AMBASSADOR HARVEY HOPES EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CAN BE SETTLED
London (JFK+50) On December 5, 1922, the New York Herald published an Associated Press story reporting that Ambassador George Harvey*, speaking the previous evening at the American Circle of the Lyceum Club** here in London, said Europe is facing "the most despairing outlook in history."
The Ambassador remains hopeful, however, that European economic conditions can be settled at the meeting of the Premiers to be held in London "preparatory to the Brussels conference."
Ambassador Harvey added...
"There must be an immediate adjustment of conditions in the minor countries."
*George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) born in Peacham, Vermont became a journalist, author, streetcar magnate & magazine editor. As a conservative Democrat, ABMH was adviser to Gov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. He served as ambassador to UK 1921-1923.
**Lyceum Club, a women's organization, founded 1903 by Constance Smedley in London, to promote literature, journalism, art, science & medicine.
SOURCE
"Harvey Says Europe Faces Worst Outlook In History," The New York Herald, December 5, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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