The sun., 1919-01-10
Delegates From All Over the
World Take Possession of
Best Quarters.
OTHERS SQUEEZED OUT
LuncheOns Jump to Ten Dol
lars and Everything Else
in Proportion.
NJ RAYMOND @. CARROLL.

London Times Service.
Copyright. 1919; all riohfs rese,ped
PARIS. Jan. 9.-They are fast coming
in and Paris is a whirlpool Of human
confusion. Peace conference delegates
with their retinue of secretaries and
servants from the various Allied coun-
tries are swarming to the French metrop-
oils. To-day my own domicile. the Hotel
Lottie, was requisitioned by the French
Government for the Belgian delegation.
The Hotel Edward VII. has been taken
by the Italian delegates. the Bristol
Hotel by the Japanese. the Hotel Mor-
cedes by the Greeks, while the British
are installed in the Hotels Majestic and
Astoria
Hotels are falling before the Govern
ment requistioner like ripe grain before
the reaper
The hotels Regina, Louvres. Camp
bell. Columbia and a dozen others have
been gathered in by tho Peace Con-
ference requirements. Serbians. Ru-
man!ans and Montenegrins. Portuguese
and South Americans all have their
quarters assigned. to say nothing Of the
Poles, Csecho -Slovaks. Jugo-Slavs and
various planners of new republics
And This IL Peacei
A pretty little blonde Countess with
cheeks pink from rage stood before the
bureau in hotel rotunda saying: II
can't move; shan't First come the
Germans and chase me from my cha
teau in the country which they have
ruined. That Is war Now come the
French. my own countrymen. and chase
me from my hotel suite That Is peace.
Mon Dieu"' Poor little Countess with
out a roof over her head
Another week and the peace delibera-
lions will be running full blast. The
preliminartes are at an end. The par
Elephants practically know now where
the other fellow stands upon the big
question. They are ready to come to
close grips in the council chamber and
begin tockeying for advantage. When
one realizes that the future OF the entire
earths surface pivots upon these DELHI
erations their Importance looms in stag
gerfng proportions. The effect OF II all
upon the Partisan IL negligible. Cyni-
cal, blase. stated with self-esteem. ne
takes Il as a matter of course. Paris Is
accustomed to being the queen OF the
ball. Except for the steady frightening
rise in the prices OF everything to eat.
drink and wear and the extra crowding
Of restaurants one woui. never know an
epochal event was ira Inspiring. To pay
80 for luncheon Is nothing. and lucky Is
he who can escape at $40 q person at
dinner As for rooms. sallee and apart
ments. rentals have gone skyward In
leaps and bounds For four years land
lords carried large debts upon their
books. Now comes the golden opportu-
nifty for the harvest OF francs.
Generals without Beds.
Not only have strangers from afar
descended on Paris but civilians from all
over France have planted their joyous
feet in the boulevards OF their beloved
city and sought out their favortte cafes
and hearthstones. Then there are SOL
diers from every allied army on leave to
Paris. Only few days ago l put a cot
| In my room, else the CHIEF Of Staff OF
one American army would have spent
the night IN his automobile know OF
Generals who have searched in vain for
rooms in the few large hotels reopened
| 20 the public and ended in obtaining pen
sions In the back streets
To make matters worse. buyers are
arriving from all over the world. Paris
still sets the styles OF fashion. Eager &c
| be frst with the new offerings. mer.
chants OF Buenos Ayres, Rio Janeiru
and other far away cities have sent or
their millinery experts. They put UT
in the small hotels, Also we have with
us agents OF trade, finance and industry
here to get bargains out Of the factories
and shops broken by the war or make
deals for discarded army equipment
| Considering all that France has gone
L -. IA T. -. -. ~
| food Ia obtanable. No wonder official.
shake their heads dolefully and express
the hope that no serious shortage de-
| velops before spring