The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-02
Col. Harvey, Myron T.
Herrick, S e ma tor
Knox and Other Big
G. O. P. Guns a t
White House T O d a Y
Supposed to be Con
sidering Plan to Con.
meet With League Of
Nations.

Washington, April 2.-Interest ir
the administrations attitude towards
the general subject of peace settle
ment, revived by the visit here of for
mer Premier Viviani of France, was
further intensified today by a series
OF conferences which had every out
ward appearance of embracing a gen
eral discussion to prepare admins
tration officials for a decision on sucl
subjects as separate peace reSolu
tion and an amended league OF ma
tions.
All of those who took part in the
conferences were reticent and the in
ferences attached to them necessar
lily were largely cOnjectural. Today's
development centered about the
White House and State Department,
leaving Mr. Viviani for the moment
in the background,
As a member of the league of ma
tions commission ON amendment of
the covenant, NJ. Viviani naturally is
much interested in that subject and
il was taken for granted that he
would plead to take home with him. a
definite estimate of the American
viewpoint on covenant amendments
even though that were not the prim
airy purpose of his visit.
In the same way he is naturally in
terested in any movement for sepa.
rate peace between the United States
and Germany. 4.*,
81 One OF the first callers today was
! Cols George Harvey, OF New York
selected for ambassador to Great Brit
I ain Alter half hour with the pres
ident Col. Harvey conferred with
Secretary Hughes at the state depart
ment The official explanation of
these conferences was that the col
onel had called for additional explain
ations regarding his mission which,
of course, will bring him into more or
less direct contact with the league
question.
Senator Knox, of Philadelphia. au.
thor of the separate resolution vetoed
by President Wilson, also was on
President Harding's list Of callers
today, as was 'Steptane Lauzanne, a
French Journalist. f'Mr. Eauzannes $
opinions on European affairs were
quoted frequently in this country dur
ing the presidential campaign. his
visit to the White House at the re-
quest of the French ambassador, Jules
j. Jusserand, and was officially ex-
planned as a formal call to pay his
respects to the president.
Still another ON the White House
engagement list was Myron r. Her.
rick, of Ohio. understood to be under
serious consideration for ambassador
to France. Mr.. Herrick held the post
in the early days of the European war
and last summer he familiarized him
self with recent Developments by a
visit to Europe during which he con.
ferred with many British and French
statesmen.
The impression that important de.
yelOpments might be brewing under
the surface was strengthened by dis.
patches from Paris which suggested
that the French were expecting some
announcement to come soon from Sec
retary Hughes.
Mr.. Viviani conferred; with MN
Hughes for an hour during the week,
and. although the explanation made
of that visit, too, was that it was to
pay respects, 1t was inferred in official
circles that the conversation must
inevitably have touched upon impor.
tant subjects at issue on the peace
problem. y
Such information as President Hard.
ing has gathered regarding the real
mission and opinions of. Mr.. Viviani
has had to come to him indirectly
thus far the premier having been only
a few minutes with sthe president
when he formally Presented a message
of greeting several nays ago. He will
be the presidents guest, however, at
White House dinner Wednesday
night at which Mr.. Herrick win also
be present.