New-York tribune., 1919-10-28
Whether Conferences Will
Tend to Allay Unrest Man
ifest in United States Is
Subject of Speculation
Foreign Attitude Watched
Possible Reflection Here of
Less Conservative Views
of Europeans Expected

WASHINGTON. Oct. Whether
the meetings here this week Of two IN
tcrnational labor conferences, in add
ton to the international gathering pro
vided under the league Of nations. will
tend to alay the industrial unrest
manifest in the United States was a
subject of speculation In Washington
tonight, on the eve OF the convening of
the various delegates representing the
leading countries of the world.
Tomorrow at 10 o'clock the Interna-
tional Federation OF Trades Unions
and the international Congress of Work
ing Women VIII get under way. The
executive committee Of the latter body
was to hold It's first session to-day, but
the absence of several OF the delegates
reulted in postpOnement Of the initial
meeting until tomorrow.
Included among the delegates to the
Trades Union Federation meeting are q
number of the less conservative of the
European labor leaders, and their atti
the industrial world will be watched by
American labor experts with interest
because Of the possibility of this atti-
tudc being reflected in American labor
circles.
Dissatisfied With Treaty Terms
Some of these delegates, it was
learned to-day, were prepared to eX
press dissatisfaction with the labor
provisions of the peace treaty and to
urge more farreaching demands from
the governments Of the peacc-making
powers.
The meeting tomorrow Of the FEEDER
alton of Trades Unions @ill be in many
respects only preliminary to the meet
tions covenant. the delegates to both
gatherings being in many cases the
I same,
Announcement was made during the
| day that the German delegates to the
! conference under the league of nations
sailed last Friday and viii arrive in
the United States on November 3, while
! information was received that Austrian
representatives also were on their way.
The Germans and Austrians were ad-
mitted to the international Federation
Of Trade Unions at its organization
meeting at Amsterdam last July.
Whether they win be admitted TO the
international Labor Conference with
full rights or will merely be granted
the privilege of participating in the
discussion is to be decided by the con-
ference itself.
The official program for the first
two days of the International Labor
Conference, approved by the organiz-
ing committee to-day, provides for mat
ters of organization only, such as the
election of officers. approving of Gre
dentials and appointment of com
mlttees.
Statement of Policy First.
The first order Of business will be
a statement OF policy by Arthur Fon-
taine, of France, chairman of the COM
mittce, to the effect that all Allied
and neutral powers invited to partici-
nate III the conference, which includes
the forty-hve countries listed in the
annex to the covenant of the league
OF nations, should be entitled to seat
their delegates.
Owing to shipping diff culties. repre-.
sentatives of several nations will not be
present for the opening OF the create,
conference, it was announced. Among
those delayed are the Danish, Spanish
Serbian. Brazilian, Australian and New
Zealand delegates.
Delegates to tho International Con
gross of Working Women already have
, arrived from Belgium, France, Czecho
Slovakia, Poland and Canada. Othe,
delegates who are said to be on theil