Arizona republican., 1921-05-07
HARVEY WILL REPRESENT PRESIDENT WHENC COUNCIL
 TAKES UP TAP QUESTION: NO LEAGUE RECOGNITION
STATES WILL ALSO BE REPRE- SENTED AT CONFERENCE OF AM BASSADORS AND MEETING OF REP ARATIONS COMMITTEE
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WASHINGTON. My 6-Presidert Harding today accepted the invita- ton of the allied supreme council that the United States be represent ed at the meetings of that body as well as those of the conference of ambassadors and the separations commission.
 George Harvey, newly appointed ambassador to Great Britain. will sit with the supreme council and take part as the representative of the president of the United States in the deliberations of that body" Repre- sentation at the conference of ann bassadors in Paris and the repara- tions commission will be unofficial The ambassador to France will be the observer on the former and Ro- land W. Boyden will sit in unofficial capacity on the latter.
 Decision to accept the councils in vitation was reached today at the regular cabinet meeting and formal announcement of it was made at the White House. Soon afterward the text of the American reply to the in vitation was made public at the state department
 Following Is the text of the reply of the government of the United States
 to the invitation from the supreme council It will be delivered to the
 British ambassador tomorrow The government of the United
 States has received the communica-
 ton in which you state that with the unanimous concurrence of the powers represented at the allied con ference in London you are to inquire
 whether this government is disposed to be represented in the future, as ii was in the past, at the allied confer
 ences, at the conferences of am bassadors in Paris, and on the rep arations commission.
 The government of the United States, while maintaining the tra- ditional policy of abstention from
 participation in matters of distinct ly European concern, fs deeply in terested In the proper economic ad- justments and in the just settlement of the matters of world wide impor- tance which are under discussion in the conferences and desires helpful- ly to cooperate in the deliberation upon these questions
 MT George Harvey, appointed am bassador to Great Britain. will be in structed on his arrival in England. | to take part as the representative Of ! the president of the United States in | the QeIlDeraL1OnS or lne SupIelilS Codi- 1 cil. The American ambassador to
 Frence will be instructed to resume his place as -'unofficial' observer on | the conference of ambassadors. and Mr Roland w. Boyden will be in | structed to sit in an unofficial ca 1 pacity on the separations commis 1 sion
 "The government of the United l States notes with pleasure your eX- pression of the belief of the repre- 1 sentatives of the allied governments
 assem bled in London that American co-operation in the settlement of the
 great international questions growing | cut of the world war will be of ma
 ierial assistance
 Allies Invitation
 The answer of the American gov i ernment was in reply to a formal in
 vitatiop presented at the state de- i partment yesterday by Sir Auck- land Geddes. the British ambassa dor ! The text of the invitation, which ! was extended by David Lloyd George ! prime minister of Great Britain as