Show ASKS CONGRESS TO DEFER DEBATE PRESIDENT WILSON URGES THE postponement OF ORATORY UNTIL HIS RETURN just juit before sailing of presidential party for home chief executive requests permission to go over covenant with committee washington just before the presidential party parly sailed from brest on saturday february 15 president woodrow wilson cabled it a request to the foreign rotations committee of congress to defer debate on the constitution ot of the proposed league of oe nations until he had mi opportunity to go over it article by article with w etli the members there la Is a good and aad sufficient reason for the phraseology and substance of each ech article declared the president in ills message transmitted through secretary members of the senate R and alil house committees will dine at the white houe on february ac G tile day after tile the president Is expected to land at boston tills early meeting was interpreted its as evidence of the presidents a tion to get the details I 1 0 of f the lie new nely world federation for pence peace before congress as quickly as possible the cabled invitation did not named name a late date for thel lie conference but almost immediately the time was announced and tills this was taken to mean that tile the president would proceed here direct from rom boston after an address addres s in that ity city president wilson left brest on its his return etuin to the united states on board the he united states steamship george washington shortly after 11 saturday morning george washington weighed anchor nt at 1115 oc lock when president wilson left it was announced mno that lie he would land in boson ton on february 25 where lie was expected to make tin an address which would cover coel the work performed at the pence peace conference in ili a farewell message to the french people before leaving brest saturday president wilson said lie ho had been received and treated as a friend ns as lie he had most desired to be treated lie added that lie was happy to return to france to in completing tile the just settlement it of tile the peace confer once nce |