The New York herald., 1921-11-10
DELEGATES MEET
ADVISORY BOARD
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the defenceless heads of the American
representatives at the conference.
The committee will have an additional
function of securing information, re-
porting on conditions and making
recommendations concerning the impor-
tant phases of the programme which
the American delegates will present.
The head of the committee is former
Senator George Sutherland, for whose
legal and legislative attainments Presi-
dent Harding and the American dele
gates have the greatest respect. The
other members of the committee are
Charles S. Barrett, Mrs. Charles Sum-
ner Bird, Mrs. Catherine Phillips Ed
son. Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Eagan,
Under Secretary Of State Henry p.
Fletcher, Samuel Gompers. Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover, John L. Lewis. John
N. Parker. Gen. John J. Pershing. Rep
resentative Stephen G. Porter Rear
Admiral w. L. Rodgers, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Roosevelt, former
Senator Willard Salisbury. Harry NJ.
Sewall. Walter G. Smith, Carmi A..
Thompson, William Boyce Thompson
Assistant Secretary Of War ]. Mayhem
Wainwright and Mrs. Thomas G. Win
ter.
The subcommittee appointed is meet
ing tonight, and will report to-mor-
row. IL CONSISTS Oh 0HdlIIildu SulHef-
land. Mr.. Fletcher, Mr. Salisbury
Samuel Gompers. Admiral Rodgers and
Mrs. Eagan.
Lloyd Georges Message.
The message from Premier Lloyd
George, which made very favorable
impression on the officials of this Gov
ernment. was wired from London to
Ambassador Geddes and communicated
to the President. 1t was as follows:
"Will you please express to President
Harding my very keeE regret and disap-
pointment at having been unable to leave
England in time to attend the opening
of the Washington conference? The dis
cussion to which he has invited the
Powers whose representatives assemble
in Washington this week Is of profound
importance to the whole world. Nothing
but the intensely delicate state of the
Irish negotiations and the absolute OBJ
legations which feel 70 Parliament and
the country to be present here until
these negotiations are completed and
the Governments unemployment legfsla-
ton is In operation would have prevented
my sailing last Saturday, as l hoped
to do.
"I must discharge that obligation be-
fore leave. but I will sail at the earliest
possible moment and l hope to be with
you before the conference reaches the
deciding stage of its momentous work.
/ need not assure you in the meantime
that the heart of Britain is deeply set
upon the success of the conference. The
world has need of such a leader as
President Harding gave us last July for
many anxious months. 1t was the
New Worlds opportunity. To have
grasped 1t promptly as President Har-
ding and his advisers did, will prove
lasting credit to the clear eyed states
manship of the United States"
The personnel Of the British delega-
ton, with the exception of the Premier,
will be complete tomorrow on the ar
rival of Arthur J. Balfour who will be
the ranking member of it for the time
being. Mr.. Balfour is on his way to
the American capital from Quebec, ac-
companied by Premier Borden of the
Dominican Government. All the other
delegates to the conference are in Wash
ington.