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Show HOUSE TO LEAVE ON MISSION FOR WILSON; Confidential Adviser of President Going to Europe to See Embassadors JSEW YORK, Dec 21, Colonel E M House confident al adv ser of Pres dent W Ison stated late today that lie will shortly sail for Europe at the re quest of the pres dent Coloner Ho se declared that the sole : purpose of h s tr p would be to del ver to certa n Amer can embassadors n format on regard th s government s att tude on var ous internat onal mat ters now pend ng He den ed emphat lcally that b s trip w 11 n any way be a peace m ss on Colonel House sa d he expected to sa 1 from here with n the next two weeks and probably would be in Eu rope about s x or e ght weeks I an go ng to Europe at the re quest of the pres dent and secretary of state for the purpose of taking infor mat on to some of our embassadors he sa d m order that they may have , a more intimate knowledge of th s gov 1 ernment s att t de regarding' certa n phases of international quest ons and m order to obta n from them the r point of vie v on these matters It s not adv sable to br ng home at th s t me any of o r embassadors from the bell gerent countr es It 1 as been found imposs ble to convey or oo ta n b cable or cor espondence qu te the correct atmosphere Sec etary Lans g- ton ght deel ned to add anyth ng to he announcement by Co one House that he was gong- to Europe at the request of the p es dent anl Sec eta y of s ate P om other official sou ces 1 owever came the int mat on that the interna tiona quest ons wh ch Colonel House Is to take p w th An erican embassado s of the capitals of be gerent powe s e of such an ext erne y de ca e nature that they cou d not be d scussed It was sug gested that Co onel House s statement shou d be taken at ts face value and ques ons as to w e er he would make nforma nqu es concern ng the pros j pects of peace elic ted no response j |