New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-05-03
Intcr-.Allicli Affairs.

Inter Allied Affairs.
(NcW York Journal Of CUmmarcc.) .
The entry Of tho United States INTO
'hc war gave an immense impetus 10
INC concentration Of authority in
definite intcr-alIjcu bodies finarrc
ana shipping had first of all to be
co-ordinatcd, since these were tie
arteries of allied supplies, An Inter
Alli@d commission on finance and
supplies Was set up under the chair
hlah~hip Of the assistant secretary Of
inc nitcd States treasury. An Into
AIMED maritime transport council,
SlttlhS alternately in Paris and Lon
no. Was charged With the duty Of
distributing the vessels of the Allied
"e'chant Marine. in addition to the
| ''eu'ral ships chartered by the Inter
| I>'''e" charterinc executive TO tho
| ''S' advantage. There was, moro
! 'NV'' inc central munitions council,
''"" Mr' Hoovcr's Intcr-Allied food
'o''I"' Thus. while Germany Was
! 'Np'o'''hS and CnslaVin2' the peoples
or Central Europe who came within
| tue ring of her military power. inc
! engaged IN 1ll'tlIl@ ~
''o'1c OF international economic
"lE' n'zauon devised for mutual aid.
| NIlEh Will stand ready as an in
tcr2ra1 part Of the new order to mH",
INC needs of the free peoples at n"
, moment of peace. For the Allies.
| unity on the economic front COOS
not mean the rule of the strong or
Tue supremacy ot individual or ma
ROBERT cecil has expressed it. th|t;
Our ann must be Il comprch anslVe
arrangement of liberal ntcrcouFS"
with all the members Of the assoc'2-
| 'lon by which each one Of us. while
| preserving his own national security,
may contribute to meet needs and
aid in tho development Of his follow
MEMBERS"
The tWenty-thrd article of the
amended covenant Of the League Of
| Nations is designed to perpetu%tc
this unity in economic effort. it
combines the provisions Of articles
| twenty and tWcnty-onc of the original
draft and adds to them. as President
Wilson points out clause looking
! toward prevention of the white
| slave traffic and the traffic in opium,
| as also clause looking toward prog
ross in international prevention and
| control Of disease. The kernel Of The
| article is contained in the #tipu'H-
! ton that provision will be made TO
secure and maintain freedom of CON-
| muniCatiOn and of transit and cullt-
able treatment for the commerce Of
! all mcm bers Of the league. The cOn-
! -ruous development OF an enlarged
: scheme of economic corporation is
further provided for in article
! twentN-four of the revised covenant.
! which declares that there shall DO
! placed under the direction Of the
league all international bureaus Ill
ready established by general treat cS
| It is not generally realized how
numerous and important arc
these bureaus and commissions
for the regulation of matters of in
ternational interest. There exist nG
! before the war the Universal Postal
! Union. with its permanent bura3u:
| the international Telegraph and
Radio Geographic hrrcau: tho Inter-
national Railway bureau; the Dau-
ube and Sucz Canal commissions: the
international office Of public health
/ at Paris, aud the four international
/ sanitary councils at Constantinoplu
Alexandra, ICnGr1n and Tan EiSr;
! the union for the publicatio of "l,>-
| toms tariffs. with its permanent
| bureaus: the permanent sugar com
mission; the international fn@.itut@
Of agriculture: the international
! union for the protection of industrial
| property; the international bureau at
Zanzibar for the repression of the
Slave traffic i'm addition to other
| bodies like the international statiS-
| tical institute. and ether agreements
| like those underlying the Various
! monetary and metric unions between
states. While these bodies pointed
| the way to Il new development in
international relations, they did not
| really do much TO bring the nations
| close to each other. That is Il
| function whose adequate pCrfo"nl-
| ance can be looked for only from an
! orga nization imbucu with the spirit
| and clothed with the authority of
! the now League Of Nations.