Evening star., 1921-08-06
COL. HARVEY GOES
!. TO ALLIED COUNCIL
Accepts Invitation of France
to Be Its Guest During
Sessions.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
LONDON, August 6.,.-George Har-
vey, American ambassador to Great
Britain. left for Paris this morning to
attend the meeting of the supreme
allied council. which will begin in
that city Monday. Ambassador Har-
vey was accompanied by J. Butler
Wright, counselor of the emba ssy; (;
Secretary Arthur Bliss Lane and two
stenographers.
In connection with the departure
of Col. Harvey for Paris the embassy
last evening issued to the English
press quotations from the American
governments acceptance of the couri-
ellis invitation to be represented and
which will serve as a guide for Col.
Harvey.
The general effect of the statement
is tina. the United States, while alb
staining from European questions,
considers it is entitled to participate
in economic questions arising out of
the war.
Emphasizing editorially the Importance
OF American participation in the coming
session OF the allied supreme council at
Paris. the London Times says it does
not wish to exaggerate the influence
Ambassador Harvey may exert on the
proceedings. in view of the cautious re-
serve apparent in the American State
Departments note and the restricted
scope OF American participation. The
paper declares ''the return of America
to participation I'm European affairs is
of the greatest value for solution of
difficulties in which the European gov
ernments are becoming 50 deeply in
volved that thely are in danger of losing
their breadth of vision and their sense
of world responsibility"
Col. Hartey's Presence.
The Times hopes that Col Harvey's
presence will serve as reminder OF the
broader implications of the questions
discussed and will dissipate the mists
that arise from too petty conception of
national interests.
1T seems as though the President
is watching the strange course of Eu-
ropean events from afar." adds the
paper. For they may reach such a
perilouS pass that America NAV have
to consider a situation not unlike that
which drew her into the war. The
fact that the President decided to send
a representative to the council is. we
think, a measure of the gravity of
the present situation"
The State Department at Washing
toh OH May III ANNOUNCING the dC.
ceptance of the invitation to be rep
resented at the supreme council, gave
out the correspondence between David
Lloyd George, president of the allied
conference. and Secretary of State
Hughes, which contained the follow
ing paragraph:
THE government of the United States,
while maintaining the traditional policy
Of abstention from participation in mat
ters. Of distinctly European concern, is
deeply interested in the proper en-
couragement and in the just settlement
Of matters of worldwide Importance
which are under discussion in these con-
ferences and desires helpfully to CO.
operate in tile deliberations upon these
questions"
The note added that Col. Harvey
would be instructed to take part as the
representative of the President of the
United States in the deliberations of the
supreme council.
Guest of France.
PARIS, August 6.-Ambassador Har-
vey has accepted the invitation of the
French government to be it's guest in
Paris during the meeting of the supreme
council there, and will take up his quar-
ters at the hotel where the Italian dele
cation is stopping.
The American ambassador is due to
arrive this evening.