The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
J. 5. AMBASSADOR
 TAKES PART IN
 COUNCIL SESSION
Russian Relief Is Principal Subject Discussed At Paris Conference in Tester
 days Session
By Associated Press

 | Paris, August l0,-The American ambassador took part twice in to- days sessions of the supreme council, once in replying to Premier Lloyd George that he agreed that Amer ica's traditional policy gave traders the right to sell arms to either bell ligerent in the near east. and again, in replying to inquiries by the prime minister respecting. Secretary Hoov- CTS Russian relief plans
 M. Briand, the French premier, be- gan the discussion of Russian famine by saying that the Russian people. l who had fought with the allies in the beginning of the war, might just ly look to them now for help. "I propose that all the allies joln with the United States and the other nations who are interesting them selves in the administration of re- lief through Red Cross societies and other private sources said NJ. Briand.
 rI heartily agree to this" ex- claimed Mr. Lloyd George. "Bus 1 wish to point out that such efforts could not reach many Of the sut- ferers. The Red Cross cannot per- form the miracle of the five loaves and the two fishes. Relief must be organized immediately on great scale no. only for the sake of Rus sia but tor the sake of the world, because typhus, cholera and other plaques incident to famine will cause more loss than the last war,
 Must Cooperate
 q have no admiration for the soviet government" MT Lloyd George declared, but relief is inn possible without iis cooperation in as much as it controls transporta- ton and all official machinery. No one could move about Russia with out it's permission. I think for this purpose the allies should make some arrangement with the soviet gov ernment
 Mir. Lloyd George said he had been informed that some of the Russian provinces had surplus grain, but the peasants would not release 1t except in exchange for goods which they required He suggested that the su- preme council consider at once whether steps could not be taken to obtain grain in this manner for the famine areas.
 The question was not political but humanitarian.
 Viscount Ishi of Japan, Signor Bonom, the Italian premier, and M' Jaspar, who was present for the iirst time in behalf of Belgium. agreed tthat d committee should De appointed at once to report to the present as sembly the best means of allied CO., operation.
 The British prime minister sue- gested 1t would be advisable to hear Lord Curzon. who as viceroy of India had directed the feeding Of iO,ooO,- 0oO famine striken people. Three Essentials
 Lord Curzon's remarks brought out that by strange chance 1t had been Russian wheat from the pres ent famine areas which was con tributed largely to India Lord cur zon said he deemed three things es- sential First, assistance Of the so-- viet governments; second, lorna ton of some international relief authority; third, enlistment of men of experience such as those who CO., operated with Mir Hoover in his great work and such as the British empire could supply from India and other places
 The French point of view, as m dicated by Premier Briand, while favoring international cooperation, proposed that "the allies join great humanitarian societies such as the Hoover committee without, however, such participation being official"
 He suggested that the allies as- sociate themselves with the American relief association and enter into re- lations with the Russian people through the assistance of the Czcho- Slovak government.
 Ambassador Harvey was questioned as to what the American relief as- sociation was doing. He replied that measures of relief already had begun, but he could not give precise details as to what they were. He said he would cable to Washington tonight and ask for full information which he would lay before the supreme council.
 <The experts at work on the Slles- ian problem were not able to com plcte their task today, but will re- port on the boundary to the council which will meet at , o'clock tomor- row evening. The Greek-Turkish question was under discussion today, and the council decided to adopt an attitude of strictest neutrality, with orf fpforforanCo urifh trade