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Show EXPECTS U. 5. lODllilE GREAT INTEREST SHOWN IN ALLIED AL-LIED PREMIERS' LONDON CONFERENCE French Minister Reported Opposed to American Participation In Meetings; Sees Favor For Germany London. America is exerted to dominate dom-inate the conference of allied premiers here in much the same manner as the United States made its voice heard at Lausanne, according to belief in British official circles. Ambassador Harvey's speech at the Lyceum club in which he declarec'. the fate of Europe hung upon the forthcoming forth-coming week-end conference, was inadequately in-adequately reported and diplomats here are just beginning to discuss it. Considerable importance in this connection con-nection is attached to arrival here of United States ministers to Brussels Information Is passed on from official offi-cial quarters to the effeeet that Harvey paring his speech intended to speak on some innocuous subject, but changed his plans at the last minute presumably upon information or instructions in-structions from Washington. Additional significance is lent the participation of an American observer at the premiers' parley by the fact that Raymond Poincare, prime minister minis-ter of France, Is now expected to try to exclude the question of reparations from the London discussion, hoping to fo,-ce a finncial conference at Brussels. Brus-sels. Referring to th Brussels project Harvey said : "If the premiers themselves are un. able to agree, it is useless to expect results from a meeting of a few under -' strappers at Brussels." According to reliable information obtained ob-tained from British sources, Premier Poincare does not welcome contem plated American participation in the London conference. It is said in this connection that Poincare and his government gov-ernment are likely to go under if the premiers fail to reach an agreement. Such agreement is considered doubtful hy the British who say they expect the American observer at London will oppose op-pose "French plans to coerce Germany." |