Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-19
President Said to Have
Been Forced to Make
Change in Program.
MAY VISIT LONDON
CHRISTMAS DAY
'uNssseainty Exists as 70 Wheths'
prssidsnt Will De With American
( 1rosps or With British Rulsr or
heliday-En3land Planning For His
cemine-Prsvrisr clsmsnesau and
y cclsnsI House Hold Conference.

y. fnris, Dec. I9.-The reason given
for Preaident Wilson's desire to make
IAN early visit to England is that ne
hnds 1t may be necessary to return
to washington sooner than he had ex-
pected, Whether this means an en-
tirS ehanEe OF program is not known
here.
An interesting feature of the presi-
dents intended visit to England is
Sthat the British cabinet is technically
not In position to speak for the goy-
ernment until the result OF the final
electIons are known Dec %.
There b little doubt, however, that
Premier Lloyd. George. and his asso-
4 ciatcs have been re elected.
cIcmsncsau and House Call.
Premier Clemenccau and Col. e. NJ.
House visited President Wilson this
morning at the Murat mansion.
The French premier and the presi-
dent were engaged for more than an
hour in an intermittent discussion,
Colonel House also conferred with the
president during the morning.
The president's engagements for the
day caused him to postpone his plan
for .recfeation. but he hoped to take =
short drive with Mrs. Wilson.
A. invitatiaQ has been extau4ed
. ~ pssssdent TO visit Losdon u
/ Che1l ,time, but it II. improbable
6Me SfS19 accept ~ Ne has plaaned
& ~ 1aAe. chSie1IAas day with the Ameri-
u ea tu6QeU m tn sfleld.
1900 eend Msles1siaga Addesss.l
fresid wilson Nas today handed
u Nd1( veictlne ~ the e6nSfaI
Gtif6n " Fsonch QlficuHutai asspcfa-
tions on behalf q It's 2.SOo initiated
ORGANISATIONS.
After pointing out the share that
the rural claases hadti winning the
victory for the allies, the address sets
forth. the peculiar conditions under
which French agriculture is operating
and calls the attention OF the peace
conference to the fact that protection
n necessary for its normal develop
Eaent and for the resumption OF sagri-
cultural effort m regions devastated by
the war.
oslssatss to Furnish Nsws. r
President Wilson has personally taxi
en- hand in seeing that the United
States is.informed OF wha. is going on
in the peace conferences. He took the
4 first step last night, at his conference
4 with the other American delegates It
was decided and later announced that
the delegates would see the correspon.
dents each morning for frank dis
cussipn OF Developments.
The American peace commissioners
conferred with American newspapet
cdrrespondents for the first time today.
ed. It was stipulated that none Of the
I announcements made were for publi-
cation, being only for the guidance Of
the corre1pqndents
\ Il osSes Not Vet Fixed. L
The date Of the first meeting of the
interallied conference has not been de-
/ lermined, nor, has the date OF the first
assembling Of the peace conference
It has mot been determined whether
the actuaA sessions win sbe open
esident Wilson's inclination is said
to be that the sessions be open as far
as possible. but 1t, is expected that
WEch of the work will be done con-
hdcntially and then perfected openly,
Ik seems probable that German rep
resentatives will not figure in the pre-
liIninaries. The concensls bf opinien
.; the best informed observers here
senyrs to be that 1eutrals ultimately
VII be invited to consider the forma-
Y tions Of . league Of nations.
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