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...Britain will be the calling of a world disarmament conference in which the German situation in all its kaleidoscopic hues will certainly be discussed. The proponents of this argument point to the fact that Secretary Hughes expressly stated in his note to British Foreign Minister Lord Curzon that, should the plans for the conference fail, the U. S. would "reserve decision" as to its course of action...
...Lord Curzon, British Foreign Secretary: " In an address in London, I stated that I had ' groaned throughout my lifetime under the cruel brand of an undergraduate gibe.' Years ago while I, as President of the Oxford Union, conducted university debates, a classmate hurled at me a five-lined rhyme which began...
...name is George Nathaniel Curzon...
Secretary of State Hughes, called upon by Lord Curzon, offered to let American financial experts "sit in" on the solution of Europe's reparations problem (TiME, Nov. 5). Premier Poincare grumbled "Yes"? and added as an afterthought: " We have no liking for your suggestion." The result is that the whole proposal may come to naught. But meanwhile the question has been translated into terms of national politics by the group of League of Nations irreconcilables...
...reply from the Secretary of State to Lord Curzon asserted that our Government is entirely willing to take part in an economic conference "for the purpose of considering the questions of the capacity of Germany to make reparations payments and an appropriate financial plan for securing such payments...