The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-06
ALLIED SUPREME
COUNCIL. MEETS
TO TALK CASH
Economic Situation of
Europe Under Discus
sicn-George Harvey
Locking On In Behalf
Of United States May
Give This Country's
Views, Ef Asked for
Them


! Canress, France, Jan. 6.-Premier
Eriand today convened the allied su-
ipreme council for the conference at
which it is to consider measures for
! the economic restoration of Europe.
The meeting was held in the grand
saloon OF The Canness yacht club
! The conference was in session
slightly more than two hours. 1t ad-
! iourncd at lis O'Clock after haying
appointed two commissions, one on
reparations and the other on the
economic situation. Both commissions
were called TO meet at $3.50 p. m.
George Harvey American ambassa.
dor to Great Britain, who is to act as
official observer for the United States
1T the conference said just before he
entered the council chamber that he
had no intention of speaking at the
I frs session, and had no program TO
llaco before the allies, as has been
rumored.
He was non-cOmmittal when asked
ii he you'd outline the American view
Lont of the world S economic situa-
ion if pressed to do SO. saying he
would Jump that fence when he
came to it. In contrast to the other
delegates he walked TO the yacht club,
and he was surrounded by 4 crowd OF
motion picture men and press photo
igraphers.
A general exchange of views on th2
economic situation was to follow th2
opening of the council.
The council is shifting a great deal
of the work on committees Of experts
so as to be free to discuss the larger
laspec.s OF The questions on its agendl.
The heads Of the delegations pres
CIT are Premier BRAND for France,
Premier Lloyd George for Great Br.-
tain, Foreign Minister Jaspar for Bel
lgium, Premier Bonomi for Italy and
Baron Hayashi for Japan. They are
accompanied by aides and experts, in
Guiding Louis Louceur. Minister OF
Liberated Regions, and U. A. Avenal,
a member of the supreme economic
council for France, Sir Robert Horne,
/, Chancellor of the EXchequer and Sir
, Laming WOrthington- Evans, Secre-
Adly OleilG lOI w III. lOI ltftiii
the Marquis Della-Toretta. Foreign
= Minister for Italy; Viscount Ishii for
/ Japan, and Premier Theunys for Be-
GUM.
>, Private apartments have been fitted
up at the club for NJ. BRAND and
MIR. Lloyd George The council room
? is adorned with the tapestries and
pictures brought from Paris, some oi
which figured IN the decorations oi
the cloak room of the French foreign
= office where the peace negotiation:
were held.
r Germans Left Out
Canness, Jan. 6.-(The Associated
. Press. THE allied supreme counci
today approved unanimously the call
r. ing off of the international economic
: conference to be participated in by
Germany and Russia.
' Paris. Jan. 6.-By the Associated
{ Press )-Disappo at the failure
of the allied supreme council to invite
him to Canness, DR.. Walter Rattle
nau, Germany's economic negotiation
who has been in consultation with re
paration officials here, will leave fol
. Berlin this evening. DR.. Rathenal
4 when he arrived in Paris caused th'
allied governments to be informed
y that he was prepared to go to Can
r ness to lay before the council the fig
II ures on the cash payments German.
It was able to make and the dates upol
l. which the payments could be made
4 So sure was he that he would receiv
n an invitation to the conference tha
e he reserved rooms in Hotel Carlton
"a where all the delegations are stol
ping.