New-York tribune., 1921-10-30
The CHARGE OF THE Pen BRIGADE
BY JOHN GLEASON O'BRIEN

nc same IS true to 4 greater degree in the
far East The comparatively few newspaper
men who have spent years in gathering news
IN that quart"r of the globe are bound in the
natural course OF events, to formulate friend
ships among the leading figures of those
nations. The result will be, therefore. that
every one OF these foreign correspondents who
possesses the confidence of and 2 personal ac-
4Ualh'ahce with any member of any deega-
ton to the conference will be in the United
States to greet him on November II.
American newspaper men were amazed dur
ING tae peace conference at Paris to witness
.the manner in which some of the biggest men
IN the foreign peace delegations went to these
correspondents they l1hew, conferred with
'hehl ana impaired valuable information No
keeheI lot OF newspaper men from the United
states ever Jared a typewriter than the CORPS
which went from here to cover President vii
sen at Paris, yet they realized that when it
came to personal contact with the members
OF 'he different peace commissions the foreign
correspondents had all the best of it.
lhe reason why the correspondents are clos
ing IN is obvious. The diplomats from France
and Italy viii not hesitate to unburden them
selves 10 the faces familiar to them at the
Qulrinal OF the Quai D'Orsav. On the otbe,
hand, they will not hesitate to ask The advice
oil those newspaper men whom they know to
be practically as well informed concerninc
their country as they themselves. And the re-
suit will be that newspaper readers in all Ian
guages will be the better informed
The marshaling of the news gathering hosts
at Washington will result in conference with
IN a conference Around the tables in the
oihihg room of the National Press Club, after
all editions have been put to bed and the last
complex cables fled, win be detailed the stories
concerning the conference that will be too good
Or too bad to print. The correspondents
Drought IN from Toxic will tell what prompted
one delegate to propose certain polcy--a re-
SUIT OF something which happened years AGO
III Japan And a correspondent who has livei
IN home let us say for twenty years, will shed
nght on PROPOSAL made by distinguished
itai'ah winch supplied the participants in the
conference with uneasy moments
* VIII he fascinating game covering the
conference and listening in for the slightest
word which can always be interpreted by some
correspondent as carrying far more weight
than would appear on the surface. Fascinat-
lng, and delicate as well. Not one of the
correspondents involved but will realize the re-
sponssbility resting upon him as he sends out
his story As far as Washington and the Ad-
ministratlon are concerned it is no secret how
the president himself feels about It, He told
the Washington correspondents long since that
ne knew that each one was doing all in his
power to further the aims of the conference.
that each one was reporting the preliminary
details as an American. His only suggestion
was to venture word of caution that the cor
respondents try not to compcate the situation
by presenting too many requirements with
which thf foreign delegates might think they
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