New-York tribune., 1921-11-07
French Premier
Arrives; Bars
Reception Here
BRAND Spends Night at
Quarantine Aboard Liner
Lafayette and Will Land
at 18th Street at 9 A. M.
Will Address Americans
Says He Will Not Give Out
Any Comment ON Farley
Until He Meets Harding

The French liner Lafayette, bring
ing Premier BRAND to the arms limi-
tation conference in Washington.
dropped anchor in Quarantine at 9:3o
o'clock last night. The vessel, which
was expected in Quarantine at G
o'clock, was delayed by bad weather
encountered after she had passed the
Nantucket Lightship.
1t is understood that out of respect
to his own wishes the French Premier
will not be taken off the vessel at
Quarantine. 1t is said that he desired
that no reception be accorded him, and
for that reason the customary honor
of landing him at the Battery has been
omitted.
The army tug Lexington, which has
carried the distinguished delegates
from Quarantine to the Battery, will
meet the Lafayette and put Major
General Robert Lee .Bu!lard aboard
the vessel to greet M. BRAND. If the
latter then desires to. enter the city
by way of Broadway and Bowling
Green the Lexington will take him
from the liner. If he elects to stay
aDoAiu tHe L6layette IL tS expected
that he will land at the French Line
pier at Fifteenth Street and the North
River about 8 g.. m.
VIII Address Americans
Premier BRAND devoted some time
yesterday to the preparation of an ad-
dress to the American people. He said
ment conference until after he. had
called upon Pres dent Harding.
Accustomed to bad sea weather, hav-
ing been a youthful sailor along the
Brittany coast, Premier BRAND was not
affected during several rough days of
the voyage. He walked tie decks for
hours each day. His confreres, Rene
Viviani and Albert Sarralt, did not fare
so we'll.
! Several groups of specialists were
busy last night finishing papers relat-
ing to the conference for immediate
use in Washington.
| Ambassador Jusserand sent Il mes
sage to the Premier that he would be
aboard with American officials at s
o'clock this morning.
Premier SO Years Old
M. BRAND is fifty-nine years old
heavily built and slow in his move
ments. He is somewhat round shoul-
forward. His face is sallow and broad
Being extremely wide at the cheek
bones. A mustache droops over his
large, firm mouth. His eyes are dark
and his eyebrows bushy.
Far from being emotional he is calm
almost to the point of being phlegma tic
| Yet he is an orator of remarkable
power and can play upon the emotions
of others at VII with his resonant
voice. His oratorical gift is used by a
mind that is keen and logical in all it's
| processes.
Regarded by his foes early in his
career as revolutionary of dangerous
tendencies, BRAND used power wisely
supervised the divorce of church and
state in France, which was accom-
shed with q smoothness which as.
| founded even the friends of the move.
ment.
Prevented Big Rail Strike
In 1910, as Premier, he prevented 9
railroad strike which threatened the
national life of France. He called the
strikers to the colors. His strength
and that of Clemenceau inspired France
with the vigor which carried he1
through the ears of the war.
Briand was born in Nantes. His
father kept cafe on the waterfront
in the fishing village of St. Na&aire
His education was obtained under the
handicaps of poverty and an environ
ment tending strongly to radicalism
AS a country lawyer BRAND himself
was tinged strongly with the doctrines
of the Socialists and the Syndicalists
and it was as an extreme radical that
he was elected to the Chamber OF
Deputies.
HIS extreme views had moderated
considerably, however, by 1908, when
he was appointed Minister Of Educa.