7 DECEMBER 1918, Page 3

President Wilson in the Message which be read to Congress

on Monday said that American industry was returning quickly to peace conditions. Shipping, however, must be controlled, " perhaps for a long while," and Belgium and Northern France, where the enemy had destroyed the factories, must not be left " to shift for themselves in a pitiless competitive market." The President said that it was his paramount duty to go to Paris. As " the servant )f the nation," he hoped for the united support of Congress in the Ask of translating America's great ideals into action.