The New York herald., 1921-07-31
N0RTHCLFFE VIEWS
PUZZLE WASHINGTON
Officials Concerned Wheth-
er CurzOn Represents
British Sentiment.
EFFECT ON CONFERENCE
Success of Disarmament
Farley Dependent on
Popular Appeal.
PUBLISHER UNDISTURBED
Says Foreign Secretary and
Premier Are Best Members
of His Staff.
EFFECT ON CONFERENCE
PUBLISHER UNDISTURBED
Special Despatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washin0fOn. ID. c.. July 80. \

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., July 80.
Although Lord Northcliffe is gone
from Washington after two days of
rapid fire developments In his spec
tacular controversy with Premier Lloyd
George and Lord Curzon, the British
Foreign Secretary, ofiicialdom is still
buzzing with comment on the affair
and wondering whether 1t may affect
the relations between the United States
and Great Britain.
While Of course Washington officials
kept entirely clear Of the squabble by
refraining from giving the slightest
suggestion Of formality to their con-
versations with Lord Northcliffe yes
terday and Thursday. they realize that
the outcome Of this British political
fight may be Of real interest to the
United States.
Attitude Toward America.
Lord Northcliffe is vigorously oppos-
ing. through his numerous publications,
the proposal of the British Premier and
Foreign Secretary to come personally to
Washington as delegates to the coming
disarmament conference called by Presi-
dent Harding. He says they do not rep
resent the British people at this time
any more than Woodrow Wilson repre-
sented the American Senate and AmerI-
can people when he went to Europe and
negotiated the treaty OF Versailles.
In statement made here on Thurs
day night Lord Northcliffe said Lord
Curzon did not like Americans. the IN
ference being that he did not like Lord
Northcliffe's newspapers because they
were friendly to the United States.
Washington officials do not pretend to
understand the intricacies of British pol
itics and they do not know how correct
Lord Northcliffe's appraisal of Lord
Curzon's sentiments toward the United
States may be. They are not losing
sight Of the fact, however, that the only
chance for success of the effort to limit
armaments at the conference lies IN the
possibility Of getting public sentiment in
the United States. Great Britain and
made. To that extent the question as to
how far Lloyd George and Lord Curzon
may be able to speak for the British
people and Parliament is of real i'm
portance to the United States and the
rest Of the world.
One official drew a parallel to-day
when he said the question as to whether
President Wilson at the Versailles peace
conference represented the American Sen
ate. and the majority Of the American
people, was of the utmost Importance to
all the world. as afterward became APP
parent, for the whole peace structure
which he had helped to build up was re-
pudiated by the American people and
the league covenant cast into the dis
card.
Northcline Undisturbed.
Students of British affairs here have
great faith in the political good sense
of the British people. and are not placing
too exaggerated Importance on what one
Of the labor newspapers In England has
called IAN amusing piece Of low comedy
When Lord Northclffe left here last
night for New York on his way to Van
couver and the Orient he did not seem
to be greatly disturbed over the boycott
which the British Embassy had enforced
ngainst him. presumably on orders from
Lord Curzon. although he was greatly
wrought up over the stories printed in
London that he had quoted the King as
saying to Lloyd George: When are
you going to stop killing my people In
| Ireland?" or something of similar i'm
rort-a statement which he denied ever
having made.
| The great publicity attaching to his
7isit to this country seemed not to annoy
him. One Of the last things he said be-
fore getting aboard the midnight train
was:
Somebody, has said that Lord Curzon
| and the Premier are the best members
of my newspaper staff. and It looks as
| IL that is right