Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
WILSON CHRISTMAS
: : DINNER IN CAMP
WITH U.S.S0LD|ERS
]. President Getting Many Reports
Through Diplomatic Agencies
and Expert Investigators
for Conference.
FULL REPORTS FOR u. S.

Paris. Dec. 2O.-Premier Or lando ent
Foreign Min ster Sonnno of tally VII
meet President Wilson to-day.
The American Ambassador, William
G. Sharp. as dean of the Diplomati
Corps. has arranged to present all tn
Ambassadors and Ministers accreditet
To the French Government to fresiden
Wilson on Friday at the Murat mansion
Definite plans for the Peace Conference
are not shaping aS rapidly as some ot The
American Commissioners expected. Mean
while I'rcsidcn; Wilson Is taking advantage
OF the opportunity to assess publ" oplnioI
I'm France, and incidentally IN Great Brit
ain His advisers say that he IS entirely
satisfied that the people Of these two
countries are largely IN accord with thf
prlnciDlcs he has announced as necessary
to durable peace.
The members Of the American Mis-
Snon are employing their time before
the peace delegates from the various
countries actually assemble III 3 series oi
informal conferences, which cVentuaiiN
Will include a representative ot each nt
TN, Entente bclligcrcnts. Neutral States
will not come INTO these DISCUSSIONS
The feeling among all the Entente
conferecs j. that the making oi peace
should be heir first task, 81 that they
fna1 ,Ictcrminc upon the broad out
linc> al "a League of Nations, which. later.
rrprc~entatiycs Of neutral countries Will
assist IN completing
rpr-l.l NJ Gtr MANY REPC RTS.
Mini, the American Commissioners
ar ioidu the informal exchanges.
uls..! :,f,. designated 70 clear up d.
t.r..,nrl.- d opinion. the President IS
-.7.....-...it!> giving the closest attention
~ mtnr,hafc problems Tic IS receiving
,.r.sf- tr..n the nItcd States. from
Nmcrtrun diplomatic agencies throughout
fhc world. and from tho group oi lnVcStl-
catar- brought here for the purpose ot
studying M many special problems winch
VIII arise These investigators arc con
ttnlinC heir studies with the advantage
now of being on the ground and 10 lntI-
mate contract with original sources OF In
formation
Tho President MAY change the program
ol III, movements while awaiting the open
inr ii the conference. L was not sup
pn-rd until TO-DAY that he would visit
ncland before tho nCw year, Ut TIC has
received urgent invitations ~ do 50 soon.
some announcement concerning his de-
cision on this point may be expected soon.
II can hc stated definitely that his trip to
London will not conflict with his intention
field although the date Of his visit prob
ahlv will bc earlier than had been ex-
pected
The President : present Christmas plans
contemplate ILL., departure from Paris on
Christina iy. FIR Chaumont. American
IIcadou.r,al- nn General Pcrshlng
spccIa tram IN, Christmas morning ~
viii 20 hv autorobllc ID nearby 'est
canp and dine with the troops returning
fe Paris the same night.
70 kEEP CORRESPONDENTS POSTED.
A~a result of the Presidents conference
last night with the other American dele
+. fc~. i wa> decided and later announced
the delegates would see American
0spapcr correspondents each morning
4 trans discussion of developments
THE. proceedings OF tho con terences.
Tne American Commissioners conferred
uIt4 the correspondents from their own
country .or the fist time today. All other
ir-r-n9ndailt~ were excluded u Wa
stipulated tna. nom oi the announce
,nrnf~ H. H., ualic was Tor purposes 81
pdbiIc.tiou bciuG only foT the guidance
af thc CORES ~puudeIi,-
iht date uf the first meeting u the
Inter Alicd CoIhcrcncc has not been de
rmlncd. nor has the date Of the tlTSt
assembling IF the Peace Congress l. has
not been determined whether the actual
sessions will hc open. President llson
inclination j. said to be that the sessions
shall be open rs Tar as possible. but II Is
expected that 1t viii develop that much
uf the work will be done IN executive
session, and then perfected openly
l. seems evident that Americans may
expect that the announcements on tha
progress OF nc conference will be Of q very
limited nature until after the New Year
tile intervening time being taken up 10y
exchanges which are necessarily conf
Dental.
At the Committee Of France-American
reception IL his honor the President was
received by Gabriel Hanotaux Of the
French Academy. All the Latin-American
diplomatic representatives were present.
OFFICIALLY PHOTOGRAPHED
At the time OF President Wilson IN
spection of the American Peace Mis- 4
SION Headquarters in the Hotel dc Crillon i
on official photograph was made of the 4
President and the other delegat bv army
photographer President Wilson is In the /.
centre, with Secretary Lansing and .
Colonel House on ms right. and with 4
Henry White and General Bliss on h-
left The photograph was taken in the 4
conference room Of the American Head
quarters, which ovcrlooks the broad
Place dc Ia Concordc
American observers deduce from tho
pressing invitation to tho President to
come to England during Chr>tnlt~
time hat some conference Of the states
men with the President there would
logically follow L is understood, however.
tina, the President fa vors the holding Of llI
conferences in Paris .. far as possible
soNFERENcE sr1 F0R PsrIS.
Il appear, ID bc virtually settled
that AL the actual peace conferences
viii bc held il Pans anc that the ln
formal exchanges. which viii lay thc
groundwork for the final deliberations.
also will be carried on here
How kong the President vii remain
~ London has not boon determined
liIt a. he Is duo to return for tho opening
Of the conference herc the first week
in January, il would seem that he cou'd
not remain IN England long
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