The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-30
SOCIAL -SPLENDORS
 FOR ARMS FARLEY
Inaugural Grandeurs Like ly To Be Exceeded at
 Conference.

Washingt Aug. 3o-What Wash ington missed in the way of grandeur
 at the time of the inauguration when President Harding insisted on the simplest possible ceremonies. will be made up, it became apparent last night, during the period of the forth arinamentS.
 It has been revealed that the hotels
 are preparing for food of reserva- | tionS and further that. scores of 1 houses ordinarily closed will be open | for the conference. The social side
 of the barley, it is evident, will be of | extreme importance.
 Arrangements already have been l begun at the State Department for the | housing Of the delegations The
 work is to be directed by a confer
 ence division" orders for the crea-
 tfon of which were issued yesterday
 by Under Secretary of State Fletcher. | Secretary Hughes is to be at the
 head of the organization, which. in ! fact, will be committee with differ
 ent division chiefs as members. The
 committee will establish its own or | ganization of clerks, secretaries and
 the like to help the delegation with
 may need help in addition to that | supplied by the Embassies.
 Officials of the State Department
 expect that between 1000 and 1000 | representatives of the different na-
 tions. many of whom will bring their | wives, will be in attendance. The vast | majority of course will be experts of one kind or another. to assist the del | egations.
 II It has been decided by President II Harding and Secretary Hughes that
 the United States will not attempt to i fix the size of the delegations or make | informal suggestions. that detail be- ing left to the nations themselves to determine. u is assumed, however, that each delegation will have five or
 six members, which was the general rule at the time of the peace confer ence in Paris In diplomacy it has
 been found avisab1e to hold down the mum.
 In all probability the American delegation will number six. While N President Harding has not revealed
 his intentions in this regard, it is the common understanding among those
 who have talked with the President about the situation in general, that
 this will be the number. Two of the
 delegates, Secretary Hughes and Sen
 ator Lodge, already have been named. H The delegation in every instance
 will have staff of large proportions,
 according to the present indications. It would not surprise some of the
 authorities if some of the nations
 were to bring along a party of 400 or 500. This might be advisable in view of the breadth of the conference. These experts will be from all
 branches of the governments, those dealing with fiscal affairs with the iidN1SS, ti1S dIIIlOIiSS, elC. Ihcy VIII
 bring with them all sorts of data which might be called for during the discussions. The information reach ing Washington is that steps are be-
 ing taken already in the different countries to organize these forces. The diplomatic representatives of the nations that will take part in the conferences, Great Britain. France, Japan, Italy and China. are expected to make the arrangements for the housing of the delegations and the
 staffs. It is possible that hotels will be contracted for the accomm odation of the visitors. as was done in Paris. The expense of maintaining the dele gates, of course, will be borne by the nations they represent This is also customary.
 The cost Of the secretariat will be met by the United States. This or ganization will keep the official records of the conference in different languages, do such printing as is de- sirable, supply the interpreters and do whatever else is customary for a Secretariat. Congress recently ap- propriated S200.000 for this expense, this sum having been asked for by the State Department on the theory the conference would continue for two months. If 1t goes on longer more naturally will be requested. Efforts are to be made to keep the hotels from boosting their rates dur ble to predict whether this will suc- ceed. It is known there will be a de- mand for space, not only from official visitors but from thousands of persons
 who will make the conference an oc-
 caSion to visit Washington