TWO POINTS OF VIEW.
,j On winding up its activities in Paris, 1 ' the American Peace delegation was preIsented with a nice little bill for £30,000 I over and above the rent agreed upon, 'iby the proprietor of the Hotel Crillon, ! which was the American Peace Head- ' quarters. This is how the hotel pro- ', prietor makes out his account: — ' To loss of clientele £20,iA>0 i To demoralisation of staff by I having accustomed them tv i j receive wajres above the '| ordinary standard £10,000 i: To these demands, according to the fI "Landmark," no reply has been sent, but the American delegates have proved fully worthy of the occasion. In their ■ turn they have submitted an account to ; |the proprietor of the Hotel Crillon, on 1 which the following are the chief ! items: — " To advertisement of hotel by making it American Head- . quarters £'JO,OOO Tee improvement of staff by teaching them American 1 methods of work £10,000
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 73, 27 March 1920, Page 17
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