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Show -HP- President Is Busy Man at Buckingham Palace; Receives Many Callers; Lloyd George Calls Dy Associated Press. LON I N. I v. 27. Prom ier Kloyd (.irorgj'. accompanied by Sir Maurice Ilankey, Kocrc-tary Kocrc-tary to tin committer on imperial defense, nrrivetl at Htifkinpham ! palace nt 10;3' o'clock this morning; for a conference with President Wilton. Wil-ton. A hi-j crowd had gathered before the pa lae tefore the premier made bin nppearance. Mr. Wilson wan nstlr early and was busy with 1 in secretary. There were a number of American caller, and the r-uke of Vonna tight and Sir Kichard llerschell visited the palace before the arrival of the premier. A. J. Hal four, secretary for fnreiirn affairs, will attend at-tend the conference. 6UEST op premier. The company Invited to meet President Presi-dent Wilson for the luncheon arranged to he held today at Premier Lloyd tieorge's residence comprised a small frntheping of elder etHiemen. the per- onnet Including' the, leaders frr the last and the precont government and j the heads of three of the political parties. Conservative. Liberal and i a Labor, The luncheon rave occasion for the I first visit by f.-rmer Premier Asquith to the premier's official residence since ! the Liberal leader resigned hia office. Viscount Morely, another of the party,; retired from the Asquith government at the beginning of the war on account of hia opposition to f. re.it T.rltain's participation in the struggle. Viscount Grey, still another of those Invited, has been living almitat In retirement since he left the cabinet. He Is one of the strongest advocates of a league of na-tlons. na-tlons. Arthur Henderson, the I.ahor trader, also a guest, is likewise a supporter sup-porter of a league of natftma aa advanced ad-vanced by President Wilson. PRESIDENT CHEERED. The presidents conference with Premier Lloyd f.eorge nnd Foreign Hecretary Ha If our lasted , until ripe upon 1:30 o'clock, when the conferees left in separate motorcars for the premiers residence in Downing street.) The premier parsed out of the palace) gates first, and the crowd of some J ' 30 00. which, despite the rain that was! - falling, had g:uhirert in aee the pren-f Ident. gave .Mr. Lloyd Oorge a puns-j ing cheer. ' f President Wilson! who was accompanied accom-panied by .Sir Charles Cust. (he kings equerry, followed almost immediately. J Mia car proceeded ul plow pace mil the people assembled gave htm a j fcaarty cheer, which was repeated j again and ugain as the car passed down the Mall toward the official1 residence of the premier. The preei- j dent acknowledged tlie cheers by smiling and Inming and 1 if t in k his bat. a CONFERENCE SATISFACTORY. Prealdent AVitson's conferences to- . day with FritiKh atutesmen are described de-scribed In American quarters as having hav-ing been very satisfactory. The president spent more than three hours before Premier Lloyd Oeorge s luncheon lunch-eon in moet lntm:i te dNcuiseion with ' the premier and Foreign Seeretary , Kalfour aJ I'.ucKil.nhi'ni palace, going 1 over Ihe general aHperla of the four- i teen points of bi? iw-.ice (irogram No one particular phase was taken 1 up. hut the whole discussion was a genera) one. No official announce, i ment were made of he results of the conference, and nfterward the president presi-dent continued the d ncu.-tslons with the Rritihh statenmen at the luncheon! in Downing street and liitef resumed ; them at Hu k.iiL'hum palace. It was learne) that a great deal nf , arogreaa waa mnde In making clear j ome phases of the president's points! which are uptermuet in the minds of' the ftrittsh. principally as regards the question of Krltlah naval supremacy. INFORMAL CONFAB. . j Jit "Buckingham pabo-e before the : luncheon.- President W ilson. Lloyd f Outlet And Foreign Secretary Italfour' met in one of (he rooms df the pre- Ident s suite before a cheerful nen t fire, with no secretaries or documents i to tend any sir of formality to the discussion. It was an entirely infor- j mai conference, intended to develop J the mot intimate attpects of the j Mttuatlnn. ' the rresident did great deal f 1 the lalkinc. and it w.-sail afterward' tbnt notinnc de elnfted to sltow thai' any suhsiantial differeiue m principle, or In fundamentsle existed. -. The discusjdon ranged about . the freedom f the es. the league nf na -' ' " (Continued on page It.) |