Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-24
WILSON'S LEAGUE
VIEWS ATTRACT
FRENCH LEADERS
Provision for Long Discussion Be-
fore Declaring War Meets
Especial Commendation
Among Statesmen.
FEEDING FREED PEOPLE

Paris Dee 24-Prcsidcnt Wilson has
virtually completed the prelimInarics
he is expected TO dispose of before going
90 England They probably have laid
the principal part Of the groundwork Tor
the actual Peace Conference.
Mir Wilson considers the most pressing
of all problems before the Entente nations
in fair way toward being solved. This
rs the question OF supplying food To the
starving peoples of the liberated countries
10 now seems probable that the work will
he handled principally by the United States
through Herbert G. Hoover. the American
Food Administrator II has been made
PLAN go the Entente nations that the
United States has no wish 20 claim entire
credit for the work Of relief in the minds
az the people who are 20 bc fed. and
satisfactory understanding appears to be
IN sight.
Yoop QUESTION TO LEAGUE.
Participation by the United States in
various councils that have been handling
tood questions, matters Of shipping and
he like, Is being gradually wound up. as
American officials are inclining toward
he opinion that these arc proper subjects
Tor the consideration OF League oi Ma
lions, or AT least II preliminary organlgs-
lions which may prcceic IT.
some or lhcSc VINO nave DcSn giving
he subjects close study and have been
following the conferences with Entente
representatives say they would not hC
surprised If the real foundation Of League
Of Nations were 70 nc laid in cooperative
arrsngcmcnts between tho l,nitcd States
and tho Allies for handling those tunda-
mental questions.
DISCUSSING WILSON s ADDRESS.
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IN Saturday. IN which hc again defined
his conception Of q League Of Nations. hiss
attracted much attention from all public
men here This Is especially true Of hrs
statement that the war could never have
occurred II the Central Powers had dis
clssed il for fortnight. and certainly not
Il they had been forced 10 talk matters
over for more than year
The Presidents address has recalled
that the United States. while William
Jennings Bryan was Secretary al State.
negotiated dozen arbitration treaties
one of them with Great Britain. These
treaties bound their signatoires 10 discuss
their controversies for 81 least year be
fore proceeding 10 declaration Of war
An attempt was made % negotiate such
treaty with Germany but the Berlin
Government refused 10 entertain il II
Is also recalled the same idea was once
expressed IN plan for preserving peace
put forward by 8 group headed BY Niscount
I3rvce former British Ambassador 20 the
| nltcd States
Therr j, no Official authority for the
statement that Mr. Wilson i thinking
of the BRYAN plan a. ono of the clements
IN the proposed machinery for preserving
world peace. but his reference 10 the plan
IN his ~orhonne speech mas set public
men to talking
WILSON AND PoENC.RE AGREE.
No announ> mcnt has been made IS
to how fsr the conferences between Mr.
Wilson. Premier Clcmenceau. Premier
Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino
have gone. but French public men have
declared that their Premier talks with the
President were entirely satisfactory IL
Is also believed that Mr. Wilson has made
substantial progress N his conferences
with Italian statesmen.
Almost on the eve Of the assembling
81 the peace congress delegates. the nited
states Is the only country which has deh-
ultelv and officially announced the CON-
position OF IT'S delegation News reports
have contained names of British. Italian.
belgian and Japanese delegates, but the
rench Foreign Office has received no
notification Of these appointments.
Z. :. COMMISSIONERS AT WORK.
The work of the American commis-
sluners Will not bc DELAYED by President
Wilson visit 10 England II Is stated
that the daily conferences will continue
among the delegates and the corps of
Specialists employed in the various hran-
chcs of the great undertaking and also
with such rcprcsentativ 81 the Entente
and neutral Governments at may wlsh 10
communicate with the American delegates
such discussion will naturally be puIely
lnforma.
Up to the present moment there has
been no definite decision as 10 when the
conference will hold its first session nor
ls Il known how NAV delegates will repre-
sent each OF the various nations Tho
delay IN arriving AZ an agreement Il
the date for beginning the conference
may be explained by the fact that there
has been no meeting 50 far between the
British and American delegates
WILSON'S LONDON VISIT.
Not much importance is attached "a
che number Of delegates each natlon viii
have because the delegations will act rs
units in the formal proceedings
The latest changes made by the British
Government in the itinerary Of President
" A11h fioAA W taiEAatA4 HblAA INK
bun bsck 20 Paris on New Years Dav.
lie will spend Thursday Friday and
Saturday in London. and viii have con
leTeD~cs on SATURDAY with Premier LLOYD
George Foreign Secretary Balfour. and
Andrew Bonar Law. Chancellor OF the f.
INehoquer The President viii h. Al
arllsle on sunday. and viii mako an
important speech in Manchester on Mon /
day. He vii return 10 London Tuesday (
and will les We the same dat for Paris I
y hnrn hc a nm nrtiNn Nndnnsdn.