Evening star., 1919-03-08
Wireless to President
Keeps Him Advised on
Progress of Council

PARIS. March (by the Associated
Press) Wilson is being
advised daily by wireless of the de-
velopments of the peace congress.
The present plan is to complete the
peace treaty March 20. In this case
President Wilson would have only
five or six days to consider the main
subjects of the treaty when it has
reached the vital stage, except for
the wireless.
Brig. Gen William w. Harts,
former military attache at the White
House. has been given charge of ar
rangements for the Presidents ar
rival and stay in Paris.
The French government will send
a special train to BreSt to meet the
presidential party. On it will go sew
eral cabinet officers.
Arrival Plans.
The steamship George Washington
is expected to arrive at Brest about
$50 pm, March 13, accompanied by
an armored cruiser and four torpedo
boat destroyers. The presidential
train will leave Brest for Paris at S
o'clock in the evening, arriving in
Paris at IL O'Clock on the morning of
the 14th.
French and American officials will
meet the presidential party at the
railway station and accompany Presi-
dent Wilson to a handsome mansion
in the Place des Etats Unis, which
the French government has placed
at his disposal. President Wilson
again will be the guest of the French
nation in Difference to the courteous
insistence of the French authorities.
1t was said that his personal desire
was that his second visit should be
as a private American citizen and
that he might select his own quarters
and meet his own expenses, but the
courtesy of the French authorities re-
iieyes him of all such private ar
rangements and makes him the guest
of the government.
Faces Strenuous Week.
The week following the Presidents
arrival promises to be the most siren
uous period of the conference. All
committees have been ordered to have
their reports in. These will be CO.
ordinated into the first draft of the
treaty. by the TIM. president Wilson
arrives. This drs will be subject
to final revision during the eventful
week in which President Wilson re-
sumes his seat with the council of
the great powers, and it is explained
this will be accomplished SO as to
permit delivery IF the terms to the
Germans soon @Irer March 20.
After this President Wilson will
leave for Brussels and David Lloyd
George for England pending a de-
termination by the Germans of their
course of action.
Swiss Recognize Kingdom.
The. Jugoslav committee in Paris
Informed the Associated Press today
thai the Swiss government had Off
cialIy recognized the kingdom of the
serbs. Croatians and Slovenes. The
Swiss government did not recognize
any formal boundaries, pending the
decision of the peace conference.
Andre Tardieu informed newspaper
men Thursday that no military zone
would be created in Schleswig because
the Danish government had declared
that the presence of allied warships
All Flensberg would suffice to prevent
German interference with the pleb-
iscite regarding self-determination.
How Small Nations Voted.
The foreign office today found it
necessary to issue statement explain
atory of the conditions under which
yesterday the South American coun-
Continued On Second Paxe.l