Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-08
ER|GID RECEPTION
| GREETS BR|TA|N'S
PREMIER IN PARIS
Crowd at Station Silent as Lloyd
George and Colleagues
Alight From Train.
RRRIVE FOR MEETING OF
SUPREME ALLIED COUNCIL
Extra Police Precautions Taken
Because of Hostile Attitude
of French Press.
'oLoNEh HARVEY ON HAND
'rcsrhcc Of L. S. Envoy Regarded
as Countcrhalancc to British
Prime Minister'S Views.
RRRlVE FOR MEETING OF
SUPREME ALLIED COUNCIL
'oLoNEh HARVEY ON HAND
'rcschcc OF L. $. Envoy Regarded
rs Countcrhalancc to British
Prime Minister'S Views.
Hy Hudson IInwIcy,

Hy Hudson IinwIcy.
United News stan Correspondent
fARlS, Aug. 1.-Grccted by the
most frigid reception he has ever
""t In France LLOYD George and his
1icagu"s OF the British delegation
/" the supreme allied council meet
hS aiightcd from their train here.
watched BY a great crowd OF Paris
ans who refused to cheer tho. celeb
tiles in tho party
The meeting between Lloyd George
nd Aristidc Hriand. however. was
apparently cordial the two stocky
itt' 'r.ts ciasping hands and cN-
hanging tho h"articst Of greetings.
$ though they really meant it,
pa" 10 'nc hostile at,iimic OF the
r"nch prcss-which was consider
"IS toned down today. however. be
aus" of the governments warning
tshinst inhammatory ~articlcS--cxtra
'oiice precautions were put inio cc-
Get "a, the Care du Nord and tho
io,cl CrilIon, whore tho Bri,lshcrs
re 10 stay
Field Marshal Absent.
Tho absence uf Field Marshal VIII
on from the BRUSH delegation was
%idsIy commented Nipon. and Is
'iew"d rs s!gnifyinr that Great Brit
ain does NOT wish 10 be drawn into
Rany technical discussion as To the
.cresi;y of re-enforccmcnts in Up
tt.r suesia.
Premier BRAND is undoubtedly fac
nG crisis in the history Of his
rcmicrship. II he yields too much
o Great Britain, possibly those pc
itiOns now secretly being circulated
~ his enemies, ard calling FOR the
cconvcning ot the French Parlla-
nent. may gain sufficient signatures
70 bring IL aboa,. But the ilttlc Brc-
on viii AT least hight 10 the last
Itch.
Ah,bnssnd"r Hnrvr. On Hand.
Ambassador George Harvey, whose
PRESENCE at the conference Is re-
.ardcd by the french press az !,
ountcrbaiancc 10 Lloyd Georges an
3pgOni>tic views, but who is abSo-
Wcly silent "a 10 whether he VIII
nky that position-nr any othcr-.n
ne coming sessions. had two narrow
! escapes aft"r his arrival IN laris.
The nrst was when he very nearly
H3ccuplcd the old Colonel House suite
n; the Hotel Crillou. The second
Nas when he almost took the suite
known as King Aifonso's. in the
Mcurice. II is understood that he
lodged The first in order 10 avoid the
.ccusation of being too close to Ihe
british delegation. And. when he
,rrivcd at .Ac Meur.cc. the manage
ncnt tried to oust the family which
yas enjtting the luxury of the Span
sh royal suite for Il fortnight, but
hey refused TO yield.
Mute Testimony OF Havoc.
50 Ambassador Harvcy's rooms
ock ou, on the bare Tuiileries Gar
tens. which are mute testimony of
,he havoc OF the Commune in 1870.
Ambassador llcrr!ck's dinner TO his
Colleague took place at the Crillon,
and wa. :. highly enjoyable event,
is said. Maior-Generai Allen has
how arrived To consulc Harvey on
ne political and economic phases at
achcd e. keeping American troops
IN the Rhine.
premier Briand worked in solitude
tntll midaftcrnoon today. when he
Utu tHt tcuN tuliOH with
switZerland.' Then he went 10 thc
;tation TO greet Lloyd George and the
british delegation.
The Quai d'Orsay rapidly is assum-
ing the aspect Of major peace con
crcncc. supreme council will
sit in the clock room. ut the horse
shoe table. around which will be
forty red-lcather chairs. Premier
ugriand will preside
Consider international Problems.
1t is understood that the conference
xviii consider the international prob
ems in the following order: Upper
Silesian re-enforccmcnts: Silesian
boundaries, on which the committees
VI experts will present widely vary
ng reports; guarantees in the Rhine
district: trial OF German war Grim
nails: supplies for Russia: the aerial
auscs Of the Versailles treaty, with
(which the Foch commission claims
3Gra eco Turkish war; financial aid to
Austria; the Albanian question.
II is possible that the last-namcd
Soroblem will not he brought up at
Sall, but the plight of Austria Ger
aainly will come before the meeting
Austria's case has been forcibiy pre-
scntcd to the allies by her represcn-
,ativcs, who point out that, unless
aid is fort hcomng from the allies.
Austria may be driven into the arms
If Germany.