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Show HANS SULZEE, Swiss minister to the United States, who makes statement concerning the gen-1 eral strike In Switzerland. i ' WILSON SILENT ON PEACE MEET 1 Makes No Announcement on Suggestion That He Attend Conference. Washington, Nov. 13. President Wilson was said today to ha1 e given no indication as to how he regards the suggestion sug-gestion from high sources In Europe that he will attend the great conference which is to re-establish the peace of a war-torn war-torn world. Most of the president's advisers, however, how-ever, are understood to consider that acceptance ac-ceptance of the Invitations would involve needless risk and would serve no purpose pur-pose that could not be accomplished through the delegates who will be appoint ap-point ed to represent the American government gov-ernment and who will be in constant communication com-munication with Washington. Should t he president decide to al tend the conference, and some of those usually well informed say ho has an open mind on the subject, that fact would not. mean, In the belief here, that Secretary Lansing would not be a member of the American delegation. 1 1 was said l hat upon Mr. LSnslng would fail much of the weight of the heavy tasks connecled with American participation In tho conference, not only by virtue of his high rank, but also because be-cause of his wide exporienrR in other International conferences and arbitrations. arbitra-tions. The proposal of Dr, Solf, the German foreign secretary, for a preliminary peare conference has not reached WashtnKton in official form tonight, hut It l understood under-stood that there Is little probability of Its acceptance. Such a conference Is regarded re-garded here as unnecessary and as likely to uselessly com plica te the work of the general conference when it 1 held. Ostensibly Dr. Solf's proposal is based upon the urgent need of Germa ny for food and other supplies, but it is pointed out that, owing lo the number of questions ques-tions to be considered and the amount of original Invest Ign t ion required lo arrange ar-range final settlements of many of them. It Is expected that soon after convening the peace conference will dlvldf the delegates dele-gates into a number of subcommittees to deal with different branches of the work, and H Is regarded here aa certain that it will provide for the appointment of permanent commissions to ait after final adjournment of the conference to perform the score of things tha t must be done to set the commercial and economic machinery ma-chinery of the world at work again. A long time, not months, but years, will bS required to readjust this machinery. One high official said today it wa a safe rule based on history io assume that it will require twle a mu'-h time to get Out of the war as it' did lo go through with it. |