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Show POSTPONE PEACE CONFERENCE I MSON'S VISIT !RING CHANCES ! Paris Editor Points to Reasons to Continue World, Meeting Until February; Italian King Concludes ! Visit and France Puts Aside Holiday Attire and Turns to Considering Peace Arrangements; Other Powers Look to America to Act on Freedom of Seas; England Preparing for, President's Visit. PARIS, Dec. 21. The preliminary peace conference ati Versailles has been postponed until the beginning of February at the earliest, says Marcel Hutin, editor of the Petit Parisien. , This postponment is due to change of plans because of Presi- j dent Wilson's visit to Europe and the reconstruction due to! the elections of the British cabinet which will occupy Premier j j Lloyd George. , . I LONDON, Dec. 21. King George has received from' President, and Mrs. Wilson an acceptance of his invitation to;; be his guest at Buckingham palace during their stay in Lon- j Hon. They will be quartered in the royal suite customarily ; ; In used by visiting monarchs and will be entertained after aji manner similar to that shown royal visitors. ZJ I A meeting of the war cabinet was held today to arrange j I the details of the presidential visit which will last from j I Thursday next until Monday night or Tuesday morning. ' I PARIS, Dec. 21. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, left Paris at I midnight on his way to visit Italian troops in Belgium. With his de-I de-I parture, Paris put aside her holiday attire and matter-of-fact consid- eration of conference arrangements began in earnest today, jjj Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino of Italy remained ; in Paris but will start for Rome tonight, expecting to return early in : January. s The Italian king will start on Sunday for Rome, going directly ) from Belgium. ; President Wilson and the American delegates had a day of few ; interruptions before them in which to study, in a preliminary way, I various plans which have been proposed for carrying out details of Mr. Wilson's program. Apparently the other powers are looking to the United States to bring forth a concrete proposition concerning freedom of the seas. There is reason to believe that the proposed limitation of construction ; of naval craft to lightly armoured vessels like revenue cutters whose i sole purpose would be to protect merchant shipping finds favor with . the American delegation. Advocates of this plan say there would be no further use for ; heavily armed ships if all nations were placed on an equal footing by ; this means. This is only one of the plans advanced to develop the views of other powers. Count Romanones, the Spanish premier, was in conference for half an hour with President Wilson last evening. It is reported the pre-; pre-; mier invited the president to visit Spain but no official announcement as to Mr. Wilson's reply has been made. Premier Clemenceaualso conferred with the president during the evening. The Sorbonne will confer an honorary degree on the president) : late this afternoon. T LONDON, Dec. 21. Arrangements are being made for an imposing military mili-tary reception of President Wilson, ac-, cording to some of the newspapers. ; There will be a guard of honor at the j station when le arrives and he will be greeted by King George. Mr. Wilson Wil-son and the king will then drive to s Buckingham palace through streets lined with troops. They will ride In . the royal carriage. Premier Lloyd (George will be among the prominent . persons taking part in the welcome of 1 Mr. Wilson. L k It Is said that the route of the pro- : session will be as extended as possl- ! ale so as to permit of a great popu- lar welcome. It Is unknown whether President Wilson has as yet replied I to the lord-mayor's invitation to a 1 lvi.c luncheon lii Guild hall, where it j Is understood tho city corporation , ', wishes to present a welcoming address .: j to Mr. Wilson. This address will be , i tnclosed In a golden casket. ; PARIS, Friday, Dec. 20. Count Roil Ro-il manones, the Spanish premier, In dls-q dls-q cussing his visit to Parle said today: i "Spain cannot remain isolated. She has alwayc maintained the best of re-I re-I lations with the Allies. "In coming here to take advantage of the Invitation given me by Presl-; Presl-; dnt Wilson I have profited by talk- '"g With him and also with members "frf the French government, y "I believe my sojourn in Paris will I !! advance the interest of my country. "Spain does not enjoy absolute tranquility tran-quility at this moment because of the Catnlonian movement for which I ope lo find satisfactory solution." |