The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-14

 fell as an eager throng waited for his first word
 It was long wait. The colonel compressed his lips as he arrived at the Care Du Nord and thereaf- ter separated them only enough to let fall an occasional monosyllable. His long face seemed longer than usual under a tall, felt stove pipe hat and his lanky figure seemed lankier beside the more portly J. Butler Wright, his inseparable coun- sellor from the embassy in London.
 No Twinkle Visible
 If there was a twinkle in the am bassador's eye as he arrived in Paris, his huge black trimmed spectacles concealed it. At the council table he sat austere. On emerging he has walked solemn1y to his automobile looking gravely from side to side, but not acknowledging any of the questioning smiles directed at him by the assembled Journalists of 20 nations. One reporter did have the temerity to ask why Gen. Henry Al len, commanding the American forces on the Rhine, was in Paris.
 Because I asked him to come" re- piled the ambassador without & mo- Tnent of hesitat ton or a word of fur ther explanation.
 The few times the ambassador has received American correspondents in his rooms at the Hotel Meurice he. has talked perfunctorily and one could not fail to get the impression that the colonel was discharging a distasteful duty.
 Comments have been freely made here on Colonel Harvey's non-par- ticipation in the council debates, and where vigorous self-assertion was expected, the American representa- tive has appeared unconcerned and ready and willing to be thrust aside.
 Advice Not Needed
 One incident emphasized this: Lloyd. George, the British prime minister, in opening the Silesian discussion, intimated rather point edly that while the American and Japanese representatives were heart fly welcome at the council meeting, their advice was not needed. It was noted. however, that Baron Hayashi, the Japanese delegate, as each decis- ion was reached, carefully took the floor and solemnly registered the stand of his government. This was
  the same time it was quiet but ef- fective disallowance of Lloyd Georges exclusion hint But Ambas- sador, Harvey said nothing, tacitly accepting the British notice.
 The American attitude on the Greco Turk war expressed by Col onel Harvey, while consistent with past practice, was disappointing to Europeans. This senseless slaugh- ter continues only because arms and ammunition is being sold to the op- posing forces by French and British munition makers. Lloyd George and Briand deeply deplore the war, but have agreed that it is quite all right for private firms to supply arms so long as the Greeks and the Turk nationalsts desire to flight it out
 The League of Nations has not employed it's famous "automatic eco homie pressure" on the Anatolian belligerents and the only chance for peace seemed to lie in the hope that munitions profits, gentlemen, and this war will ehd" But Colonel Harvey declared that the shipment of arms to the belligerents was le- gally justifiable and that America was quite satisfied with the decis- ion of the allies.
 All of this timidty is so out Of keeping with the European concep- tion of Colonel Harvey that observ- CTS here are baffled. But close friend of Colonel Harvey has de- clared that the role he has been play ing was not written by himself that he intensely dislikes an altitude CT being Ion the fence"