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PARIS AND THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

ENTIRE PERSONNEL ESTIMATED. AT 20,000.

WHERE THE DELEGATES ARE

STAYING.

If France has suffered much from the fart that the war was fought on hợp térri r. it is also undeniably that imme saios have been spent within her borders sams which have by the Allin armies. gone into somebody's pookit, or perhaps stockings, since it is in France

It is not only military expenditur for military supplies, but money spent by the individual soldiers on extra food. drink and lodgings, money spent for similar purposes by the Red Cross and j the T.M.C.A. personnel," including rent i for special pretuises.

THE ABBEY'S PEACE CHIME. ROYAL BELL.FOUNDERS,

The King the Queen, and Princess Mary went to Whitechapel recibly to, participate in the kremony of casting a for Westavinster Abbey, A new bell đónor, who desires to be qulongmois, bas arranged for a general restoration of the Westminster Abbey bells," anal in the pro- euss gf rehtting the peak it has n discovered that the custing of four new bells will be freesing. Fug this purpose the metal of mir old bell will be used. but the other three are to be made from entirely new metal and is was for the purpose of witnessing the casting of the Brst of these that their Majesties and the Fringess went to Whitechapel

In a part of the works share were dise played a couple of bells which were re- puted to have been rung from a Londong steeple in celebration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The restored pead ma

There is a great howl in Frante against ang specini war taxation on capital. But this money, which must be paid back,roperly be termed Westminster Abbey's Pener Bells, and one of then, is actually must pocketed somewhere, and a slight named Pas" and has the Latin inserip-

les y un it does not seem unjust.

RUN INTO BIG FIGURES. Norwithstanding the walls of the Paris shopkoejsers and hotel men that the pener makers are poor customers, poorer than would be that of many tourists, the su24 spent run into respectable higures, figures that the retail trade of any city in the world would not sniff at,

less

It

tion. flens cuatiorem pravnus cartu Tibi, The bell of which the Royal,visiters were witness the casting is to replace ode which will be preserved by the Abbey authorities an interesting lit of Peare year.

THE KING'S HELL When the King.. Quben, and Princess arrived all was in readiness for the east. ing operation, and they took their stand It is estimated that the entire prace in the centre of the foundry, surrounded than by workmen. A mould, made from a mix- conference personnel is nut 20.000 ant in the American delegation ture of lean and fireclay, was placed in position, and over it was lowered the everybody gets an extra allowance of 48 franes. almost a day, for living outer casing, inte which the multer metal was to be poured. Four crucibles Alled expenses, in addition to salary.

with bell metal were ready, and when the contents had been carefulla skimmed to metal

This applies to army officers detached, stenographers, clerka, specialists, includ ing several Harvard professora, etc.

How much the American Government pays in rent for the Hotel Crillon and how its velvet-upholstered furniture. much it will have to pay” to get these things back inte repair or how much it Cots, a day for the adjoining buildings ac Plase de ti Concorde, which used to the American Red Cross Headquarters,

is not starval.

The Crillon used to be the most exper- sive hotel in Paris, which is saying, great deal, and one can but assume that the proprietors (the Louver department store) are not losing money by having the Americans, commission to negotiate pea instead of an inesvortich lot of travellere a telafi 29.

RED CRUSS, MOVES.

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remove all impurities, the Queen |

was poured into the receiver. and Princess Mary had expressed a a wish to take some netual part in casting, and for their benefit two small been prepared near to that for the great belt.

Taking Tadles of the same metal, they filled these moulds, each casting one will be sent to her Malty and to the These small bells, when finished, Princess as mementoes of their visit The King's Peace Bell bears the inscription.

There

named

**The Lord of Hosts is with us," other of the four new ones is to be armed

Ruth. and will be inscribed, is none other that fighteth for us."

Faith." and its inscription is to be, trehl or smallest, bell will be

Thanks be to God Which giveth us the victory. The fourth ball, to be named Pax will be recast from an existing Abbey bell, as already stated, “

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When the peace coumission came, top- The foreman. Mr. Dunwell, was pre- Red Cross had to move out, and as itssented to their Majesties, and in reply headquarters, selected the Hotel Regin, one of the largest and best-located tour ist centres in Paris.

