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points, DaSlhg ms, however, on thclr
own iDterpretnt ion OF them. This au-
thority admitted that the President
, had In specific matters coming under
n general application of his principles
4 sought to place one Interpretation and
B the Allies another.
Think President's Case Weak.
But because OF the righteousness of
, the fourteen points 1t Is contended
! that the Allies are as much entitled
= to their Interpretation as the Presl-
dent Is TO his. The view taken In
/, some circles Is that the President
1 would have weak case with his own
. people for leaving the conference, be-
cause 1t could be shown that he had
already offered to compromise IL not
9 to discard some of the principal
points. Open covenants and self-de-
( termination are mentioned In this
Z connection.
! Although two meetings Of the Coun-
= Gil Of Four were held to-day little
was accomplished. The council met
T this morning at the home of Premier
l Lloyd George, with President Wilson
J, In attendance. The later meeting ar
ranged for this afternoon was post.
poned until Thursday. This meeting
was to have taken up the completed
draft Of the League OF Nations.
Strange Inconsistencies appear In
no a. Inf II
the day by those supposedly close to
4 the President. After the meeting of
! Premier Orlando, Col. Il. NJ. House,
/ Premier Clemenceau and Premier
/. Lloyd George at the house of the last
named it was stated that all were
close together, but that the President
. and the American mission might leave
| II nothing was, accomplished this
/ week.
I Think Wilson Will stay.
The fact Is that NOT a soul here
/ believes that such n thing will hap
I, pen. With 30 much at stake for him.
self the President will remain In
! Paris until he Is convinced that there
IL absolutely no chance for an agree
\ ment. His financial advisers believe
{ there will be an agreement. They,
like many others, entirely dlscredlt
{ the Idea that any nation Is going to
leave the Peace Conference before the
. treaty is presented to the Germans.
According to the present pro-
gramme the George Washington Is to
arrive here about April II, which will
allow ample time for further discus.
: sion. The President Is represented
by some Of his friends as planning to
hold the transport at Brest in case
need arises to take back the Ameri-
can mission and the fourteen points.
Naturally every effort Is made by
them to picture the President as fight
ing for peace of justice In conform.
I ity with the principles accepted by
S the Allies in the armistlce.
Recall Wilson'S Assertions.
? In other diplomatic circles, on the
( other hand, attention was called to.
8 day to the Presidents repeated as
sertions that chaos would result IL
America did not stand by the Allies
! and the question Is asked how the
/ President would reconcile such a
move with his return to the United
States.
Emphasis is put on the fact that
the President was unwilling even to
allow the order to the George Wash
j ington to be put out in any official
! form, but 1t was spread around
among the correspondents without
any one assuming authority for 1t.
If an agreement Is reached In the
next few days, some OF these diplo-
I mats said, the President might re-
ceive credit for having brought 1t
about.
Paris Press Optimistic.
Although every newspaper In Paris
J knew yesterday of the George Wash
ington incident only one comments on
1t. The Journal says:
There was great excitement
yesterday among the American
clan over the news that President
Wilson had called to Brest the pas.
senger ship George Washington,
which he uses us yacht. How
could the President consider leav-
ing Paris when the end of the elab-
crate preliminary negotiation with
=, The Germans, the liquidation OF the
SUGGESTIONS Of the Hapsburgs and
the Grand Turk and so many other
questions promise long hours OF
work for the diplomats? The wild
est deductions have been made, but
no one believed that President
Wilson wished merely TO advertise
his haste to get done with It That
is too simple"
1t Is noteworthy that practically all
the newspapers here to-day take an
extremely optimistic view Of the out
look and express opinions that real
progress Is being made toward peace.