Arizona republican., 1917-08-05
PARALLEL ACTION
 NOW BEING TAKEN
 LOOKING ID PEACE
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. 4. -"The Interparliamentary union fs making no attempt during the war to bring together the different belliger- ent groups associated with that union. but is encouraging each of them to undertake parallel action in their re- spective countries in favor of the in- ternational aims so often set forth by President Wilson," declared Dr. Christian L. Lange, general secretary of the union, in an interview with the correspondent of the Associated Press.
 Doctor Lange who is a Norwegian and has his headquarters at Chris tiania. has just made the third round of the different European groups that he has undertaken since the begin hing of war and, after conferences at Petrograd, Berlin, Vienna and Berne, has conferred with the Meth erlands group of the Interparliament- ary Union at The Hague.
 You may imagine the difficulties connected with the maintenance of the union and it's work in these times" he remarked, when 1 mention that the executive committee is com posed of an Englishman, Belgian, a Dutchman, an Austrian and a Ger man. The close participation of mem- bers of the various groups in the po- litical life of their respective coun- tries puts an attempt at any plenary gatherings or direct cooperation out of the question. albeit the three Scandinavian groups continue to meet periodically.
 Our main concern for the present is the maintenance of the union in tact so that when peace comes we may be ready to at once re- establish contact and cooperate in the recon struction of international life and the development of international or ganization. Our American group Is strong and energetic, and Is carrying on good work under the leadership of James L. Slayden, a member of con- gress from Texas,
 T am afraid we are at least in for another winter campaign, said Doc tor Lange, In response to a question regarding his view of the outlook and the impressions gleaned from his con- ferences in the various belligerent countries. Each side at present thinks greater advantages may be ob tained by continued military action than by the immediate conclusion of d one respect the position has been ex actly reversed. In the beginning of the war Germany based all her hopes on a decision on land, while Great Britain looked mainly to her naval power. Now it is Britain and the Allies who rely on their land forces. | while people in the Central States firmly believe that they can force a lAo ;-f4 hyr nf hn T. | boat'
 l Norway, Doctor Lange described as exceedingly difficult. Despite its noncombatant position" he said. | food has risen 6S per cent in price. which exactly corresponds with the increase in the cost of living in Ger many. The reason for this is that we are so largely dependent on for eign supplies; a third of Norway 8 food has to be imported. Her ship 1 ping losses have been exceedingly heavy, and her fleet shows a great shrinkage as compared with it's di- mensions a tthe outbreak of wal Shipowners losses are made good 1 financially, but, so far as the coun- | try and its economic life are con- cerned, the money cannot make up 1 for the sunken ships and the lost trade which they represent
 Whereas before the war wealth was pretty evenly distributed there the war has created a new moneyed class, but over against this compara | lively small group of rich people there is the great mass of the na- tion weighed down by the burdens the war has imposed. Norway has come off better than most, if not all other European neutrals in the matter of mobilization expenses, for her geo i graphical position secures to her much greater safety. Nevertheless those expenses are exceedingly heavy"
 "The chances of Norway getting | into complica tions with either of the belligerent parties at present appear very slight" added Dr. Lange. "The
 clouds of last years acute crisis have 1 passed over"