Show mm TO rn m A PEACE conference PRESIDENT WILL WI LL AMERICAN delegation TO THU versailles CONFF conference RENCE presence of chief executive in france regarded as necessary to oblate litte manifest disadvantages ot of 0 discussion lon by cable I 1 washington illington illig ton president woodrow vhs on avill lit attend tend tile lie opening jes sea const KM ilie conference ehla ivaa announced Iu ned noveme e r IS ile he will immediately after tile tho convening of till regular session of congress on december eltta official statement was issued lisue il 3 monday londay night it at tile tho iia usda thy the president expects to sall sail for franco 11 rance after tho the opening ot of tho the reg regular lilar session of congress congi for the purpose of tubing ang part oart in the als and nd pett settlement ett loment lement ol 01 0 tile main features ot the treat yot of pence peace it Is mot likely that lt will bo be possible for idin to remain throughout tile tho se ses slona of tile formal I 1 peace conference Von ference lut his presence tit nt ilia outset it necessary tn in order older to obviate tile the manifest distad vantages vau of discussion by table cable in determining ter mining tile tho greater outlines of tho the final faiia I 1 treaty about willell lu IW must be consulted lie ile will of course bo be accod accompanied by delegates who will sit as tho the representatives of tho the united states throughout tho the con terence the names of the delegates will bo be 1 presently announced ilow how long the president will remain abroad lie ho himself probably enn can not say eay now tito tho time for the convening of the peace conference has not yet been announced but the general belief hero here Is that it can not be assembled before late in december nt at the lie earliest if such proves the case the president will be absent from tho country for at least densen 1 l month and probably longer in visiting europe the president will establish two precedents ild will be ilia first calef executive of tile tho united Sta Stat teta efto to participate in ift a peace con feri ference inco dortho for tho settling of issues growing out of a war in which this country participated and likewise lie he will bo be the first president to leave coith america during durin g ills his term of in reaching his dec decision isloa to attend tho the peace conference president delit wai son Is understood to hae been largely influenced by from fioro premiers lioyd george C corge of great brit aln and clemenceau of france and other statesmen of the entente countries |