The Washington times., 1919-04-20

Iy arranged for four-minute session
with the English premier.
1T was impressed on me that l
could see him only four minutes" he
said. That four minutes, however,
was stretched into two hours. Yes,
was with him two hours.
81 found him to have more points of
contact than any man / had ever met,
unless it be the late Theodore ROose-
welt.
Lauds BaIfOur Family.
while looking over some of my
prints, Mr.. Lloyd George picked up
photograph of Arthur BalfOur and re-
marked:
That is a great family. Do you
know a BalfOur has been serving the
/ British government in the war office
for more than 400 years?
He also called attention to the fact
that no Balfour has ever sought pub
/ lie office, nor honOrs. Arthur Bal
| four is still known as the Right
! Honorable although he has been Of
! fered many titles"
MIR. Harris said that Lloyd George
was greatly interested in Premier
! VenizelOs of Greece. He said that
the British premier said he regretted
that FenizeIos did not represent a
stronger nation.
/ While calling on Lloyd George. the
latter's daughter. Mrs. oliver Cary
= Evans, entered. She took a great in
( terest in the Washington mans
/ photos. and assisted him in shooting
the premier.
Took Her Photo. Too.
"I hope those pictures of my
father will be good ones, because l
want you to send me some of them
Mrs. Evans told me.
After I had snapped her father, 1
/ took her picture"
Lloyd George is a great mixer.
He would be wonderful polician in
America. He is more like Roosevelt
than anyone 1 have known"
Mr.. Harris says that he was so
awed by the premier that he com
Ipletely forgot to mention to the
4 premier that he, too, was from Wales.
THE premier, however. is from north
/ Wales, and Mr.. Harris is from south
Wales.
| While in London, Mr.. Harris ac-
lCompanied the party of American
newspaper men who broke into Buck
| iingham Palace and shook hands with
! the King and Queen. President Will
son and the Duke Of Connaught were
also there.
Looked Like Tramps.
when we got to the palace. we
were cold and hungry" Mr. Harris
said. we had been on the train all
night and had had no time to shave
| or brush up for the reception. We
! looked like tramps
1T was easy enough getting into
! the palace grounds, but getting into
| the palace was another matter We
| tried all the doors. and finally an
| English officer took US to a side en-
! trance and said:
when ! count three, push hard
and We will break in
Well. he counted and we pushed.
| The lock gave and the door opened.
we waited about twenty minutes
| before the arrival Of the royal party.
! Passing in line we shook hands
with King George and Queen Mary.
/ President and Mrs. Wilson and the
| Duke Of COnnaUght. / believe Lord
! Reading also was there"
King Also Wns UnShnven.
Mr.. Harris said that one Of the
! party afterward told the story that
| he apologized TO the King for not Je-
ing shaved. whereupon the King
stroked his beard and said:
You have nothing on me: / haven't
| had a shave in three years"
Back in Paris Mr.. Harris called on
! General Foch at his office at the
Hotel des Invalides, where is the tom1
Of Napoleon
General Foch first gave Mr. Harris
his autograph signed with his foun-
tain pen.
When informed through an inter
prefer that he wished to have
writing pen that the general had
used. the accommodating French war
rior said:
Let me write il again"
lie then used pen point that Mr..
Harris furnished Mr.. Harris brought
tn" pen back 10 Washington ami
prizes it highly.
NenizeIOS Knew Of Him.
On his visit to Premier Venizelos
Mr.. Harris picked up two copies of
Greek publications which had pic
lures bearing the credit line Harris
& Ewing" and showed them to the
premier by way of introduction.
"Oh, yes, | know your firm the
premier said. Il had often wanted 20
see the man who took so many pic
lures"
Mr. Harris says he did not tell the
premier that his company had other
! photographers.
He found that VcnizeIos spoke Eng
! lish fiuently.
The Washington man says he left
Paris with one big impressiOn-that
| the peace conference is no mob see le;
! that it runs along like n well-Oiled
| engine, with President Wilson and
| Colonel House in the cab, dominating
| every move, just az they have done
, in Washington.