The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-12-04
PRESIDENT WILSON
. LEAVES TODAY FOR
/ Peace CONFERENCE
Mr. Wilson Does Not Expect to Be
n Abroad Over Six Weeks-Land-
ing Will Probably BE at
IS Brest, France
TO VISIT SEVERAL LANDS
Before Peace Conference Meets Amer
~ ica's Chief Executive to Confer
With Premiers of France,
England, Italy


Washington, Dec. 3.-Prcsident
Wilson began tonight his trip to Eu-
rope to attend the peace conference.
The President left Washington on
special train FOR New York, where to-
morrow he and his party will board
the transport George Washington on
which the voyage across the Atlantic
will be made.
No announcement was made as to
the Presidents itinerary, but it was
understood that the George Washing
ton would steam from New York with
her naval convoy some time tomor-
row, probably in che morning. About
seven days will be required for the
trip and the ship will dock at a
French port, probably Brest.
The President does not expect to be
abroad more than six weeks which
would give him just month on Eu-
ropean soil. Before the peace confer
ence meets he will confer with Pre-
mier Lloyd George of Great Britain,
Clemenceau of France and Orlando of
Italy, and probably with King Albert
of Belgium, to discuss the salient
points of the peace treaty.
Big Chief Tumulty
Jos. p. Tumulty, the Presidents
secretary accompanies Mr.. Wilson to
Now York, but will not go abroad
He will return to Washington to con-
duct the business of the White House
and will be the eyes and ears of the
President in this country Mr.. Tumul-
ty will be in frequent communication
with the President by cable and will
keep him fully advised of events at
home.
Just before the train pulled out of
the station, the personnel Of the par
ty aboard was announced as follows:
"In the Presidents immediate par
ty:
"The President and Mrs. Wilson,
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, The
Presidents physician; George Creel,
chairman of the committee on public
information; Gilbert r. Close, conf
Dental clerk to the President; e. I.
Hoover, head usher at the White
House, and Miss Edith Benham, sec
retary to Mrs. Wilson.
Others on the train were the Secre-
tary Of State nd Mrs. Lansing; Sec
retary Baker, who was to leave the
party at Hobokcn; John w. Davis, am
bacGador to Great B1!tain and Mrs.
Davis; Henry White, member of the
peace delegation; Mrs. Benson, wife
Of Rear Admiral w. S. Benson; Major
and Mrs Scott; Lieut.. Commander
Hatch; Mrs. Harris, Mr.. McNair, Mr..
Welch, Sidney Smith, the French AM
bassador and Mrs. Jusserand; Count
De Celleri, the Italian Ambassador
and Mrs. DeCelleri and two children,
and Col. r. II. Jordan, of the general
{oF <,x.t.
Only three Of the five American
ence as announced at the White House
last week will cross on the former
North German Lloyd liner. They are
the President himself, Secretary of
State, Robert Lansing and Henry
White, former ambassador to France
and Italy. Col. e. NJ. House and Gen.
Tasker II. Bliss, the other two mem
bers, now are in France, and will join
the President there. Rear Admiral H .
S. Knapp and Capt. VIM. V. Pratt are
the presidential party
end will report to Admiral Benson,
naval representative with COL House
'on the peace mission, as his assistants
Admiral Knapp has been in command
of the naval forces III Haiti and San
Domingo, and Capt. Pratt, who is as
sistant chief, Of naval operations, has
been acting head of the bureau of
operations during the abscnse abroad
of Admiral Benson.
Dr. James Brown Scott and David
Hunter Millera will be technical adj
visers in international law and DR..
S. E. MeZes, head of the State Depart
ment bureau of inquiry established
last year to study peace problems, will
attend the conference as director of
specialists, a large party of whom will
go with hir4 on the George Washing
ton.
Army officers accompanying the
Presidential party include Brig. Gen.
Churchill, chief of the military intell-
gencc bureau. Other officers who will
assist Gen. Bliss will be Major Gen.
Francis j. Herman, and Coils. Van De-
man, Jordan, Ayers, Helms, Furlong,
Fling and Capts. Euohenclose and
Childs.
Brig. Gen. VIM. S. Harts, former
aide to President Wilson, will be in
command Of the military aides and
messengers of the conference.
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