The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
Lord Lee Heads First
British Delegation
To Capital.
DECLARES PEOPLE
ARE SEEKING PEACE
India's Representative
Wears White Turban
In Arrival Here.

Amid the tumultuous applause a.,
thousands OF persons in the Union
Station late yesterday afternoon
the Right Hon. Lord and Lady Lee
Of Fareham. the former a dslersts
of the British Empire TO the iimt-
tation Of arms conference, arrived
in Washington.
Accompanying them were Sir
Robert Borden. former prime min
lister Of Canada. and Sir Seriniyssa
Sastre, East Indian delegate TO tn.
conference. with his secretary, @.
S. Bajpsi.
The first group Of English dele
| gates were welcomed with all the
official pomp behtting their high
station. and received the formal
greetings of the United States from
i the Secretary of the Navy Edwin
DENLY, Admiral Robert r. Coontz.
chief of naval operations: Brig.
Gen. A W. Brewster. L. :. A. ana
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune official
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune and the
! ofhcial State Department staff.
headed by Third Assistant Secre-
]
G~ides GreeI- BeIeEates.
Sir Auckland Geddes. the British
( Ambassador. presented the British
! delegates to the American officials
I in the Presidents room. draped
with Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jack OF Great Britain.
The entire party stood with bard
heads as the bands played God
]
star Spangled. Banner"
Brilliant lights. played directly
upon the Statue OF Freedom at the
top of the Capitol. flashed a well
come through the darkness as tie
3 last strains OF the British national
anthem died away. ard the party.
with cavalry escorts. sped away
from the station.
Accompanying the British first
| sea lord were Rear Admiral Sir A.
Z. Chatfield and Lady ChatfeId.
/ Capt. b. E. DombiIIe. Ccmdr. q 4.
Rayment and Mr.. A c Mill. In the
Canadian party were Lady Borden
and Arthur Merriam Of the Depart
ment of External Affairs
Indian Envoy Wears Turban.
The Right Honorable Sastre. del
egate to India. in white turban. and
escorted by several British naval
and Marine officers. WAS accom-
panied by G. s. Bajpsi. secretary or
the Indian section. and g l.. Cor
bett, Indian Civil Service. his ad-
I wiser.
Lord Lee. as first lord u the ad-
miralty. will probably he called
upon to voice British views on u,
question Of reducing naval arma-
ments
Lord Lee. according to the mem
bers Of the delegation. who know
him and have followed his caree-.
has always been a sOldier-he now
holds the rank Of colonel and has
seen much service. including rna-
Z in the world war. but his govern
ment positions have been for tha
most part with the navy. He ua>
civil lord Of the admiralty befnr"
being undersecretarv for ununItfnr
I and military secretary TO LLOYD
George when the latter was war
I minister.
Friend Of Roosevelt.
Lord Lee. il is said. has two Amer
ican interests. his wife and the lat.
Theodore Roosevelt He was Britis q
army during the war with Spain.
and afterwards was attached 10 IN.
British Embassy in Washington. Du--
ing that period he met Miss Ruil
Moore. New York debutaute. who
is now Lady Lee. During the Span
ish-American war. Lord Lee becafr +.
close friend OF Roosevelt. TIL.
two men remained intimates through
out the coloners life.
Modest. mild-ma nnered and soft
spoken, Lord Lee. alighting from the
train which had carried him from
New York, did not give the impress
sion to the thousands that were A.
sembled in the Union Station thai
he was a man OF action. But as
he passed down the lane of people
that had been cleared by the rail
road detectives. one could discern In
his eyes a certain knowledge of a
wide range OF subjects KNOWLEDGE
that viii rate him as one OF the
authorities on international law at the
coming conference.
The British delegation at the con-
ference will be Joined later by Ar
thur J. Balfour. who is now en- route
to America on the Olympia. and
Lloyd George.
ecFtto ny taNntrg.
With an escort Of cavalry from
Fort Myer, the newly arrived
british delegation drove TO their
headquarters at the Hotel Lafay-
cite, Sixteenth and I streets. and
the British Embassy, Connecticut
avenue and y street At the latter
place, Lord and Lady Lee will ma Ike
their Headquarters during the con-
ference.
AT his headquarters in the Hotel
Lafayette last night. Lord Lee gave
the followin'~ staferH~7t 20 a mem
Der of The Herald staff:
Il have been ia America hut >
short while. but during that time
have had an opportunity to dis
cern the feeling Of the people OF this
country toward the Limitation Of
arms conference. A. 7 So" it. .'--
people of the United States want
a certain definite result from this
conference. and they are not alone
for the peoples OF the great nations
of the world want that same result
"a peace-a perfect peace. which
will insure lasting freedom from
| the bondage Of war gods"
Lord Lee refrained from making
known the desires of the BrItish
Empire at the conference. bat gave
every assurance that So desires
WOW meet with the 80 - =. Z
AM can delegation