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Show MEL HOUSE SENT ABROAD By ;the president Personal Friend of the Ex ecutive Given Credentials as a Diplomatic Agent A by Lansing Bv Internat ona News Ser Ice WA.SHINCTON Deo 2 The state departmeot off allv annouoced tola tha Colonel h I House personi fnAd of Pres dent Wil on w 11 t certain European cap ta s as a pec al diplomatic agent of th 3 countr Colonel House, it was n ade pla n s go nf as a spokesn an for the pres dent in Great Br ta n Germany Fran e and pose bly other bell gerent count es Colonel House has been given credon tials as a d plomat c agent by ecre tary Lans ng nIt was stated that the ma u object dt Colonel Houie s tr p s to impre s upon fore gn powers the absolute and fnendly neutrality of this country He will also endeavor to convince these bell gerents that th s government s not host le toward any of them He s pected to mpress part c larly upon the : European powers that the correct att tude of the adn n t at on toward then can only be had d rectly from the ad m n strat on itself May Hear Peace Talk If j Colonel House should get any con cre'b idea as to the acceptably of a renewal of the good off ces of the TJn ted states look ng towa p a e t was sa d the pres aent w 11 cons der that subject personally with Colonel House on h s return Colonel House wi 1 be gone about six weeks or two motths The defin te statement was made that Colonel House would not concern h melf with the Lus tan a case or an of the controvers es m process of set tlement by the state department The pres dent t was learned believed that an ent rely erroneous impress on has been created abroad as to th s govern ment s att tude He s unde stood to bel eve that th s can bst be cleared up bv having Colonel House pe sonally see fore gn off c als eapec ally m Ger miny and Great Bnta n One h eh of tic al expressed the s tuat on as follows Colonel House as he intimates s go ng over to clear the atmosphere of n sapprehens on as to the real v ews of th s government on our internat onal relat ons n Official View Another off c al supplemented th s by the statement that th s government has V- been embarrassed by over zealous friends who have ins nuated that thev are spokesmen for the Wh te House and the state department It s vell known that some fore gn governments have compla ned about the unfa r presentat on of publ c quest ons affett ng them Th s is espec ally true of Germany It is understood that in the cha acter of spec al en oy or agent Colonel House will .ha e the opportun ty of speaking directly to the heads of fore gn na t onsr It was po nted out that th s will enable him to de er o al mes sages from Pres nt W son It was declared that th s is much more sat s factory than notes del vered through emba sadors State department and Wh te House off c als expect Colonel House w 11 bring back w th h m messages equally as confident al as those wh eh he s bearinc w th him |