Great Falls tribune., 1922-02-21
HARVEY SURE
SENATE WILL
RAT|FY PACTS
American Ambassador
at London Joins in
Welcome to Britisher.
Duke of York, Curzon
and King George Ex-
press Joy at Treaties.

London. Feb. 2O.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. America joined in the
praises of A. J. Balfour, head of the
British mission at the Washington
conference, in his welcome to the
homeland, when the American ambas-
sador, George Harvey. addressed the
Pilgrims society dinner Monday night
at which 300 persons assembled. The
Duke of York represented the royal
family and the others included minis
ters of the cabinet, civil and military
leaders and official and unofficial rep
resentatives of the American COM
munity.
1t was "a personal welcome for a
great pilgrim, according to Marquis
CurZon, in contrast to the official wei
come accorded to Mr.. Balfour by the
government luncheon Thursday.
The king, by letter which was read
20 the diners, the duke of York, Lord
Curzon and Mr.. Harvey indulged IN
eulogies of Mr.. Balfour. Cheers greet
ed the ambassadors prediction that the
United States senate was as certain to
ratify the various treaties as the Brit
'As a result of the Pacific pact.
said Lord Curzon, mot man in this
room tonight can expect to see war
fare in that part of the world
Individual Part Small
With the modesty which character
lied and popularized his efforts at
Washington, Mr. Balfour in responding,
said that in all the years of his career,
he had never attended an occasion so
moving and so difficult to do justice
to as this welcome. Though for. the
moment he appeared in the forefront
Of the picture, he pointed out that the
part of any individual was but small
matter in dealing with issues so great
as were handled at Washington.
The Washington conference, Mr.;
benefit to mankind One or two things
he hoped had been accomplished, but
The greatest satisfaction was that
nothing had been done which carried
the evil seed of future misfortunes.
He did not agree with the only sug-
gestion of criticism of the conference
he had heard-that the results were
inimical to the League Of Nations:
"The league could not have done
what Washington did" he exclaimed
emphaticallly, amid cheers. THE world
is in such condition that all machinery
and every instrument upon wh7ch we
can lay our hands are needed to raise
it to its pre-war level
Neither could Washington accom-
plish, in his opinion, the work of the
league, for which other machinery had
not vet been discovered.
Concluding Mr.. Balfour said:
''The representatives of the nine
powers represented, look back on the
16 weeks of their labors with unmixed
satisfaction. Every one has gained by
these labors: no representative will
return to his home land unable to
claim that he furthered the interests
of the world, and thereby the inter
ests Of his particular people. In all
the great area of the far east, of the
Pacific. in all the nations interested
in maritime affairs. in every one of
those lands and in all other lands
connected with them. the findings Of
advantages to the peoples of the
world
Lord Desborough presided over the
dinner and read a response from the
king expressing thanks for loyal
message ''in gratifying announcement
of special significance. united ex
preston from the hearts of America
and British citizens met together to
do honor to the chief British delegate
returned home"
Prince Gables Regrets
The prince of Wales cabled from
Delhi his regrets at being unable to
be present. Prince Arthur Of Con
naught. governor general of the Union
of South Africa, sent message pay
ing tribute to ". Balfour. The chair
man of the Pilgrims society of the
United States cabled, rejoicing that
thanks largely to Anglo American co
operation. in which Mr.. Ralfour took
so loyal part. the Washington con
ference has knit still closer the bonds
Of kinship and affection between the
two great English speaking nations
The duke of York said that Mr.. Bal
four was no less an ambassador Of the
human race than an envoy of the Brit
ish empire for he was as concerned
with the happiness Of the world at
large as the immediate welfare OF his
country. No task could be more con-
genial to him and none worthier of
his talent, he said.