Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-23

Crillon hotel--a most beautiful
and comfortable place in which
are quartered our army of experts.
They are experts on geographical
boundaries, on racial derivations,
on political history. Americas
colleges have been stripped of
their Phi. d. men and there they
are, sitting at the Crillon-some in
uniform, some in rags. as becomes
acedemicians, and some in tags,
as becomes scientists, and some in
velvet gowns--a jolly lot of free
handed beggars. To get to any of
these gentlemen one swoops
through the swinging doors of the
Crillon past a brace Of husky
doughboys. A plain clothes man,
with the matter of fact manners
of floor walker. meets the visi-
tor, asks him to get a pass, shows
him into an adjacent waiting
room, where at a long table sit a
busines-like looking young man
and lieutenant or two. One
states ones business. He wants to
VAIN " al. NO5tSiAy AoobASb ~
Westerly is either in or out. If he
is in, pass Is made out, and from
a bench another husky buck pri-
waite is shuttled, to whom is hand
ed the visitors pass to see DIR.
Westerly, and the buck private
shakes his head in a gesture indi-
eating that the visitor is to follow;
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private, the visitor is RECALLED with
conversation as he is following
the private through the labyrinth
of the Crillon to DR.. Westerly's
room. If the visitor looks like a
crouch from Boston, he Is denied
the boon of human society. At DR..
Westerly's room door the guest is
handed pass to get out and Is
deserted. The ceremony Is over.
What business or pleasure one has
with DIR. William Westerly is
forthwith transacted, and the
sooner the better.
THE ENGLISH STYLE.
The English have the Hotel
Westminster. There one is met
at the door by a trained servant,
probably butler by trade; the
trained servant administers a So
cial anaesthetic, registers the Wis
itor with his name and address
and his business and his would-be
hosts business. and then the visi-
tor Is passed over to polite men
In uniform, servants but not SOL
diers, who take him into a great
beautiful lobby, where IL he hap
pens along during the late after
noon, an innumerable company is
taking tea, served by rosy-cheeked
English girls-the genuine article.
in black and white aprons. 1t Is
all very chic, all very proper; en-
tirely conventional. and in perfect
form. Also 1t makes medicine. 1t
impresses the visitor. The cards
are not all on the table. If the
world has been made safe for
democracy 1t Is outside and not
inside the Westminster hotel. And
the British delegation is equally
smart. It's experts are devoting
no time to boundaries and to ra-
cial distribution, and to abstruse
propositions. But they know the
worlds market. They know where
the raw materials come from and
who uses them. And along with
other experts, to match let us say
Americas expert on Balkan racial
derivations. the British have
brought the most expert lock smith
in England. In the present diplo-
matte parley to make the world
safe for men like President Will
son Of ''un grande candeur" it Is
first Of all necessary to prevent
inter-allied burglary among the
archives. At least this Is the UNI
hallowed inference arising from
the announcement Of the lock-
smiths presence. For surely, the
British archives contain something
more valuable than false whiskers
to hide Mr.. Lloyd Georges coun-
tenance and green goggles for
Lord Northcliffe's many DISCUSSES.
One brings locksmith upon a
diplomatic mission only, when one
Is playing against earnest and
powerful men for rather large
stake. and around a table Of tre-
mendous hazard.
AGAINST VEST euTToNs.
The British experts know the
game that will be played on this