The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-15
Conference
 ClOse-Ups
By MARLEN E. PEW.

on Continental Hall again today. for the Right Hon. Arthur J.. Balfour,
 aged 7s. is speaking in behalf of a
 thirty-ave million British people. : There is pure carmen in hss cheeks,
 his grey hair is soft and silky. he
 is Isahss gentIe aIec h dignity HIS ana % winning ming
 amiably. Sir Beerbohn Tree has de- scribed him as a man: Calm in crisis,
 and unfussed in victory" It Is un- 1914 caused even a momentary panic { in the mind of this poised diplomat, philosopher and world po1itican. He does not jump or thump:
 1 Since these gentlemen last sat at this green table the startling news of
 Americas drastic proposal has flown
 to the uttermost parts of this whirling globe and those wise men from the
 East today know precisely what home opinon is and what home governments desire.
 1 Before coming into the hall. diIninutive Japanese journalist gave
 this writer a significant hunch, said
 accept Hughes proposal. they will have difficulty in explaining to the people" He said that S6 Japanese
 reporters on Shs scene ia,n nere, 4b were 9sn %n, should accept without discussion. Then, with fire, he added: ''The Japa- 1 nGWSpapeIHSn the event the proposal is resisted to pass a resolution of protest and cable l it to Japan for publication" He laughed softly:
 I The scene presented about the U-shaped conference board is fully as brilliant today as that described on
 pacas eapacity. Praeticaiiy ac ay the same dstin- | guished audience is eagerly following the movements of the delegates as
 they make history. Of course. the
 President is not here but he will know l Diplomacy Is uniformed. Some times it takes on cold braid. buttons, swords, white feathered cockades but more often it is the frock or cutaway coat, stripped trousers. spats in grey or black, pearly grey tie, white winged collar and shiny square top hat. Ro-. ttund diplomats appear to suffer: With BaIfour are Lord Lee. Sir ] Auckland Geddes and Sir Robert Bor- Iden. Lloyd-George would enjoy this moment. He would put more emotion and oratorcaf effect into the picture. IBalfour speaks slowly, clearly
 enunciating every word, showing no heat.
 | Secretary Hughes whiskers are un-
 usually aggressive in appearance; s
 and Is all for "getting on." He is
 one Of the tallest men in the room. Balfour sits at his immediate left. To his right are Lodge, Root and Under
 wood.
 l M. viviani, who sits with Briend, ! is also a Socialist. He is one Of the most eloquent speakers in France. In
 Washington he is know to have a. habit of wandering the streets at night
 and at odd hours of the day. He ap- lpears to be interested in human be- ing who live in alleys as well as those who live on boulevards and avenues. He was seen yesterday chatting uncon- cernedly with the hall girl who occu- pies a desk at the New Willard Hotel
 where the French delegation has it's headquarters.
 .Isn't it possible" asked a British
 newspaper correspondent approach 1 ing the conference hall, ''to get in here
 without being menaced by a soldier carrying a bayonet?" The answer is ls'No." The War Department is polio
 ing the scene and the U. S. regular
 soldier with a gun takes orders on l17th street as seriously as he does on a battlefield. In the darker corners of all public buildings secret service
 men are watching every passer by.
 TRAINED IN GERMAN METHODS Buenos Aires, Nov. 14.-When
 General Mangin. the hero of Verdun, l | asked to review the crack regiment | of Argentine cadets, future officers or l the Argentine army.
 | Those who accompanied the French general to witness the man oeuvers wondered what he thought | when he beheld a regiment uniformed and helmeted like the Prussian 1 Guards he had fought against in the l war and machtng with the famous | goose step.
 1 The Argentine army continues to be trained in the methods of the Ger man military school, which were l adopted some years before the war under the tutelage of German officers and with German equipment. 1 Protesting against restrictions re- l cently imposed, 150 Sim F'ein pris- oners In Mount Joy Prison, have gone on strike.
 DIED.