to a question by the King stated that he had been with the fry for thirty-five years, and

of his fellow-workmen WORLDY Hotel-repts in Paris are very high. The also had long periods to their credit. As to same concern that owns the Regina owns the composition of beil metal, he smil the much newer Majestic, which is in singly told the King that there was a trade secret in it, but that it might be gen less central neighbourhood. It is now bec

eras

stated that tin and occupied by the British peace delegation

copper were in the proportion of 4202, of tin as an office building, and the rent is

to each 160z. of copper As to the use stated in the French Press as being 15,000 of silver, Mr. Dunwell said that was a franes, or almost $3,000, a day. In view popular fallacy Silver was not at all of that, it is still more interesting Buitable for the I know how much the American Govern was altogether too soft, besides being big bells. It making of ment pays for the Crillon.

otherwise unsuitable. Their Majesties were asked to permit a photograph of themselves to be taken with the bell foreground, and to this they agreed. Majesty exclaimed: But we are not to When they had taken their positions his be her alone. You are much more im men), seeing that you have made work,

In addition, to the Majestic, the Brins Guvernment rents the Hotel Astoria, which certainly does not cost less than the Majestic. being better located and even

nore palatial.

earries glass placques in the corridor advertising Carlsbad, which is an Aus brian water resint

Altogether. the British peacemakers accupy four hotels, besides n samarate private house for Lloyd George'

ri

It was in The Astoria that the Katser was supposed to have intended to have his portant than we are (this to the first day's lunch in Paris in 1914. and even Some of the principal workmen the joined to-day, despite the British ocupation, it the group.

others were left out, beckoned to each, and but the Queen, noticing that particularly asked that all might he in- cluded. When the reads her Majesty said:

Ridgrapher was Have you got everybody

on being informed chat gratially the whole group was in- sbe added, That will not do at all. We must have everybody included. At her invitation the workmen closed in on the Royal party, and it was only when the photographer was able to state that everybody now showed upon his plate that her Majesty gave the signal for the pho- tograph to be taken.

DISPLAY 19 SYMBOLIC

The Japanese, to the number of a hundred, live at the Hotel Bristol, on Place Vendome, where their white fag with the blood-red sun in the centre covering two stories. is faunted before the Napoleon Columo. As a counter- balance, an even larger American flag has been draped over the facade of the man sion lensed by the Morgan Bank ueros the square. To the French, to whom a coming Japanese-American conflict seems inevitable, this extraordinary display of colours seems symbolic.

that

As the King and Queen turned away from the spot where the, peace bell had been cast they noticed a number of small bells suspended on a sort of

Acrec. and

workman taking a beater played upon these a number of musical selections. By comparison, the Royal visitors were pro

with samples of the

tone and

Hotel Bristol is the place where the

effect of bell of different sizes, late King Edward used to come on his

very large ones, The King. incognito visits to Paris, which are said Queen, and Princess aigued the visitors to have been frequent. Now his suite in book, and when they left the works for occupied by the little almond-eyed men their, motor-car, they found the vehicl from the East, who smile mysteriously, surrounded by many hundreds of women but who do not talk. The fact that their and children, who gave them a most cor hotel bill sets back the imperial Japanese even clambering on to the steps of the dial send-off; cheering their loudest, and Government a thousand dollars a day motor to wave lina farewell according to a French newspaper, must have been revealed by the hotel proprie tor. The Japanese never fold.

The Italians are the only other nation" Even after the war, the best industry to occupy an entire hotel. They chose France could possibly pursue would be the Edward VII, which is one of the to entertain" strangers. Her roads are Dewest and best-located "places in París the best in the world, a regular motor- supposedly owned by Belgian capital car paradise. Even a divver in France is (The Belgians are in the Hotel Lotti, a delight). Her cooking is better than which

has beet recently renovated), any other. A French person can prepare What the Italians pay has not been made a tasty meal with fewer ingredients and known, but it is certainly a pretty sum. more primitive implements than anybody

As landlord to the peace conference. else. French beds, even in the most hack- France has collected no small amount: ward hotels. are comfortabile. What and at some future date it would be France lacks everywhere is sanitary en interesting to know the total amount of gineering. In that respect she is still a British and American money--tax money hundred years behind the times. and charitable money-spent, not for war purposes direct, but for rent, food, lodg scenery, not to mention the sights of the France also has the greatest variety of ings, and clothing.

The principal drawback is that this late war, and by attracting tourists she money has been unevenly distributed. the country as other nations can do by can bring as much foreign money into There are districts where in your facturing

girl will have a marriage dat of her ownIt is an industry that brings imrd savings from tips, and many a farmer

has a "fat stocking hidden away some fate returns. No wonder the threa to

where filled with hard cash.

"(Continued at joot of nezi øvlumn.)

remove the conference from Paris is. turbed the local government... The pocket. nerve is always touchy.-E.

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