The New York herald., 1921-11-16
LOOKING IN
on the conference
Balfour Charms and Captivates Audience at Arms
Farley With His Optimism Openness of Pro-
ceedings Inspires Hope Of Success.

ferent this meeting is III spirit and
methods from that OF Versailles"
There are no long faces. None that
count at all events. Even the British
novelists are shedding depression as
they report proceeding.
Most people say particularly those
who had first hand experience at Paris) :
How different this Is from the peace
conference. 1t Is open, cheerful, friend
~, businesslike." Probably the open
ness OF the proceedings Is responsible for
so much optimism. Here it is possible
TO find out what Is going on, not only In
the pienary sessions but in the vastly
more important committee meetings and
private conferences. This may not last.
but for the present it is a fact. At Ver-
seilies were the wizards that peep and
mutter" In Washington are statesmen
who don't go into hiding. They reveal
not only what they have done but what
they expect to do. Neither Balfour nor
Rato departed in any important partic-
ular from what the news reports this
morning anticipated they would say. AS
intensely occupied as the principal flg-
ures OF the conference are. they make
themselves remarkably accessible to
those trying to satisfy the hungry In
terest OF the world. There is not q con-
ference participant here. high or low,
who does not feel the tremendous
pressue OF public opinion. THE little
foxes that spoil the vines" that Solo
mon sang about arc no, in favor.
Some persons are compIaining to-
night that God was not invited 10 the
second session. They mean. OF course,
that to-days meeting was not opened
4 i L.,
ton. Considerable fuss IL being made
about IL op the ground that the failure
Of the Paris peace conference might be
ascribed by the religious minded TO a
neglect TO take tho Deity into its con-
ference 1t will be recalled that Presi-
dent Hardiug's Baptist pastor asked
Divine blessing for the first session. In
quiry seems to show that the State De-
partment manager of the proceedings,
merely overlooked to-day the detail Of
prayer and that it has no hxed aver
sion to such intercession. Naturally,
there are delegates Of many religions
present. but with some one religion is as
true as another. 1t is probable that
further supplications TO the Supreme
Being will be offered in ways calculated
to offend no religious sensitlvencss, East
or West.
Ali persons privileged 10 attend the
plenary sessions are looking forward
with the keenest Of anticipation to what
ever exposition Premier BRAND may
make of the French point OF view. II
comparisons can be made the Breton
is the most popular figure of the stellar
gathering, attracting to his own in
teresting person doubtless, that admira-
ton all OF US feel for France herself.
In tho two sessions there have been re-
peated calls for "Bree-ond, Bry-and,
Bree-yond," and occasionally William
J. Bryan, sitting among the reporters.
stirs like an old war horse. deceived
naomentarily by false phonetics. The
Premier of France, is, for some reason.
especially popular among Representa-
tives I'm Congress, possibly because they
admire him as O. resourceful politician.
Daily he displays peculiar knack for
saying clever thing. lie was asked