies the president will as
| sumo the Leading role at the moment
Gus conference The position Of the
| United States N the great war, coupled
with his position as this nations
! spokesman, will make him the chief
| figure and one whose word will com
mand the respectful audience of all
! civilization.
He will be able to see the peace con-
| ference started with the fright foot for
| ward" and officials and diplomats here
| believe that will be half the battle for
| the eventual anicable settlement Of
! the grave questions it will have before