Evening journal., 1921-11-15
Group Represents
British Empire at Conference

WASHINGTON-(United Press)Z
The representatives OF Great Britain
and the Dominion in general will
perhaps have controlling interest
in the Washington arms conference.
The personalities Of their representa-
tives are therefore of the keenest in
trest to the people OF America, who
have high hopes of the result of the
meeting.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lord RiddcII. who accompanies
the British delegation at the Wash
ington conference as a sort OF expert
publicity representative, is a good
buffer. He came to the fore in this
capacity at the Paris Peace Confer
ence where he enjoyed the position
Of trying to get as much news as pos
sible out OF the officials and at the
same time trying to make the news
papermen satisfied with as little
news as he could give them. Ihat
he did this and still kept the conh-
dence and respect OF both sides
shows what a good buher ne 10 e
will have this same position AT the
washington conference because ne
has done the same thing at each Oh
tha important international confer
o,co since Paris. He is a pleasant
,,,a, 10 meet. He is tall and slender,
alvavs plainly dressed and is com
rtotelv unaffected. He is first OF all
q newspaperman. His Sunday paper
,The News of the World" Is phe-
mammal. Unattractive, plain, not
dvnamic or rushing like American
Dapers. it seems to a journalist 10
have nothing to commend it, yet 1t
has a circulation OF 3,0OO,OOO. Near
ly every policeman. servant girl ana
chimney-sweep in the United King
dom depends on it for a pleasant
weekend. And Lord Riddel has
buit the paper up with his sympa-
thetic understanding OF the little
things that bring JOY or SORROW that
orovide the petty romance OF the
commonplace life.
General the Earl OF Cavan, who
heads the British Military MIS-
sion. comes OF a famous Irish fight
ing family which for over 800 years
has supplied the British Army with
gallant sons. Nearly every earl-he
is the tenth holder of the title-has
served in the army A vigorous man
OF Sc. the earl is a typical British
Guardsman, elegant, strict, discip-
linarian. but with a charming per-
sonality. He fought in the South
African War with the GrenadieI
Guards. Commencing in 1914 as
battalion commander, be became
successively commander of brigade
of Guards. He then commanded the
14th corps, and when Lord Plumei
took a British army to help the Ital.
ians. Cavan became his right-hand.
man succeeding him as commander
in-chief Of the British forces II
Italy. The Italian commander-in.
chief declared that Cavan's army wa.
the decisive factor in the Piave vic
tory.
Arthur Hamilton Lord lee. Firs
Lord of the Admiralty, one o.
the three members of the Englisi
delegation at the Washington con
ference, is we'll acquainted with th'
United States and has long been &
strong supporter of Anglo-Americar
friendship. His American wife
formerly Miss Ruth Moore, daughter
OF John Godfrey Moore of New Hori
has been a big asset in his politica
life. Lord Lee was a good friend o
President Roosevelt, their acquaint
ance ripening during the Spanish
American war when he was a British
Military Attache attached to tn
headquarters Of the Rough Riders il
Cuba. Lord Lee was educated as
soldier and served in Hong Kong
Canada and as Military Attache a
/ Washington. While in Canada h
/ initiated and directed the militar
survey of the Canadian frontier an
explored the route to the KlOndike
Arthur James Balfour, one OF tn
three English delegates to the Wash
ington conference. is one OF the las
OF England's gentleman-diplomats
He was educated to be a statesman
! engaged in affairs Of State at the ag
Of thirty is still a statesman now a
seventy-three and gives little sign o
stopping. Balfour has held most q
the important offices in the Rritis
Government. Many disagree wit
his politics. but he embodies IN
graceful courtliness the eminer
dignity that mean to older Englan
the romance of diplomacy He
tall and imposing. slightly bent, an
stlll vigorous. Whenever work be
gins to be a strain he leaves it. II
is a bachelor.
Admiral Beatty, who will be Ems
lands chief naval expert, has prov
ed himself a worthy successor to Ne
son, Drake and other famous Britis
sailors, and future historians wi
doubtless rank him with thos
heroes, II only for the fact that h
commanded the greatest battle fee
the world has ever seen in tn
worlds biggest war. His fightin
signal to Jellicoe fired the imagina
ton Of every sailor. Follow me. W
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