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Show ll oo 1 PLANS MADE FOR I i WILSON'S VISIT ; t PARIS, Dec. 23 The latest changes made by the British government in I ,; the Itinerary of President Wilson visit i i to England would bring him back to Paris on Now Year's day. He will J spend Thursday, Friday and Saturday J j in London and will havo conferences ' i1 Saturday with Premier Lloyd George, ' Foreign Secretary Balfour and An- 1 drew Bonar Law, chancellor of the A exchecruer. The president will be at 1 Carlisle, Sunday, and will make an im- r portant speech in Manchester on Mon- c day. Ho will return to London Tues-' Tues-' day and will leave tho same day for Paris whero ho will arrivo Wednesday, Wednes-day, i The president's Christinas program S provides for his leaving on a special t train at 1 o'clock in the morning, the i schedule for the run providing for the ( train's arrival at Chauniont, General Pershing's headquarters,' at 7 a. m. The party will take automobiles thence to Langres, whore the review of Amor- q V lean troops by the president will take j .' place. j ;! The president will take luncheon at r j midday with the troops, returning to' Chauniont in tho afternoon. On the t return the train will leave Chaumont at -1 p. m and reach Paris at 9 o'clock c in the evening. j. The president will be accompanied j : by Mrs. Wilson, her secretary, Miss . Benham: Admiral Grayson, an aide 1 do camp, and tho president's private secretary. ' BERLIN, Sunday, Dec. 22. (By the J Associated Press) The bourgeoisc j, parties in Germany aro striving to erect o. solid front against the major -; Uy Socialists in tho coming elections : to the national assembly. Tho elec-; elec-; Hons are only four A'eeks away and tho former Right and Center parties ire still much disorganized. . The Socialists have an intact party organization and havo a strategic ad-1 ad-1 vantage because they now are In vir- tual control of the government. An added factor is that the Ebert-Haase government has been strengthened in Its position by the action of the recent re-cent revolutionary congress which not only upholds the jurisdiction of the congress but placed at its disposal a I serviceable central committee of sol- (dlers and workmen's councils. This has been interpreted as marking the defeat of the ultra -radical tendencies ; 2hamploned by tho proletarian oxtrem- Ists. The proletariat will uso the time . before tho elections In restoring or- 'der and alleviating economic condl-i condl-i lions. The majority Socialists are virtually iu command ot-the central 'government 'govern-ment and dominate the local govern - ments throughout Germany, they prob-1 prob-1 ably will enter the election fight as i a solid majority Irrespective of the fu-J fu-J lure action of tho independent Social -j ists or the Spartacua group. The national assembly will be called to order ten days after the elections Which will be held January 19. This 1 period will bo used in collating tho vote Pruj nrraug'ng technical details, flie session will continue eight woqIcs. Cities which are urging that the na |