New-York tribune., 1921-11-05

meeting oil the committee probably will
be held. 1t developed to-day that the
commissions will not give members Of
the committee diplomatic status. They
will not, In point Of rank, At into the
same scale as the Big Four, who are
ranked as ambassadors.
With regard to judging public opin-
ion there was naturally strong desire
on the part Of the Administration that
nothing should be said in the American
press which would be in the slightest
degree offensive to the nations which
are to take part in the conference. This
desire has been expressed to the news
paper correspondents here time and
again at the State Department and
elsewhere. The correspondents have
been told that they would interfere Sc
riously with the chances of success Of
the conference II they irritated the
sensibilities Of the peoples who would
be represented here Even if the dele
gates themselves smiled over the in
cident, such uttcrances would be in
clined, it has been pointed out to the
newspaper men in warning, to rouse
the people "back home" and thus make
it more difficult for representatives of
foreign countries to make any conces-
sions to American desires.
Surprise Oyer Harvey's Address
In view Of this strongly held con-
viction Of tho Administration, there
was intense surprise here TODAY at
the speech Of Colonel George Harvey,
the Ambassador to Great Britain, Is
published in the papers here this morn
ing Very little has been said here
about it, SO far as Administration off
cials are concerned, though among the
newly arrived foreign newspaper corre-
spondelnts especially there is amaze
statement which might be so irritat-
ing to the British public
It IS pointed out here that the
British attitude toward world politics
is different from the American The
British are surprised that America, re-
jecting the League Of Nations plan for
preserving the peace Of the world,
should not be willing to take what to
the British seems the only logical
means-the alliance between England
and America. with perhaps one or two
other powerful nations added.
This sentiment has been frequently
expressed in the British press, and is
even more evident in the Conversations
of Englishmen than in public utter
ances. 1t is thought here that Colonel
Harvey, meeting hundreds Of individual
Englishmen who expressed this view,
finally seized upon the excuse of a pub
Tic speech by prominent Englishman
touching the same point to reply to it,
as he might think, once for ALL
There was a humorous suggestion
that, having offended a considerable
section of American public opinion by
a speech which praised the British to
the skies and belittled, as his Anne erican
critics asserted, Americas part in the
war, he had decided to balance the &C.
count by going to the other extreme.
Officials Injured to Shocks
In Administration circles, of course,
everyone knows Colonel Harvey, and
has been reading sensational state
ments made by him phrased in pictur-
esque language for six or seven years.
As one official put it to-day, he has al
most lost his power to shock people.
Another official smiled the question
away by saying that Harvey had said
such eXtravagantly good things about
the English in the last few months
that he certainly had right to say
few unpleasant things if ne wanted to.
There are some, however, who think
that perhaps Colonel Harvey did wha,
may be good thing in the long run if
he drove home forcibly, even If un-
pleasantly, the idea that the Amer
can people are very unlikely to enter
into any alliance with Great Britain. A
warm understanding may come, some
observers here think, but so far rs
the American people are concerned
there will have to be some sugar coat
inp