Show AMERICAN TENNIS STAR READY FOR EUROPEANS Helen Wills Arrives In Paris Given Warm Welcome PARIS Jan By 16 16 By the As- As As Associated Press I Helen Helen WIllS trim graceful and recovered from the effects of in tn atrocious At- At Atlantic At Atlantic lantic crossin crossing flitted through Paris Friday on her way to the RivIera ha having landed front from rom the liner De Ve Grasa at nt Havre this mornIng Americas America's woman t tennis cham cham- champion champion champion pion remained In cold and dreary Paris for tor only a few Cew hors but buther buther buther her short stay stirred French ten ten- tennis ten tennis nis circles to Its depths revealing re the ha danger of or a crisis In the ten ten- tennIs nis nIs relations of France and Eng Eng- England Eng Eng- England England land Carefree and happy over her departure for warmer wanner climes MIss Wills l left for Cannes this evening blissfully unconscious ous that she Is lathe thc Innocent Innocent cause of in nn ulti ultimatum matl m sent to the British tennis authorities by th the French Tennis re Friday Immediately after her Iler official reception was finished at the Saint Lazaire station Fiend 11 ench tennis or- or of officials asked her whether she would enter ter the French hard bard court champIonship tournament whIch opens on June 2 Miss lUss Wills Ills re- re replied replied piled re-piled plied that she was er very sorry orry but that she ho must compete In the Wightman cup competition In England Then it dawned on the French officials that tho the dates for the WIghtman cup play con con- con conflicted with their own hard court championships and they hurriedly called a meeting which drafted a letter to the secretary of Ot the British Tennis federation asking that the WIghtman cup dates either be bo advanced or postponed French officials expressed the opinion that the conflict was ns the result of or a mIsunderstanding bur added that the British federa federa- federation lIon tion ion was informed on November 28 25 of the dates selected elect d for the herd hard court and only chose the WIghtman Ightman cup dates on December r 10 We sincerely hope that this Is lanot not a Il challenge thrown n at French tennis the letter said eald The Tho younger element in iii the federation n wanted anted to threaten the British federation with the abstention of or all French representatives from the thc British championships at Wimbledon whIch this year observe their fiftieth fiftieth eth anniversary This element argues that with the probable ah- ah absence ab absence sence of or the Australians Gerald Patterson and J 3 0 O Andersen th thi abstention of or Rene LaCoste and Jean Bor tra who have bae been the finalists in the British tournament tournament ment for tor the last two years ears and anI especiallY the failure of or the mighty Suzanne Lenglen to appear would Put Wimbledon In a had wa way Cooler heads beads however said Mid that tt it would woul be Lie lime time enough to con con- consider con consider sider eider such stick a solution when there was no other way out The let let- letter let letter ter Pr was as couched in the best besl dip dip- diplomatic dip diplomatic style out hut the Iho following query had bad the lone tone of an ulti- ulti What hat would h hi hi British rrt cl ci rallon think ir r he r hould organize a R Franc Franc Spain 01 oi a hal Haly tou while he I Wimbledon i I competition compel was being French officials after the meet meet- meet meet-In I leg Ing openly expressed sed the senti senti- sentiment senti- senti sentiment ment that unless the British ro- ro recede ro-cedo ro cede from their present stand I will have to struggle along without French players In 1926 Their letter leller requested that the WIghtman elp dates be bc ad advanced advanced to May 29 and 30 0 The French f federation today received a cable cablegram ram from Jones I v president of the United States Lawn Iown Tennis a asso- asso asso association so- so elation promising that an Amer Amer- American lean ican team would participate In Inthe Inthe Inthe the l French hard courts tournaments tournaments menta ments June 2 unless unforeseen cIrcumstances occur r The French are sending a team consIsting of or Borotra Lacoste and Jacques Brugnon to compete In inthe inthe the tho American covered courts champIonship In New Sew York Feb Feb- February Feb February 15 and the tho visit of or the AmerIcan team would return this compliment A team match mah be- be between be between tween France France- and the United States would be played a few rew days before the championships hero here open The American champion reiter yeller reiterated reiterated her decision not to play In any tournament for or II at least two weeks and It virtually Is certain that her hr first appearance will be beIn beIn beIn In the Imperial clu ciu at Nice Ice February 8 Suzanne Lenglen's father is general secre seere- secretary secretary tary of or this club CONFLICTS HERE SEW NEW YORK Jan 16 By 16 16 By The Associated Press Jons Press Jones Jonea V l president of or the United Slates Lawn renn asso- asso asso association elation said last night he was not Il aware of or any conflict In tennis England dates between France and Eng Eng- Eng Eng- land and expressed the belief belle that arrangements would permit Helen Wills Vilis and other members of or the American wom women's wonton's team to corn com compete pete In scheduled d events in both countrIes next net June The U S L T A Mr Mer Mer- Mer- Mer said had agreed to the French request to have ha-e the Amer ican lean players make inke ke the trip In time to In the French hard court championships une I 2 to 13 aa U well ell as to try con con- conclusions conclusions con conclusions with a French women's team headed by Mile Suzanne Suzanno Lenglen Dates Vates for the Wightman Ightman cup team cant matches with England he ha heald said ald haL had hadnot not been fixed deft deft- definitely heI I but probably would be held June 18 ard ad 19 lust just prior to the opening of or the Wimbledon cham cham- championships championships thus avoiding any con con- con conflict fIlet with the French burnS burnS- tournaments tournaments I ments |