The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-09

Gefea grows nAtionalistic in
-, with u comes the re-
X sglnpicions and tealousies
Ds1nctive old-tirne desire for
ckton which may or may not
2s&6 y single voice from the
Wueld pleading new theories
ke4 comfy.
YSW pretty thoroughly under
1U Jnf great peace r'5cstrrTc
4kAJled will have ita first try
10nN January Is, when for The
- the peace delegates OF Eng
America, France and Italy, per-
n1nU " Japan. will assemble in
41N4k -sAile-a-manger" tdining
III ~ the French foreign osffce on
III hank Of tho 'turhAent Seine
1Uel1gs the preliminary griding o.
40uknened edges of diplomatic
GnAv only part Of This machine -
~. The American gear was I'M
- three weeks ago. the British
- r~csaving the finishing touches.
Nxnllan t. not unveiled.
1eCH NON-COMMITTu Al
~ Hseneh. Tor reasans OF their
0Ase their peace engine perfect
N&uE hAvu not announced its rsr-
- NOR arc they likely TO an
- = tiii tic hast snsrufe. because
nQme1Au. the CHIEF engineer. must
(k1m with n sweiftN~hctSr tsarsa o.
- h@fcre sessrrsirsrSE as star
~ kiveIy.
4 IN Paris shrcew WITH the pGfSa.tcylS
M IT. various segrrsnss aF the ns2css-
kME engine. ror - sc--rs -c---T1
nstles and inafvtaa Il parts ark
1E9d ny furicusl, charging au'cnao-
~ violating aIi laws by telephone
~ wireless with the home Offices in
B6on. Washington. Rome and far
r. Toxic
Ake the British for example. They
~ commAadeered thre@ great
49, along the Champs Elysres, one
~ them the Astoria, where the ex
- announced he would eat his
g1o6nAe dinner IN 1914 and until
Soutfy used for hospital work. Re
AooD they have established a printing
e1D o. the old Autcuil race course,
|4ea6y to rush into type all documents,
!&op0rts and statistics needing dis
494hating among tho British mission.
Ijh0 Hotel Majestic will be the
S0R4Efe Of the British commissioners
41 their personal stats. More than
M rooms have been converted into
= D01A Besides suites and sleeping
sAmktoEU in the Astoria are now re-
|10dened to receive small army of
1oEGa, stenographers. confidential
etsh t&Itl Is
- the Balkans, Asia Minor and Rus
|q1n. A third hotel IL utilized as quar-
S14e4 Tor the military and naval at-
Fe&G11eg and a host OF messengers.
and understra ppers in
Il 4l0 NpAulets and without More than
special service automo-
= (les are parked before the Majestic
md Astoria, ready for immediate
AM41Aee in any direction.
Tne precincts OF the Majestic and
onEfA ara already hallowed. Scot
saD6 Yard men and stiff sergeants are
r4fnG the portals, Nobody enters
IT. EnOut = military pass. Like The
" n0r1eAns, the British are taking
precaution against spies
ztn1nH access 70 secret codes and
E19A6entjal documents.
~ U conceivable that one spy
neltng his way into the Majestic
EGf CT4tl0n {American headquarters)
n1At wreck the work of the whole
13pu.
m x1I11SH VANGUARD ARRIVES.
9 1l1r Eyre Grove, assistant secretary
eezp& thu British foreign office; Robert
MXAm 6ttt0rt, of the same ministry
{ 4 James Dunlop Smith, of the In
y ~ once. and seventy assistants ar
2f3ped yesterday as the vanguard oi
10 British mission.
k EOe0tgn Minister Baifour lis now
1ttnG IT Cannes, France. Premier
" wa George and all the rest of the
1taAh commissioners and mission at.
Ehes are expected here before the
SHN9ok~end
M% II must he remembered that be.
Su1A Of the world lem bracing in
SeFe1A OF Britain. the British peace
1mchine 10 necessarily far bigger
the American. Still to come are
81 omter Borden and Hughes and
nuts as well as their respective
A6s. These men will insure voice
r. me- conference for the British DO.
1lfcfis and colonies.
Insur1pg transmission Of news to
1nglAnd. the British staff has ar
SHAa6ed special telephone cables across
44e Enamel which will also be n; The
s4poAal OF the press. and three Hand
s341-PaEe aero suuadrons for courier
rvfce between Paris and London.
British press headquarters has been
mtA bliShed in the Astoria. II Is SIM
S34r TO the American IN the Cril'cn.
Travelling down the Champs
= y6ecs between banks of German
WnA, one comes TO tao second great
3oce battery. the Hotel Crillof, al
10y infinitely described in these dis
1ches. Five minutes down, in the
3e Tfvoli. an extensive suite in the
&0GeJ Maurice awaits tho coming 81
ne japanese delegates and their staff
Ge0aS THE Port Concorde. on :hc
11mess lAff bank. IN a quaint old gar.
-. stands the Chinese legation wiz.
ancient. Oriental sun dial amid
110ees trees. Here the delegates q.
- Celestial republic win play Their
OTHER DELEGATIONS
The Portuguese, I5elgians and Bra.
11Gna have hotels in the vicinity ol
N Arc de Triomphe. and all have
atp busy on the trails Of the cor,
0nxaAnt4 with propafaesa for tsrefr
p46tfve countries, The latest ar,
nlG are populations OF Serbs, Croa q
N3Cvones, headed by Nichols
ocntch, the venerable Serbian nre-
~ They are stopping at the Hotel
npAeIl.
~ - these parts of the peace ma
- al the little wheels coming IN
y MGDe OF fitting in somewhere -
1onAee from Bolivia and Liberia
nf@AN0 Poland, in fact. from ali
R 0oTncrs OF the earth, not for
1nng Nicholas OF Montenegro. who
UmnA that he will get hearing
aa1 th&t lost throne of tfis. even i
mEhfs alone. and you will be able t.
Ho&u4And the stupendous compIeXliy
E3&af II about 10 he done here
Ex&Hfnd II all lHrka ahffir1s ry1 TIC.