The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
WILSON WILL
START BACK
TO FRANCE
WEDNESDAY
Leaves Tomorrow on Second
Trip to Peace Conference
Makes Four-Hour Stay in
New York.
TO SPEAK ON LEAGUE.
(By Associated Pressl

WAof1lNG1 ON, March @fIeSl-
dent Wilson said good bye to white
house officials and employees at 1880
o'clock today and drove to the capitol
to sign measures passed during the
closing hours of congress before leav-
ing for New York on his way back to
France.
Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, he
plans to sail from New York tomorrow
on the transport George Washington
and was expected to remain overseas
several months, proba bly, until early
in June.
Will Speak on League
From the capitol, Mr.. Wilson went
direct to. his special train and upon
his arrival at New York early tonight,
was to deliver an address on the
league of nations at the Metropolitan
Opera House, where Former President
Taft also was to speak. Afterwards
Mr. Wilson had an engagement to re-
ceive the delegation appointed at the
recent Irish race conference In Phila-
delphia to present resolutions asking
him to urge at the peace conference
freedom for Ireland.
On their way to New York the
president and Mrs. Wilson were to
stop at Philadelphia for an hour or
more to visit Mr. Wilson's daughter.
Mrs. Francis B. Sayre The president
had requested that his visit be en-
tirely informal and consequently no
reception was planned by Phila-
delphia officials.
The president and his party will
board the George Washington late to-
night and the big steamer with her es-
cort Of warships will get under way
early tomorrow morning. The voyage
should not require more than ten days
and the president expected to go di-
rect from the French seaport to
Paris.
WILL MEET IRISHMEN
NEW YORK, March 4.-During
President Wilson's visit OF less than
four hours in New York tonight he
will speak on the league Of nations to
five thousand persons at the Metro
politan Opera House; hold short
private conference with Former Presi-
dent William H. Taft; receive dele
CATION of twenty Irishmen who will re-
quest him to present the subject of
selfdetermination for Ireland at the
peace conference and then will board
the steamer George Washington,
which sails early tomorrow for France.
According to the revised plans the
president will arrive in this city from
Philadelphia at Sis o'clock and will
proceed directly to the opera house
under a strong police guard. He will
meet Mr.. Taft in a private room and
soon thereafter will commence his ad-
dress. Mr.. Taft, who was en- route to
this city today from Springfield. o.,
where he spoke last night, will speak
in favor of the league of nations be-
fore the presidents arrival. The only
other fixtures on the program at the
opera house are a short address by
Albert Smith and the singing of the
Star Spangled Banner by Enrico Ca
russo.
Protected by Guard.
Although there are but 1926 seats
at the opera house, demands for seats
continued to pour in today and the
committee in charge estimated that
more than 100000 applications had
been received, with two tons of mail
still to be opened.
The police arrangements for guard
ing the president are more elaborate
than usual In addition to the usual
secret service force a special body
guard of detectives, assisted by plain
clothes men and motorcycle police
will escort the presidential party
through solid lines of police from the
Pennsylvania railroad station to the
opera house.
Alice Paul, leader of the National
Woman's party has announced that
she will lead delegation of suffrage
pickets to the vicinity of the opera
house and call the presidents atten-
ton to their demands for an extra
session of congress to pass the wom-
an suffrage amendment. The women
will carry purple. gold and white BAN
ners, it was announced.
The General Mooney committee Of
the Central Federated Union also
plans to have women workers enter
the building with banners demanding
action by the president to bring about
the release from prison of Thomas
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