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Show PRESIDENT SEEKS FOR HARMONY IN ITALIAN MATTERS PARIS. Dec. 21. President Wilson had another iong conference today with Vit-torio Vit-torio Orlando, the Italian premier, and Baron Sonnino, the foreign minister. The position of Italy was further discussed. dis-cussed. The president is represented as ; engaging in thesa conferences in an effort ef-fort to bring about harmony as to the matters which especially concern Italy and others of tho allies in common. The president's only other engagement 1 I was for this afternoon at the Sorhonne ! for the ceremony incident to the bestowal of ar: honorary dcrree upon him, later . , divinp- nt the British embassy. Mrs. Wilson today went about tee ! streets of' Paris afoot for the first time.' looking into the shop windows and ' niiimling with tiie crowds making their purchases. The president r.nd Mrs. Wilson, it was 'announced officiary todnv, will leave Paris December '2- on a special trait; for Chaumont, main headquarters of the American expeditionary force. On the night of December 20 the president wilt lcae Chaumont on a special train for an unnamed channel port where he will arrive ar-rive December '2-. The president's first week in France finds the preliminary situation surrounding surround-ing the peace conference fairly well, de-J de-J vclopcd toward the point where, accord- ing to the president's expressed view, it will be worth while for the United Slates to participate. The president's conferences confer-ences with French and Italian statesmen have served to emphasize that he considers con-siders a. treaty of peace not enough, hut that the general agreement to be made among the nations must include a satisfactory satis-factory settlement of the question of the freedom of, the seas and a league of nations. na-tions. The president now goes to England i to continue the discussions there along j the same lines as those he had with the ! representatives of France, and Italy, j which the president's advisers describe i as having been satisfactory, j The definite announcement of TTesi-dent TTesi-dent W i i son's plans coveri ng the period from Christmas eve to Xew Tear's eve, including Christmas dinner with the troops near Chaumont, the president's trip to England and meeting with Pre- mier Lloyd George and his return to i France on New Year's, has served sotne-i sotne-i what to clarify the pre-confcrcncc situa- : tion. |