The New York herald., 1921-10-29
BRAND OFF TO-DAY
ON HISTORIC TRIP
Brings With Him Nations
Hope for GUARANTEES Per-
hitting Arms Reduction.
TO REFUTE IMPERIALISM
Press Warns France Will Re-
ceive Nothing Tangible
From Washington.

Special Gable to THE NEW York HERALD
C<yyrioht, 1921, By THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. Oct. 28.
Premier BRAND and the French dele
CATION, consisting of ,thirty-nine persons.
which he will head to the forthcoming
Washington conference. will embark at
Havre for America tomorrow. carrying
with them the well wishes of the entire
French nation. For France the voyage
that commences tomorrow will be his
toric. Not since Rene viviani. then
Premier, made the memorable trip to
ST. Petersburg with President Poincare,
just before the outbreak of the war, has
a French Premier left his home soil on
so long a voyage. Never before has
any such aggregation of talent left
France on any foreign mission. thus tes-
tifying to the Importance the nation at
taches to the Washington conference.
Public and private comment here In
dicates clearly that the desire OF France
is, first, that through this notable voyage
Premier BRAND will succeed in refuting
the charge of Imperialism made against
France, a charge which every French
man takes seriously to heart, and. sec
ondly, that he will bring back here with
him tangible guarantees of Frances
security sufficient to enable her to bring
her budget for military and naval de-
fence and instruction to the very mini
mum.
The financial section Of Premier
Brands delegation is especially strong,
and includes Jean Duplan noted econ
| omist and owned of the Duplan silk
mills in Hazleton, Pa. Philippe Bunau
| Varrilla goes as one of the technical
| advisers
ARRANGEMENTS will be made for Pre-
mier BRAND to be kept constantly in
touch with French affairs by wireless
during the voyage to the United States.
| Under no consideration will Premier
BRAND stay in Washington more than
| two weeks, THE NEW YORK HERALD
| Bureau is informed. On December 8
occurs discussion of tn eimportant
question of French relations with the
Vatican, at which Premier BRAND has
promised to answer interpretations In the
| Senate.
The Oeuvre refers to Premier BRAND 8
role In Washington as that of a peace
apostle" but on the other hand. M.
Capus, writing in the GGtLlois, reminds
M. BRAND: There cannot be any basis
| Of general disarmament established until
| Gerrnany's means Of destruction have
been eliminated. The conference will
provide nothing valuable unless this diff
Guilty is first overcome"
The Temps tonight warns Premier
| BRAND that he must not attempt to
play the role of mediator in Washing
ton unless he is specifically asked to do
so by other Powers. while certain other
influential newspapers here are now in
clined to believe that the Premier's par
| ticipation in the conference will be lim-
| tied, because the United States, Ens>
| land and Japan Will occupy the limelight
! in all the discussions to the exclusion
| OF France. r.,
The RepubNQue Frdncdise goes even
| further than this. declaring that Premier
Brands idea Of inviting the Americans
to sign a new pact guaranteeing France
against any German invasion in the flu