The Washington herald., 1921-11-13
CEREMONY GIVES
HINT OF FORMER
FARLEY IN PARIS
Gorgeous Uniforms and
Gold Lace Add Pomp
To Occasion.

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and their STATS in dress uniforms,
tSeir tunics ablaxs with medals
and decorations: admlrals and their
advisers in gold lace and epaalsttes
and coekaded hats
Only the picturesque garb OF dei-
egates from certain of the smaller
and newly created states was miss
ing, Mr.. Sastri, a delegate from
India. in Immaculate white turban.
presenting the only unfamiliar
sight
Absent was the gorgeous Arabian
raiment of Emir Feycal, the Turk
ish-looking costumes Of the Alba
mans. the dragoman uniforms OF
the Greeks. the Balkan makeup OF
the F'iume independents and the
queerly-garbed Koreans
Former Leaders Absent.
OF the principal figures at Paris,
Arthur J. Balfour. of Great Britain,
alone was there. Gone was Presi-
dAnt Wilson: Lloyd George, with
his shaggy white name; the Mongol-
featured Clemenceau, with his
gray-gIoved hands: the tall. brown
Orlando. and benonaire little
Maxine.
Instead was Mr.. Hughes. with his
careful. forceful manner; NJ. Bril-
and. with his great head placed on
a nneager body. giving him the air
of a giant spider; Carlo Schanzer.
with the delicate features and
silken beard of a painter or must
clan; Prince Tokugawa slow. meth
OdicaI and corpulent.
Little Wellington Koo. debonair.
speaking English and French per-
fectly was present at Paris and
yesterday. but in this conference
DIR. Alfred SEE was the chief pleni-
potentiary- The bushy white hair
and delicate features OF Ignace
ptderewski. Poland's chief delegate
Paris, were missed, as was the
lily. smiling face of Venizelos,
Greece.
istead was Jonkheer Won Karne
x. Dutch minister of foreign af-
airs. second president of the as
sembly of the league of nations, and
the member of the Dutch Govern
ment responsible for the Kaiser at
Doorn- Baron De Cartier De Mar
chienne. Ambassador Of Belgium at
Washington. represented the ban
tam kingdom" and Viscount D'Alte,
Portuguese Minister here. represented
the Lisbon government.
OF the great military and naval
figures at Paris. only Admiral Beatty
and Generals Diaz and Pershing re-
NAMED. Marshal Foch. one of the
most conspicuous of those present
in the clock room nealy three years
ago. had just left the city en- route
t. California. France was repre-
scented by the chief Of her general
staff Gen Edmond Ruat
Nor were so many women present
yesterday. as were IN the clock room
at Paris. Nine. Viviani. Nine. Jus
Serand and Mime. De Tessin, wife
Of Capt. Francois De Tessin. who
came to the United States with
Marshal Joffre and Viviani in 1917.
were in a box. Wives and friends
"f the other delegations occupies
other boxes, and few women were
in the seats on the floor of the hall.
Senators In Balcony.
The scores of female secretaries
stenographers and clerks crowded
at little tables behind the various
delegations at the DUAL D'Orsay
were not present yesterday.
In the balcony were the members
of the Senate on the right facing
the green tables of the diplomats
and the Representatives on the left.
At 1880 exactly. the scheduled
hour for the opening of the mi
tiaI session, all members were in
their seats Former President, now
chief Justice Taft. was among the
near that of william Jennings
P-van.
TIE Undiscovered tables were set
out in the form of a hollow square.
with a passage open to permit the
entry of the interpreters and stem
Craphers.
The American and British dele
cation occupied the tables facing
the assemblage, thus throwing Mr..
Hughes and Mr.. Balfou~ side by side.
On the left at the side table were
the French and Japanese delega-
tions respectively. NJ. BRAND occu-
pyinC the corner seat. Opposite
them the British dominions--Ca-
NADIA Australia and India-occupied
p side table. with the italians
next.
Interpreter In Center.
Delegates from the four smaller
powers occupied the tables facing
the Americans and English. the Chi
nese being next to the Japanese.
then the Portuguese, then the Dutch
and on the other end. next the Ital-
ians. the Belgians.
Mr.. Kanerlynck. official inter-
prefer at the Paris Conference and
the league Of nations at Geneva.
was in the center. Immediately
facing Mr.. Hughes. and the official
stenographers were beside him.
\ great burst Of applause greeted
President Harding. as he strobe
into the hall. and all delegates
rose.
The assemblage rose and stood
applauding as President Harding
withdrew at the end of his speech.
Mr.. Hughes Immediately arose
and announced that French and
English would be the official Ian
guaCes at the conference, but that
since copies OF Mr.. Harding's speech
while the heads Of the other dele
cations nodded approvingly.
The Secretary of State read his
speech slowly and deliberately. He
sketched the history of disarmament
efforts In the past and there gave
the first inkling of the almost bru-
tai frankness that was to come. He
deliberately and specifically men
toned Germany. and the German
Kaiser who threatened not to par
ticipate in The Hague tribunal IL the
subject of disarmament were ais
cussed. Visiting delegates looked
sideways, one at the other. to hear
the director of the foreign affairs
and policies of the United States
make such n pointad stafemanf and