New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
ehitclaerisl's
Shadow Falls
| On Lausanne
bvies Will Make a Great
Effort TO Regain Lost
Ground at the Latest
European Conference
bgora. Too. Looms Up
liisnde of Turk Assembly
] Toward Farley Also Com
fronts the ID elegates
By Wilbur Forrest


n Near East peace conference exceIs
aeturesqueness the unique gather
a. o. European statesmen at Cannes
10 Genoa, despite the giaring absence
the dynamic Lloyd George. To be-
IN wish, the state setting lacks the
HIN trees of Cannes and the blue of
~ Mediterranean both at Cannes and
sos, but that is ALL
busanne and its magnificent hotels
rsspiendent. highly polished lob
It's jazz orchestras and it's the
sants, which Poincars so seriously
sreeatcd at Cannes before he over
w BRAND, nearly year ago, are
Msa sitting prettily on the city's
6Nply sioping surface, smiling on
sad Lake Leman and looking into
ID faces OF the mighty snow-capped
sntsins across the water.
Minong the personalities, that of Mus
#ast stands cut. The splasi, of diplo-
in interest injected in the begin
Shg by the dramatic gestures of that
enfant terrible of European
sIonacy has not yet faded. although
Ms italian chief of state has returned
81 Rome. Almost Rooseveltian in char
Seer, the black shirt chief-who incl
Nntslly appeared at Lausanne in an
Ksmaculate cutsway, top hat and white
8sats-.has forced considerable defer
Nee toward the remaining Italian dele
,&ssss because of the fear that Musso-
Mni may return and upset the cart, en-
Forcing the few minor demands made
xhile he was here. How he tricked the
%avage Poincars and the astute Curzon,
Eho went TO meet him at the small
kilage OF Territet week ago, hunlili-
Idng them, forcing them to bow to
As will and accompanying them back
d Lausanne, amounts almost to last
Ig incident OF European diplomatic
Astory.
i A Perfected ..Bu.ier"
Curxon perhaps thinks that there
sse been enough diplomatic contor-
;ns for the time being and now he
nafus in almost ascetic seclusion.
sw only the appearance of his lord
BPS faithful Wallets whose punctilious
faners are remarked everywhere, re-
&ds the visitors that the British mar
#sis a guest at the fashionable Beau
aafae. hotel. The Foreign Minister ap-
assn in the lower regions Of the hotel
kag when he comes and goes to the
Saferenee sessions. which are held in
MfeRrby hotel chateau. But the signal
NJ his coulings and goinga is inYslli-
'5hly given when this perfected out
aa'7 ushers him in and out of the ele-
astor with stiff bows, refusing to in
tust has honor TO ordinary hotel
Sqnkies.
While his lordship is engaged in di-
flomaey, Baxter-iet US call him
saingies with those below, discussing
ssis mastar's recent illness and other
gabjects relative to the marquis, with
she most sympathetic and deferentia.
interest. He has revealed to interested
listeners that his lordship i'd greatly
believed to be away from beastly Lon-
don, which probably means that the
Lsusanne conference will be of long
duration.
Among the other personalities Of the
British delegation is Mcclure, an Off
|sial of the embassy OF Rome, who
IHtands six feet seven in his stocking
feet and who has now replaced Lord
asddel as the official British press
3pokesman. Mcclure is bound by the
aflied pledge Of secrecy to say as little
y possible, yet as former reporter of
ZIhe London Times" he is sympathetic
70 the world press campaign going on
ssere in an effort TO prove to the diplo-
patio advocates of secret diplomacy
adat the time has gone when it is pos
pole to iuclose sixty diplomats in one
pom and expect to keep the proceed
Iass closed book.
The Turks Most Valuable
Ambassador Child and Minister
srew of the United States, however,
sfe firm in their pledge 80 disclose none
y the conference secrets, which they
asar at each session and then read a
ae morning papers.
The most voluble delegation are the
sarks, who are not bound by secrecy
.aa are willing TO talk on any occasion.
ssa'ns 20 the picturesqueness are the
1ea-lezzed Egyptians who are here in
.''e ihserests OF a free Egypt-which
means an Egypt without the British-
sVse'her with the frock-coated Turks |
Tl'n their costly astrakhan bonnets. |
@.HeS Hamilton Lewis, with the same |
so'' crush hat and the pink whiskers |
s4'a :. 80 well known to the Senate, ar
.Wea here to protect American con- I
-Sss'ons in Turkey.
ous aside from the actual PERSONAL {
.'es at Lausanne, the distant vision
! Body of Oriental potentates in taa
lasora assembly reading stenographic
! OF every session hangs over
- conference like pail. When this
'@ay viii give the order to meek.man-
'efeo little Ismet to serve an ultima
!. sin on the powers to satisfy Nation
ais1 turkeys famous pact or face q
.eak-up Of the conference here. is the
9 question: Possibly taese Aneora
@ssmoiynaen are inclined To leave tba