m'y & f rfrif' ?v ; V te . &. ' 'I J V I J J ST i f t l I' ry AN & V S8 EVENING PUBLIC LEPGER.IHILAi)ELl?HIA; FBIDAY, DEOEaiBEft 20, 1916 WILSON AWAITS fpTISH DECISION 'iv"it.. . 17rrnn1 W TTInn 'WtB xmuuiuu. "j -v rf- IWJ1 , t ... tjtonMay Alter His 'eace' Position V . .11! AGilEEMENT -FORECAST - Prcsidcnrk View on 'Vital C ' Questions. Said to Have Altcrcfl,Rcccntly Special Cable to Evening Public Led get Cevvrtttht, lilt, ivKtw York Times.Co. London, Dec. 20. Extracts from Richard V. Oulahan's Paris dispatch referring to tho Presl. dent's aims have toon cabled herb by tho Morning; Tost and Dally Chronlclo , correspondents in America. They havoVeon read with ketn npprcclatlon In quarters where it was believed some unnecessary uneasiness had been created by earlier statements as to tho President's intentions from less re sponsible flunrtors, oxlcnslvoly repro duced.'' in tho British press. Tho Evening Standard says: "From an American diplomatic sourco I learn thero is no reason to fear thero will he any serious rtltll culty between President Wilson ami tho Allies In tho application of his principles at tho pcaco table. Jlr. "Wil son, an questions of reparation and freedom -of tho seas, has chanced IiIh standpoint considerably slnco ho 'laid down his; original lino of policy, and tho result of the congressional election and subsequent Republican statements of policy have not been without effect upoif hte-rnhW. '.?There is. In fact, in, American dip lomatic circles a growing; conviction that alleged differences regarding such vital questions as a loaguo of nations and freedom of tho seas nro moro imaginary! than real and that betoro 1 the President returns to "Washington I afi.'compjotb understanding will liavo been-reached." . '., . Await resident's Views ' This' tnfiy be possible. However, it Is - not. possible to sum up tho situation without qu4lintatlon. Until tho Presi dent has, given his own interpretation of uch matters, as freedom of .the seas discussion 'on these points must remain largely speculative. In fact, tho various questions com promised, in 'the .general doctrine of free dom of the 'seas'wllftako on' very dif ferent ospqets, according to whether and how'- far .tlierb Is practical realiza tion of thefidfdl of a" league of nations. ! The strength of naval and military 1 armaments.ffbr the" future,- for Instance, will depend, largely on what guarantee can be .obtained under tho league scheme. But evejv.on the assumption that n i league of siuTlclentlr practical character to obviate the necessity of an army and navy, except on a scalo commensurate Tjtfth'iollcf and other similar services j iiouldftotiijevelbp.out of the Paris con j fre'neo (1 by no means follows that i wTnen it 'cotMes to a heart-to-heart talk ! between the American -and British rep i . ' - . resentatlves an agreement is Impossi ble. On the so railed freedom of tho seas question -thero is. for example, much more similarity between tho American and British doctrines of contraband and tho application of them In tho past ,than there Is between tho continental laws of marltlmo wnrfaro and either the Brit ish or American laws regarding the same. ' The President's first speech In rttr' removed ono misapprehension which had existed In some quarters hero, namely, In regard to the question of restoration of devastated territories. Thero has been little real fear In the best informed London circles, as haB been stated several times In these dis patches latterly, that there could bo n serious ground of cleavago or dispute Britain to Claim Indemnity Thero has been brought about by tho general election of lost week what some political controversialists are describing as n now policy on the part of tho Brit ish Government. Indemnities, It la de. clared, are now to bo claimed from Oermany by Great Britain Instead of tho restoration nnd reparation previously In tho British program. This Is only true In a certain measure and In cer tain sets. Certain pledges liavo been given by men who will doubtless form part of tho next British Government and by thoso who will probably form the majority of their parliamentary supporters. All thoso pledges will need careful examination, nnd it Is only after such examination that It will be posslblo to dctcrmlno exactly what Is tho policy of the new British Government. Conse quently, It Is safo to say that except on (ha l.rnn.1 nrlnlnlrta fnr which the Brit ish Government has stood throughout tho war and concerning which thero can he no possible doubt tho lino which the British delegates will tako at tho l'eaco t'onferenco will bo open to as much modification ns are tho views of the ( PresUlfnt by tho facts and necessities that will develop there. Ko when the Pall Mall U.izeuo sny that the President "has discovered that th -Allied plans jrc not as far advanced as ho thought they were and ho Is nnx lous that, there nhojlil ho a general speeding up," it Is merely a recognition of the fact that tho new British Gov ernment has not yet been formed, nnd that until It is and It has before It both all tho pledges given by Its members and all tho facts of tho European sit uation, It Is Impossible for Lloyd Ocorgo to malto a precise pronouncement on even such vltnl matters as freedom of the seas nnd tho leaguo of nations. TO TALK PEACE ONLY IN FRANCE President Decides Proprie ties Require Avoidance of Subject on Visits END WARS, HIS OBJECT By MCnAItD V. OULAIIAN Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copurloht, HIS, 01 Ntw York Times Co. Paris, Dec. !0. Prcsidont "Wilson has come to tho conclusion that tho proprieties of tho situation require him to conduct no negotiations and liavo no conferences concerning peace whllo ho is absent from Paris. Ho has decided to visit Italy, England nnd Belgium, and while in thoso countries ho will adhero to tho rulo of propriety, which means that his visits outsldo of Franco will bo purely ceremonial or personal. Consequently tho conferences which' Lloyd George, Balfour nnd others hoped to have In London, thus obviat ing a special trip to Paris, nro now understood to bo definitely deferral at Wilson's instanco until such timo as it is convenient for tho British states men to como to Paris. This decision means also that tho visit of tho President to Italy will not Include exchanges on tho subject of Italian aspirations concerning Al bania and other territory, tho dlsposl Hon of which will figure in tho Pcaco Conference, nnd that thero will bo no discussion in Belgium, tho de slro of that country to obtain from tho Netherlands tho restoration of the Llmburg and tho loft burte of tho Scheldt. In these and other questions which might bo considered purely European tho American delegates nro expected to participate. Their position In this regard is determined partly by their bellof that they am entitled to full rights as delegates, partly through the feeling that "Wilson Is looked upon by the peoplo of Europe on a sort of judge who Is uninfluenced by selfish MmtT Read r Ambassador Morgenthau' Story History for now and all time. Krt, st.oo Genuine Shell CORDOVAN ShoeSWorth$12 The Fatttit Selling Shoes in Thi Big. 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