Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-11-28
President Expected to Read
Names When He Delivers
Speech at Opening of Con-
greSS Next Week
ASSURANCE GIVEN
TO BE NO CENSOR
George CreeI Announces That
His Work viii Consist Only
in Helping Newspaper Men
File Their Reports

tsf HoNhIho JOURNAL SPECIAL IEAggD WiREI
Washington, Nov. 27.--President
Wilson's plans for attending the
peace conference are all matured
with the exception of the day and
hour of sailing. His departure, how
ever, 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 to the
opening of congress, which will be
delivered on Monday or Tuesday. At
the same time, the president may take
occasion to make something in the
nature of a statement to the country,
as well as to congress, on his going to
Europe, something no other president
has ever done.
The most important announcement
that has yet been made in connection
with the official plans for the peace
conference came today 1t was that
there would be absolutely no censor
ship ON the news on which the Amer
Jean newspaper correspondents send
back home. At the personal request
of President Wilson both the British
and French governments will entire
ly relax all censorship on all Ameri-
can newspaper dispatches telling of
the deliberations. Furthermore. to
facilitate the transmission of news to
this country, the government, through
its recently acquired control of the
cable lines will give news a prefer
ence in transmission second only to
government official business. News
will take preference over all CONNER
cial business on the cable lines
George Creel, chairman of the COM
mittee on public information, also an
nounced today 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 the
American newspaper correspondents
get the news back home The COM
mittee q offices in Paris will be used
as a headquarters for newspaper cor
respondents; stenographers, typewrit-
ers and interpreters are to be provid-
ed, and the committees machinery
also will be used to assist the cores
pondents to get their dispatches on
the cables.
To Go With Convoy.
Until two or three days ago there
we're grave doubts as to whether any
American newspaper correspondents
at all would be permitted to accom-
pany President Wilson on the trip.
There was, however, to be no restric-
tions on the passage of newspaper
men to France by any means they
might find available. 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 information
which is the daily newspapers, and
upon his representations it finally
was decided to include correspond
ent of The Associated Press and cor
respondents Of the other press asso-
Citations in the presidents official
party aboard the liner George Wash
ington. 1t was decided at the same
time to give passage to correspond
ents of individual newspapers on the
army transport Orizaba which will
sail from Hoboken Sunday at noon.
She will be part of the convoy of the
presidents ship, which will include
the superdreadnaught Pennsylvania
and number of other naval ships.
Besides the presidents official
party the George Washington will
carry a naval crew of more than L.
600 officers and men.
The George Washington being
faster ship will arrive in France at
about the same time as the Orizaba.
1t seems to be settled although no
official announcement has been made,
that the president will go first direct
" to France and later to England
and possibly to italy. If he intends
to visit any of the other European
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