Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-03
WILSON PLANS STAY
OF TWELVE WEEKS
Negotiations Under Way for
the Use of Hotel
Bischoff seim.
MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING
Provided With Forty Rooms and
Gorgeous Appointments
Throughout.
nr ~, JEROME WILLIAMS.

PARIS March 9.--Prcsidcnt Wilson
upon his return here viii lie prepared
20 stay three months This was
learned today in connection with the
negotiations for the Hotel Bischon
sc!m, tho nnw mansion which the
French government will place al the
disposal .; the President i is d mag
nihccnt structure. built eighteen years
ago a, cost o. 100000 with the
furnishings l. represents an investment
OF more than $1,000 900
II has forty rooms with gorgeous
sPpoin,'ne ,,i1i, IN, @ The adjoining houses
VIII DC occupied by special police and
hre torces additional precautions arc
taken III view Of tho attempt on the
life Of Premier Ciemcnccau. The hotel
IS at II Place dcs Etats Unis. 50 named
J.. Morton, bought q house in the vi.
cinity. which the French thought would
De the permanent home Of the Amer
!can embassy.
President and Mrs wilson's rooms
arc on the first lloor. and the Prcsidcn;
from either bedroom or library can
look out Of the window and say Good
morning TO Premier Lloyd George,
whose house is directly opposite. on
Tho Rue Nitot
LOCATED NEAR uOMI:
or FHENCH PREMIER
Another feature of the new location
put tew blocks distant. thus maxim.
!; q comparatively easy matter for the
three biz men OF the peace conference
TO get together evenings
W Workmen were busy today on Tho
mansion. which is now owned by the
widow Of NJ. Bischonseim, who "as a
banker She is now the wife OF Francis
de Croissc;, an author. and both have
expressed happiness a; their beinr able
20 turn their home over 10 the VIZ
sons.
Because of the air raids thcy had re :
moved most OF their furniture ana art
works 10 chateau near Orleans but
eleven motor trucks have been dis
patched 10 bring the things back
NN!lc the lease tho part OF The
French government for the hotel does
not specify the period of time. but says :
For the length OF the Presidents stay
tho agents understand he vii! be here
him back. 10 the United States by mid :
June.
WILL 10 TO PARIs
DIRECT FROM BUEST'
President Wilson. because Of tho ne
ccssity FOR haste, will come direct to
Paris upon his arrival ~ Brest on
March u, 10 participate IN the peace
don, while President Wilson will make
his long delayed visit of from five ,lavS
10 a week through the devastated
regions OF trance. also visiting Brus-
The President mad intended landing
- antwerp and coming TO Paris
through the devastated regions, bu;
Colonel House notified him tha; the
work had progressed 10 such a stage
;ha' j, he arrived here ne would md
everything ready for enactment
In the absence OF President Wilson
ana Lloyd George the big ivc viii
notify the German government that II
may send delegates TO Paris 10 ect tho
Tsnee M::, terms. When they arrive Mr
return hither and Will be I'm at the
death"
GIVE ADDITIONAL. DETAILS
OF THE TREATY FEATURES
II is now possible 20 give additional
details regarding the military and
naval features Of the peace treaty.
TO the big nve today were no; dis
cusscd, but Will be on Monday The
main point OF Marshal Foch's draft is
inc reduction OF tho peace strength
and i've cavalry divisions, or an ap-
proX,mdte total OF 100000 mon
NJ nations arc agreed on the section
OF the naval terms, which provides for
the absolute abolition OF submarines
1t was rcckoncd that submarines
Won!d be OF more use TO Japan and the
United states than TO any other nations
and when these two agreed on the
"thumbs-down' policy for submarines
the rest Joined in.
UNDERSEA CRAFT MUST
GO. DELEGATES DECIDE
The delegates to tho peace confer
ence are convinced that underwater
craft cannot operate in conformity
with the laws Of naval warfare; in
other words. ;hcy cannot play fair
Nj nations favor the reduction Of
ilc!iEoland 10 impotcncy, save for the
reservation bI the United States that
the harhors and hrcakwatcr be not
destroyed, because they will cut off the
means OF living for the fishermen The
destruction OF the German fleet has
not Yet been decided on. although
Britain and the United States arc
agreed.
Hut two subjects now remain for
completion. these being economies and
boundaries