Evening star., 1929-06-25

in the cause of Anglo-American accord
and from whose brain sprang the sug-
geStions of tripartite conference. That
man is Edward Price Bell, correspondent
of the Chicago Daily News, great
| journalist, great patriot and true
lover of this country"
1t was while member of Hoover's
good will party to South America that
Bell learned enough about the President
of the. United States to know that he
would welcome a conference with the
British prime minister. 1t was as a
result of the South American trip that
Bell sailed for England in April, his
special mission being to do what he
could in the interest of more sympa-
thetic understanding between the two
nations. How we'll equipped he was for
the mission is indicated by an editorial
in the London Observer which COM
mented on Bells arrival in England.
Edward Price Bell of the Chicago
Daily News, who for long period. was
the best unofficial ambassador the
American people ever sent to our people,
arrived some three weeks ago on a
special mission" read the editorial.
Faithful Servant of Peace.
"The worlds journalism does not
know more fervent and faithful serv-
ant of peace. He came to England
equipped to sweep away miSconception
and, besides knowing the real mind of
the Hoover administration, he was fresh
from full conversations with the former
Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg,
and with the Canadian premier, Mac
KenZie King"
mfr. Bell in the columns of this
journal attacked the bane of mutual
suspicion" continued the Observer. He
Staked himself upon the absolute as
surance that new era of better under
standing was at hand. He quoted his
interview with Mr.. Kellogg, former Sec
retary of State, who, referring to the
British and American navies, said:
They will never be used against each
other Mr.. Bell added that this was
also the view of the Washington adj
ministration and he knows what he is
talking about. Mr.. Bell has been no
thick and thin adherent of President
Hoover, but he has learned to know the
real man and the more he knows him
the better he likes him. In this country
Mr.. Hoover has been ridiculously repre-
Sented as an economic monster of q
standardized continent and as a pas
sionless intellectual of organized ma
terialism devoted ruthlessly to the
sacred egoism of commercial America,
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countries and less good will for our own.
Interprets Policy.
"Mr. Bell dispelled these misrepresen-
tations Here is what he says:
IA genuinely friendly feeling toward
Great Britain and the whole British
family of nations characterizes the new
administration in Washington. While
Mr.. Hoover wants the closest possible
understanding between Great Britain
and the United States, this desire in no
sense implies any hostility to any other
country. No one understands better
than he that the prosperity of one ma
ton depends upon the prosperity of
others, and you may feel confident that
it is his intention to work entirely in
harmony with Great Britain and other
countries in true spirit of interna-
tionalism.'
On June Bell emphatically predict
ed a tripartite conference. II make
bold to advance few steps into the
domain of prophecy" he wrote. II see
the heads of at least three of the Eng
lish speaking states gathering around
the table-perhaps in Westinghouse
define scheme of naval relations in
suring perpetual naval peace and a
colossal cut in naval ornaments. These
men will be the three men of this story
Macdonald, Mackenzie King and
Hoover. And back of them will be
every first rate leader of their several
nations, together with the overwhelming
mass of the English speaking family"
Mr.. Bell expects much to be accom-
plished when the representatives of
Great Britain and the United States
sit down together to consider their prob
lens. First on the program OF discus
cin hn naval
tion-not naval law. The former, in his
opinion, is a concrete and manageable
matter, whereas the principles of legal
relationships at sea in time OF war Is
an abstract and all but battling matter.
Macdonald and Hoover, he believes, are
not apt to plunge prematureiy into that
dense and nearly meaSureless fog.
They realize, he thinks, that not only
is naval reduction easier to start with,
but that once accomplished II VIII
make much less difficult the problem
of agreement relative to naval practice
in war.
"Best in London"
Bell. whom Lord Northcliffe called
"the best American newspaper man
London ever had" has been in the for
eign service of the Daily News longer
than any of it's other correspondents.
He became its London representative IN
1900 and remained in that position until
1928, serving most of the intervening
years as European director of the Daily
News foreign service. Since he gave up
the position of London correspondent,
he has performed important service
both in Europe and the Far East. For
example, he made a tour OF the Worio
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