Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-03-03
CAPITAL Exc RTED
ITSELF SOCIALLY
DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE
CANNOT COMPLAIN OF cITY's
HOSPITALITY.
WHlRL OF ENTERTAINMENTS
Japanese in Particular Were the Re-
cipients and Givers of Lavish Func-
tions-Economic Effects of Results
Arrived At Being Felt.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

WaSnln2LOn.-Ihe last OF the inter-
national conferees is on his way home
ward. He probably is carrying with
him burden Of mixed thoughts, but
1T is certain that he has in the bundle
only one thought concerning Capital
city hospitality and American hospi-
tality generally.
Most of the chief delegates to the
conference could not find as much
time as the members of their reti-
nues in which to engage in purely So
cial functions, but they went out"
as much as they could and also they
entertained in their own behalf as
much as they could. The juniors of
the delegations either were entertain
ing or being entertained almost daily.
but Of course the hours of entertain
with the routine work of the days.
Nobody knows, Of course, just what
the inner feelings of the japanese are
concerning the outcome of the confer
ence. They have expressed almost en-
tire satisfaction with what has been
done, but diplomacy ever is reticent,
and to a certain extent secretive.
Surface indications are not always.
safe guides for judgment concerning
the inner thoughts. This is true of
the diplomats of all countries, but it
is said to be particularly true of the
orientals.
Surely Had a Good Time.
One thing is certain about the Jap
anese. They had a good time socially
while they were here, or if they did
not, they know how to counterfeit joy
better than any of the other peoples
Of the earth.
These Japanese folk did more enter
tanning than the representatives of
any other nation, although all of the
foreign representatives here did much
in the social field. The japanese were
particularly careful to stress the fact
that they were grateful for American
hospitality. Alone of all the delega-
tons they gave several farewell en-
tertainments, at each of which they
thanked their hosts on other occasions
for making their paths pleasant in
Washington.
Sometimes one wonders if the Amer
lean people as people are tactful..
He has his doubts occasionally when
certain things occur. Recently in
Washington there was an afternoon
affair at which was present one Of the
chief foreign delegates to the confer
ence, one of the human mainsprings
of the whole affair. An American
woman, meeting him for the first time,
and intending of course to be jocose
said that she wished that diplomats
were not liars. Perhaps she said pre-
varicators, but it is all one and the
same thing. Then she proceeded to
tell the astounded delegate that she
had listened to what he had to say in
the conference, chamber and found
herself constantly wishing that diplo-
macy was not the art of concealing
ones thoughts, or vocation in which
one is supposed to lie for his country.
'For," said she, 81 felt that if you
were only telling the exact truth in
stead of giving us lot of smiling and
eyasive platitudes. it would have been
so much more interesting Then this
tactful American lady of more or less
high social estate beamed upon the
foreign delegate and probably wondered
in her heart that he looked dis
turbed and perhaps resentful.
Probably Made Bad Impression.
An American who happened to hear a
part of the conversation did his best to
divert the talk into some other chan
mel, but the American woman was per-
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