The New York herald., 1921-07-31
NORTHCLlFFE SILENT
ON irish INTERVIEW,
STARTS LONG TOUR
Reply From King Georges
Secretary to Disclaimer
Not Received.
INCIDENT is CLOSED
Publisher Returns to N. Y.
and Plays Golf Before
Leaving for Toronto.
STEED STARTS INQUIRY
Editor of London Times
Credited With Talk Charged
to Boss, Reiterates Denial.
STEED STARTS INQUIRY

Lord NortEcliffe left New York at
7:45 o'clock last night for Toronto,
where he expects to spend day be-
fore continuing his journey around the
world. He had not yet received the
fordham, the Kings secretary, in re-
ply to the Northcliffe disclaimer of the
interview which, mistakenly attributed
to the British publisher by one Of his
the King on Thursday and has given
the public on both sides of the At
| lantic something to talk about besides
the heat. A reporter read to Lord
sage, as received here by tie As
ISOLATED Press, but he had nothing to
say. Earlier he had said that "the in
cident is closed" and further ques-
tioning only elected this: Il don't
see why I should be asked about this
matter. I have nothing to do with it."
His travelling companion as far as
Vancouver. H. Wickham Steed, editor
on Carr v. Van Anda, managing edi-
tor Of TIE New York Times, which
published on Monday, as part Of an
interview with Mr.. Steed, the remarks
about the King, Lloyd George and
Ireland which caused all the trouble.
After seeing Mr.. Van Anda, Mr.. Steed
again repudiated that part Of the in
terview reporting him as quoting the
words of a conversation between the
King and the Prime Minister.
New Denial by Steed.
II did not say those things at ALL" Mr.
Steed said to newspaper men at The
Hotel Gotham. where he and Lord North
cliffe were staying.
IT could not have said them. because
I do not know what the King said to Mr..
Lloyd George or what Mr.. Lloyd George
said TO the King"
Mr.. Steed was unable to explain spe-
ciically the oldest part of the whole af-
fair; that Is, how an interview plainly
paper came to be credited to Lord North
cliffe In an edition of the Manchester
edition of the London Daily MaI, afte"
being cabled from New York by the
London Daily Mail bureau here. Mr..
.Steed said he had not had time to make
complete investigation, but that the
error apparently was due ito some kind
of cable mixup on the other side"
| What with the hot spell, which cut
into his sleep; his round of visits In
Washington and the sensational contro-
versy that provoked a personal state
ment from the King of England, Lord
Northclifie was pretty tired yesterday.
Arriving in New York at A. NJ, he de-
scribed the sleeping car as a flying
| oven" He attempted a nap at the
| Gotham and at 10 o'clock started with
Thomas w. Lamont for the Links Golf
Club, at Searingtown, l.. l.. for round
of his favorite game. Returning late in
the afternoon, he sagged into a chair
to let a fourteenth story breeze do It's
best. He made It plain that nothing
more was to be said by him about the
much discussed interview.
How was your golf?'' he was asked.
How would yours be on a day like
this IL you hadn't slept?" he retorted.
At home he plays much with profess
sional and is said to be the best pub
lisher-golfer in England.
Sample Of Inaccuracy.
How was the nineteenth hole?"
"Oh. that's all right" He summoned
a smile at this.
He said he had been playing with
Mr.. Lamont Of Morgan's." A reporter
asked. did you say you were playing
with Mr.. Morgan?"
That shows how inaccurate you are,"
Lord Northcliffe said. II said l was
playing with Mr.. Lamont"
At the Grand Central Station last
night Just before he boarded his train
young woman gave him a bouquet OF
red roses and kissed him. He and Mr..
Steed were accompanied by w. +. Bull
lock, who has charge OF the American
correspondence for the Northcliffe
papers. Lord Northcliffe will sail from
| Vancouver August s. He expects to be
back In London in about eight months.
| Mr.. Steed and Mr.. Bullock will tour the
Pacific coast as far as San Diego be-
fore returning to New York.
Mr.. Steed. who insists that he was
mIsauoted in the interview printed in
New York on Monday and reprinted In
the Manchester edition OF the Daily MaA
as coming from Lord Northcliffe. ex-
hibited n despatch yesterday from Ray
mond q. Carroll. New York correspon-
dent Of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
published by the Ledger yesterday. Mr..
| Carroll said he talked with Mr. Steed
on Monday. days before Premier Lloyd
George read the Kings statement In the
House OF Commons. and that Mr.. Steed
then, being asked about the Interview
purporting to have given n version Of
a conversation between the King and
the Prime Minister, said
II never said It. Mind you, II was not
a violation Of confidence. That would
have been bad enough. ! never said 1t
at all"
Mr.. Steed said he also told the man
aging editor of the Times on Monday
that he had not said these things. He
offered this and the Carroll interview
yesterday as proof that didn't walt
fyorffrued ou Third puOe