The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-22
SEES GREATER
NEED IN PARIS
President Will Return to
Peace Table Soon After
Congress AdjOurns.
LARGE ISSUES AT STAKE
Desire to Keep in Personal
Touch With Conference Is
Reason for New Plans.


/ Copyright 1919; all rights reserved.
/ PARIS, Jan. 21.-Recent develop.
ments here and the slow progress
being made in the conferences have
made 1t imperative. in the President s
opinion, that he return to Paris soon
after the American Congress ad-
journs.
There is always a possibility OF
course that unforeseen developments
may bring about change In plans,
but, barring these, his intention is to
leave the United States again after
clearing up accumulated matters, so
that his stay in Washington may be
/ limited TO few weeks.
This can be stated as n fact.
Rumors that President Wilson was
/ likely to return here have been cir.
culated for some time, but the belief
has been that If he did 1t would be
toward the end of the Peace Congress,
to participate in the formalities incl
dent to it's close. On the contrary,
the President now believes, according
to the information Of THE Sun, that
| his presence here at the earliest pos
sible date will be urgently required.
May Make Flying Trip to U. 8.
The sailing date of the steamship
George Washington and the fact that
she requires three weeks to make a
round trip indicate that the President
! Is not likely to arrive in Washington
much before the last week of Con-
gress 1t will he like flying trip
to the United States If the present
plans are carried out.
The Presidents intention to return
should not be interpreted as meaning
that serious differences have devel-
oned among the Allies. On the con-
trary. there is steadily growing ac-
cord and the conferences are reveal
ing compromising spirit on all sides,
but on the other hand these same
conferences have emphasized also the
magnitude and completely Of many
questions which apparently were
quite unforeseen by the President
when he mapped out his original pro-
gramme.
1t was his apparent belief then that
in six to eight weeks here all the big
questions could be settled with re-
Spect TO essential details and he could
return to America, feeling that the
main work had been accomplished
and the outline of the peace treaty
practically drawn.
Russian Question nn Obstacle.
The impossibility of attaining such
speedy results appeared soon after his
arrival here and the long delay in
getting together. one of the most
serious obstacles to progress with the
programme is the Russian question.
The publicity problem also has en-
phasized the difficulties faced. and
these things have convinced President
Wilson that his work cannot be more
than half accomplished when the time
comes next month. when he must
leave here for the United States.
The Russian and Polish questions
have had much influence with PreSi-
dent Wilson in bringing about his
decision TO return hero after the adj
iournmcnt of the American Congress
and be on the ground when the Dal-
matian and other similar problems
are taken up.
Must Keep in Personal Touch.
The President is represented as I've
ing convinced from the discussions
and expressions heard on his various
journeys that the same argument
holds good regarding second visit
as was advanced for the first, that
no other duty possibly can vie in i'm
portance with that of being in con.
stant personal touch with the men
who are laying the foundation of the
treaty, whose work apparently will
be far from completed by the time
he must leave here.
An authoritative announcement OF
the Presidents intentions may be
withheld for some time yet, IN view
of the remote chance that unrypccted
progress can hc made IN fhc next few
weeks.