The New York herald., 1921-11-25
LOOKING IN
on the conference
Meowing Influence of Time Seen in the Strange New
Intimacies of Men Thrown Together by the Con-
ference-Taft and Bryan in Amiable Chat

|, he says sadly. "The proof of it is that
Ludendorff has no real influence IN Ger
many. We are trying to produce and
SELL Our new Ambassador here will be a
business man, not politician. We have
got to get the mark back to something
ike it's old value. ! think that this can
be done in half p dozen years the way
Germans are now working.
Prof. G. II. Camcrlyncl. mouthpiece
OF the conference and ono Of the most
skilful interpreters that has ever been
heard in Washington, is what one
might call q veteran of peace confer
ences. He was at Versailles. The Spa
and Geneva. This is the frankest
gathering l have ever had the honor to
interpret he says. II have never
heard diplomats speak so frankly ana
openly" Canerlynck jusgies Ian
guases with dazzling speed. At home
In English. German. Italian, Spanish,
and master of the purest French.
He appears invariably in smartly fit
ted morning coat. black trousers strip
ed with pinlines of gray, spats the col
or OF a modest mouse. His complexion
is what might be expected OF French
man in good health and with access
to a superior cellar. His eyes are
keen behind gold trimmed pincenez
his nose is large and high bridged and
his mustache is thing of art and
beauty, curled like the locks of Hy-
perion. At home he lectures at the
Sorbonne on the phonetics OF English,
French and German. and teacnes Eng
lish in school that trains young
Frenchmen for the navy. In the war
ha a hn
Eighty-ninth division and there are few
Yankee tricks this one is not up to.
Balfour, head Of the British delega-
tion, and NJ. Cameriynck are great
friends. They had met, OF course. at
several previous conferences. Leaving
the plenary session after Brands great
speech the other day, Camerlynck ap-
preached Balfour. saying: Monsieur.
undoubtedly / shall meet you in
heaven"' Balfour. regarding the
Frenchman solemnly replied: Mon
sieur, see You are truly an optipist."
Sydney Smith said THANK God\ for
tea. What would the world do without
tea? How did it exist? I am glad /
was not born before tea" Without
tea il is impossible to believe that the
British delegates could get on with
their work. At 4 o'clock precisely they
and their attaches drop the perplexi-
ties of naval ornaments and OF the
Far East. settle down to tea slipping
and the mental refreshment 1t SYM
bolizes. Nothing under heaven could
move them from this happy habit.
When an Englishman has a habit he
believes in standing by 1t solidly. You
are reminded OF Emerson's notion that
Englishmen. OF all men, stand firmest
In their shoes.
That diplomatic immunity which safe
guards the embassies. legations and
other conference meeting places is a
constant Joy TO some neat. elderly gen.
tlemen in Washington. They are such
as were to he found commonly at the
Army and Navy Club slipping with the
artistic restraint of the true connoiseur
the excellent liquors OF that retreat for
old warriors. Constantly nowadays
they are invited to diplomatic parties
where wine and brandy hardly known
here even in the dear dead days are
pressed upon the stranger within the
gates. The other day NJ. BRAND Of
fered toast in brandy put away in
1S3 Col. Blank Qet us call HIM lifted
his glass. slipped three drops. leaned
back with his eyes uplifted and mur-
murmed fervently without a sugges-
ton of iIreverence, MY God"'
Not that it is of world shaking mo-
ment, but you may be interested to
hear that the Chinese delegates are
housed in Q street.