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Show WILSON TO ATTEND PEACECONFERENGE PRESIDENT WILL HEAD THE AMERICAN DELEGATION TO THE VERSAILLES CONFERENCE. Presence of Chief Executive In Franco Regarded as Necessary .to Obviate Manifest Disadvantages of Discussion by Cable. Washington. President Woodrow Wilson will attend the opening sessions ses-sions of the pouco conference. This was unnouncod November IS, He will go Immediately ufter the convening f tho regular session of congress on December De-cember 12. This official statement wns issued Monday night at the Wlhte House. "The president expects to sail for Franco immediately after the opening of tho regulur session of congress, for the purposo of taking part In the discussion dis-cussion nnd settlement of the muln features of the treaty of peace. It; Is not likely that It will bo possible for ldm to remain throughout tho sessions of tho formal peace conference, hut his presence at tho outset is necessary in order to obvlnte the manifest disadvantages disad-vantages of discussion by cable In determining de-termining tho grcnter outlines of tho final treaty, ubout which lie must necessarily bo consulted. He will, of course, be nccompnnled by delegates who will sit U3 the representatives of tho United States throughout the conference. con-ference. "The names of the delegates will bo presently announced." How long the president will remain nbroad ho himself 'probably can not say now. Tho time for the convening of tho peace conference has not jot been nnnounced, but the general belief here 1b that It can not be assembled before late In December at the enrllest. If such proves the case, tho president will bo absent from the country for at least a month nnd probably longer. . In visiting Europe the president will establish two precedents. Ho will bo the first chief executive of the United Statets to participate in a peace conference con-ference for tho settling of Issues growing out of a war In which this country participated, and likewise he will be the first president to lenve North America during his term of office of-fice In reaching his decision to attend the peace conference, President Wilson Wil-son Is understood to have been largely Influenced by representations from Premiers Lloyd Ge,orgo of Great Britain Brit-ain and Clemenccau of France and other stntesmen of tho entente countries. |