Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 6 | Foch Greets Wilson

FOCH GREETS WILSON. Premier Lloyd George and Secretary Balfour intended to visit Paris on Saturday Sat-urday of the present week for the pur-, posa' of conferring with President Wilson.' Wil-son.' .The latter, however, has decided to go to London the day after Christmas, Christ-mas, so it is probable preliminary peace conferences will be held in the British metropolis next week. Paris is still celebrating the arrival of Mr. Wilson in France, and will probably continue to do so until ho finally departs for home. Marshal Foch showed true " Jef-fersonian Jef-fersonian simplicity" when he called upon' the president in the Murat palace. Instead of clothing himself in the full military regalia of his rank, including all his medals and decorations, the generalissimo gen-eralissimo appeared in his old .blue uniform uni-form and faded forage cap. The commander-in-chief of the allied armies did not need any "trimmings" in order to commend himself to the president of the United States, for Mr. Wilson was, to some extent, responsible for the unity of command on the western as welt as all other fronts, and Field Marshal Mar-shal Foch was elevated to the chieftainship chieftain-ship as a result. The field marshal had been invited to visit tho United States after the proclamation of peace, and President Wilson renewed the invitation. invita-tion. League of nations talk is being heard all over Eurooe, and no one on that side of tho water is placing any stumbling blocks in the way -of Mr. Wilson, who -is looked upon as tho leader ; in tho movement. ( The latest guess as to the length of time the peace conference will be in session fixes the date of adjournment at Juno 1, which would allow nearly five months for-thc negotiations.