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j. s. ENVOY To
SUPREME COUNCIL.
American Representative to Sit
in the Allies Meetings.
TO SHARE IN DELIBERATIONS
Cabinet at Washington Decides to Ac-
cept the Invitation to Take Part
in Conventons-WilI Guard
American Interests.

Washington, May 1.-THE United
States will accept the allied invitation
to send representatives to the meet
ings of the supreme council, council
of ambassadors and PREPARATIONS conf
mission. This announcement was made
at the White House.
The entire cabinet meeting was
given over to discussion of the allied
invitation to participate in the DELHI
eratiOns of the bodies handling post
war matters.
The discussion resulted in an agree
ment that the administration cannot
follow out the policy of asserting AM
erican rights, protecting this cOuntry'S
interests in questions growing out OF
the war, without having representa-
tives present when these matters are
considered
Note to Lloyd George.
The State department made public
the following note addressed to Pre-
mier Lloyd George as president of the
allied supreme council.
"The government of the United
States has received through the British
ambassador the courteous cOmmunica-
ton in which you state that with the
unanimous concurrence Of the powers
represented at the allied conference in
London you are to inquire whether this
government is disposed to be repre-
sented in the future as 1t was In the
past, at allied conferences, at the con-
ference Of ambassadors in Paris and
on the reparatiOns commission.
'The government Of the United
States, while maintaining the tradi-
tional policy of abstention from partic-
ipatiOn in matters Of distinctly Eu-
ropean concern, is deeply interested In
the proposed economic adjustments
and in the just settlement Of the mat
tiers Of world Importance which are
under discussion in these conferences
and desires helpfully to cooperate
in the deliberations on these questions.
"Mr. George Harvey, appointed am
bassador to Great Britain, will be in
structed on his arrival In Great Bril-
tain to take part as the representative
of the President of the United States
in the deliberations of the supreme
council.
'The American ambassador to
France will be instructed to resume
his place as unofficial observer in the
conference of ambassadors and Roland
w. Boyden will be instructed to sit
PREPARATIONS commission.
1.-THE government Of the United
States notes with pleasure your ex-
preston of the belief of the repre-
sentatiyeS of the allied governments
assembled i'm London that American
cooperation i'm the settlement Of the
great international questions growing
out of the World war will be OF ma
terial assistance
Invitation From Allies.
The text of the allied invitation sent
by Lloyd George reads:
"As president of the allied confer
ence, which Is just completing It's SIT
tings in London, / am authorized with
the unanimous concurrence of all the
powers here represented to express 10
the United States government our feel
ing that the settlement of the interna-
tional difficulties in which the world
is still involved would be materially
assisted by the cooperation of the
United States, and | am therefore to
INQUIRE whether that government Is
disposed to be represented in the flu
ture. as it was at an earlier date, at
allied conferences, whether they may
meet at the ambassadors conference.
which sits at Paris, or on the repara-
lions commission.
eve are united in feeling that Amer
lean cognizance of our proceedings.
and, where possible, American particle
patton in them, will be best facilitated