Show COST OF MISSION IN PARIS FOR YEAR WASHINGTON Aug 28 28 President Wilson asked congress today for tor an additional appropriation appropriation Uon of for tor the expenses expenses ex ex- of the American peace commission in Paris from last July 1 to the end end of this calendar year ear I The president said that up to July 1 I 1 the total total- cost of the commission commission commission com com- mission had been and he estimated that that by the end of ot the year the total would reach 15 A part of this this this' has been appropriated heretofore In transmitting a detailed account account account ac ac- count of the expenses the president president president dent dent said that In view Yie of the tho per cent Increase In iii In prices In Paris Paris as the result t resu pt of th the war he considered tho expenses of the American commission very modest modest mod mod- est est When It began its work in Paris the American delegation the president said consisted of ot 1300 pers persons ns but on Jul July 1 tins this number h hid d been reduced to |