The Washington herald., 1920-07-07
JAZZ IS MIXED
IN PEACE TALK
Envoyslto Farley at Spa All
Having Luxurious
Vacation.
GIVEN GREAT VILLAS
First Meeting Preceded by
Informal Dance Last
ing All Night.
GIVEN GREAT VILLAS
by wYTHE WILLIAMS.
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Spa. Belgium. July s-They rev.
velied that last night in Brussels,
the hast night OF the Brussels stage
Of the peace conferences. But IL
there was any souNJ Of ghe silly can
non from the direction of Waterloo.
II was lost in the noise of pazz
And now we are at Spa for what
the peace delegates prefer to call
"A solemn august resemblance Of
the Allies and Germans. face to
face. to consider the execution Of the
treaty Of Versailles
In Brussels. fcity-eight hours be-
fore this face to face meeting. there
were enough Allied wrangles and
rccriminations to make 1t dop btful
whether 1t would ever come of.
Finally. thinks to the value Of con-
vcrsations" over the conferences"
there was another Tentative" agrec-
ment over how the German body
should be cut end divided.
Harmony in Time for Dance.
Ohlcial harmony was again re-
or,astcrs' reception and later to
dance at the Palace Hotel which
was the home of all the visiting
DELEGATIONS. The carce was quite
an informal all night event held ir
a restaurant. Although 1t was to
see so many democratic or not too
proud Belgian women seated alone
II tables during the early part OF
the cvenine-the majority toying
with clusters OF gIapes-at about
dollar per grape-al this was
changed later whca the grapes were
removed and Brut Imperial at $l2
a battle was cubs tituted, while nu-
mercus visitors relaxed in the fox
trot and waltz.
Yesterday morning many mem
bcrs possibly weary of the special
trains from conference to confer
ence. motorcd over from Brussels
TO Spa. Premier Lloyd George made
n detour in order tn look over the
battlefield of Waterloo.
The first and natural question
asked by many on their arrival here
was: why Spa?'
Accustomed to Great Ones.
Spa is one of the oldest health re-
sorts in the world. Since the six
tenth century it has received kings,
dukes, landgraSes. statesmen, poll
ticians, actors, mondaines, demi-
mondaines, even an occasional en-
peror, the last of this category being
william Hohenzollern, who abdi-
Gated here just before the armistice.
Naturally Brussels was a better
meeting place and the king. being
king. need not have met the Ger
mans il he did not desire.
Also there is Ostend. far pleas
anter, more gay, with hotels twice
as big and comfortable as Spa.
So the only apparent reason why
the peace conference came to Spa
is that il desired to take the cure"
for which the place is so justly re-
nowned. Physicians prescribe three
weeks for the FORMAL cure, but the
peace conference may do It in less
Millerand gives il eleven days, and
was shocked this morning to learn
that the German delegation orig
inally planned for getaway on
Thursday.
Meet In Gorgeous villa.
Although the town and it's hotels
are sadly down at the heels, the con-
ference and the leading delegates
have done themselves better ut Spa
than at any plac in their past itIn-
erary The villa Fraineuse, where
the meetings are held, puts all the
other conference villas out of
thought. This is a real villa, with
hundreds of acres of magnificent
park. containing streams. lakes,
forest. tennis courts and the like. 1t
he nf
himself when the German great
headquarters arrived at Spa. But he
soon cleared out. considering 1t too
good a mark for bombardment from
the air.
In addition. Lloyd George has a
villa. Millerand has a villa, and the
Italians have a villa. I understand
the Italians are. a little peevish be-
cause their villa Is some distance
out-but automobiles are supplied
and the roads are good. 1t is un-
likely they will quit the cure on
this account.
Surprising to relate. the Germans
the poor, shabby Germans-have
done themselves better than any
body. Up to date ] have counted
four hotels. one villa and one cha
teau with grounds surrounding. all
of which are completely taken
over by the Deutschreich.
Germans n Bit Diagy.
Concerning the conference itself
and news therefrom there is natu-
rally little one can say. We all
went to the Villa Fraineuse TINS
morning, saw the allies and the
Germans enter, and a few minutes
later saw them come out. The Ger
mans are somewhat dingy in dress
and unimpressiveiy neutral in man
ner. Both official and unofficial
communiques have II that they
treaty in good faith" Naturally
they did not understand what was
expected of them In the way Of
representatives. and therefore the
conference was adjourned until to-
morrow. so they could fetch a few
more ministers and generals from
Berlin. They were advised Of this
necessity yesterday, but the tele-
phone lines from Spa to Berlin
were not working properly
Same Old Propaganda.
German agents Of all description
are circulating about with exactly
the same propaganda of the past
year, namely, that the allies are
here seeking payment from a party
that has no money in his pocket.
Therefore, while IL is quite likely
the German delegation will give
in" on all points and loyalty"
nrop,ise rood future behavior IL Is