New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-27

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His Reception
Asked All Sorts of Questions
by All Sorts of People
During Seven and Half
Hour Session at Hotel
Can't Find Prohibition
Publisher Favors Movement
for Fullest Exchange of
News Between Nations

viscount Northcliffe held reception
at the Hotel Gotham yesterday from
,o.so a. m. to p. m. During the seven
and one-half hours he shook hands
with 219 persons and was asked all
snr.s of questions on all sorts of sub
;ects by all sorts Of people. One WISH
+or. confning himself to vital issues,
asked viscount Northcliffe what ne
thought of prohibition as he had seen
It in this country.
yiscount Northcliffe confessed that
the question was too much for him.
Before | left England, =" ne said, 81
had an idea that prohibition was so
successful over here that all your
working people were putting 90 per
cent of their earnings in the savings
hank. But since | have landed / have
heen unable to find prohibition. Where
Il Il? | have looked everywhere, but
everywhere look / find evidence that
1t doesn't exist"
Nineteen of the 219 who shook hands
with Viscount Northchffe wanted to
sell him something.
Wants to Sell 10000 Acres
One man said he called to offer 150.-
900 acres of land in Western Canada,
which was covered with timber that
would make enough wood pulp to sup
ply The London Times and The Daily
Mail with paper for the next half CEN
fury. The British publisher said he
never bought land without first look
ing at it. A timid woman with green
veil hanging from the brim of her
sailor hat tenderly unwra pped pack
age as she advanced to shake hands
and explained that she had written
romantic novel which she was sure
would make a hit in London. "The
English are so romantic, you know"
she said. The novel met the same fate
as the land
Another woman without any veil at
all explained that she was a journalist
who formerly worked in London. She
said she called to get snappy story
fer a syndicate. When told the name
Of the syndicate Viseount Northcliffe
said:
"Why don't you write story on
what England is going to do with it's
100000 surplus women? You know
that since the war we have exactly q
00qUO0 more women than men IN Eng
land. 1t would make hit if you could
solve that problem
A very tall man with waxed whis-
kers said he had the pleasure of meet
ing Viscount Northcliffe on the Aqui-
tana coming over and he wanted to
know if an invitation would~be accept
able to visit his chiropodist emporium
at Coney Island.
Received All Visitors
As he has announced that he was
ready to receive anybody who wished
to meet him. Viscount Northcliffc
chatted with evident delight with
each visitor, but he turned frequently
to discuss serious subjects with vari-
Gus delegations.
committee representing the Zion
list movement called to inquire about
conditions in Palestine. When told
by Judge Bernard A. Rosenblatt that
there are 100000 Jews in the United
States, of whom 100000 are in New
York, Viscount Northcliffe said
I'VE have only 235,0O0 in England.
There doesn't seem any desire on their
part to go to Palestine. In fact 7
don't think Jerusalem is much of a
country for a dense population. The
great danger is that too many Jews