Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-10
AMERICA COMES ACROSS
President Harding Will: Have Seat In
Allied Council. !,
Mr.. HARVEY TO Be REPRESENTATIVE
While It. Is Understood That the Gov
errment of the United States as Such
Is. Not to Participate, the: Effect Is
the Same Thing. .-s..

Washington, May G.-President Har-
ding accepted today the invitation of
the Allied supreme council that the
United States he. represented at the
meeting Of that body as we'll as those
of the conference of ambassadors and
the reparations commission.
George Harvey, newly appointed am
bassador to Great Britain. will sit on
the supreme council and take part as
the representative of the president. of
the United States in the deliberations
of that body. Representation at the
conference of ambassadors in Paris and
the reparations commission will be un-
official. The ambassador to France
will be the observer on the former and
Roland w. Boyden will sit in an unof-
fetal capacity on the latter. Decision
to accept the councils invitation was
reached today at the regular cabinet
meeting and formal announcement of
it was made at the White House. Soon
afterward the text Of the American re-
ply to the invitation was made public
at the state department. 1t follows:
"The government OF the United
States has received through the British
ambassador the courteous communica-
tion 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. it was in the
past, at the Allied conferences. at the
conference Of ambassadors in Paris,
and on the rcparations committee.
"The government Of the United
States while maintaining the tradition
al policy OF abstention from participa-
ton in matters of distinctly European
concern, is deeply interested In the
proper economic adjustments and in
the just settlement Of the matters OF
worldwide Importance which are under
discussion in the conferences and de-
sircs helpfully to cooperate in the de-
liberations upon these questions.
instructions for Harvey.
"Mr. George Harvey, appointed am
bassador to Great Britain, will be in
structed on his arrival in England to
take part us the representative of the
president Of the United States in the
deliberations of the supreme council.
1.-THE American ambassador. to France
will be instructed to resume his place
as unofficial observer, on the confer
ence Of ambassa doris, and Mr. Roland
w. Boyden will be instructed to sit
again in an unofficial capacity on the
reparations commission. ,. !.
THE government Of the United
States notes with pleasure your ex-
preston of the belief Of the represen-
tatives of the Allied governments as
sembled in London that American CO.
operation in the settlement Of the great
international questions growing out of
the world war will be Of material as
sistance." ,,,
This. communication was delivered
late todayito Sir Auckland Geddes, the
British ambassador, who on yesterday
handed to Secretary Hughes the invi-
tation of the council which was signed
by Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain rs its president, this invitation
read: .....o.
"As president of the Allied confer
ence which is just completing its sit
tings in London, l am authorized with
the unanimous concurrence Of all the
powers here represented to express to
the United States government our feel
ing that the settlement Of the interna-