The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-06

Church, London correspondent.
 LONDON, Feb. 6.-Bonar Law ha! reaped the harvest of the "hush-hush' policy.
 During the recent conference of Flu ropean Premiers in London the Brit ish newspapers were full of the French and Italian and Belgian views of the separations problem and strangely si lent about the British views. There was a reason. Downing Street anC the British Foreign Office were com pietely dumb.
 l After the first session it was an nounced that all of the members were pledged to secrecy. But despite this | pledge there was leak somewhere The news of the conference trickled out and it had a decidedly French flavor, or an Italian flavor, or a Bel gian flavor.
 After the second session the French Premier, M. Poincare, and the Italian Premier, M. Mussolini, received the press and gave their views of the conference.
 Bonar Law maintained his silence and newspaper men had to be satiS- fled with a tWo-line cOmmunique an nou1cing that the conference had met and adjourned for the British view point. The London newspapers were forced to print French and Italian viaws OH the conference.
 As the conference proceeded the "hush-hush" policy in Downing Street became even more so. Inspector Montgomery, of the Metropolitan po- lice, brusquely ordered newspapermen to cease standing outside No. 10 Downing Street. "You pressmen have had too much blooming liberty around here," the inspector said. Of course he didn't speak as the representative of Bonar Law, but he seemed to be exuding the words that higher off cials were thinking.
 The British press twitted Bonal Law for his silence. To no avail. Then the British press stormed and ragged because it had to accept British news through French or Italian sources To no avail. The editors swallowed their pride and carried the best stories of the conference under Paris date lines and credited to French newspa pers.
 Bonar Law has seen how the hush hush" policy works out, but apparent ly he is still Scotch. There are nc signs of relenting and the barriers tt publicity are still up in Downing Street.
 It remained for Senator Medill Nc Cormick, of Illinois, to give the ex elusive, the effete and the socially correct of London chance to gasp. Senator Mccormick actually came into the lobby of the exclusive Clar idge Hotel in evening dress, wearing roll collar and derby hat. Tht guests gasped. Horrors! And Unit ed States Senator. It isn't done, that: all But Senator Mccormick did it. | Convent Garden, the home of British Grand Opera, has had it's vicissitudes Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickfort and other screen stars have performed on the silver sheet there. The bes singers of the world have been hear( there. Society has lolled about thu boxes, all weighted down with dia monds and jewels. Young bloods hav' taken their brandy in the numerous bars of Convent Garden and the fam ous opera house has seen man. changes, but now comes the greates of them all. American burlesqu shows are going to be produced il Convent Garden. Strange to say, Brit ish society will patronize these Amerl can burlesque shows, too. They hay seen one and they liked it, now the want more. They are going to b satisfied.
 When European diplomats nov about their movements are alway regarded with suspicion. When thre American Ambassadors appeared il London during the separations COT ference the British press immediatel jumped to the conclusion that Amer 'ica was going to participate. Ambas