Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-12
Colnlnission at Peace Con-
ference Meeting With
Many Difficulties.
NO COINCIDENCE
NEEDS AND IDEAS
psses Conference Finding its Prob
Ions Pilins Mountain Hish-inter-
national Financial Question Being
Given Much Attsntion-World Said
to De Facing Bankruptcy Unless Co.
operation Among Nations Results.
IBy the Associated Press. !

10y the ASSOCIoCe0 tTeeS.
Paris. Feb. 12.-whils President vii.
son and the allied preraiers and gen.
erals are deeply snsrossed in perfect.
ing the plan :or the creation of so.
ciety Of nations and arranging tn,
new terms to be imposed upon Ger.
many for renewal Of the armistice
expiring next Monday. other subject.
OF the greatest importance are being
prepared for the consideration Of the
peace conference.
1t 10 expected the conference will
spend little lime in discussing them
however, and will pass most Of them
on to the society of nations. when the
latter has been created and ready to
function.
Foremost In this secondary program
are the recommendations Of the COM
mission on International labor legis-
lation. The commission Is one Of the
few having an American at its head,
and Samuel Gonpers. the chairman
has been pushing the work along at
great rate, 80 that 1t is expected he
will have 4 report for the conference
as soon as 1t is ready to receive it.
British and Americans Differ.
There have been difficulties in re-
conciling the divers views Of the Brit
ish and American labor interests, ~
each 10 radical in Stne respects and
yet conservative in others. in the opin-
ion Of some labor leaders. 1t is said
the difficulty in getting together has
risen from the fact that there is no CO.
incidence between their plans. The
British are radical wherc the Ameri-
cans are cautious. while the Amer-
cans throw conservatism to the winds
when considering matters on which
the British are careful.
World on Brink Of Bankruptcy.
Meetings are going on today as they
have almost continuously during the
last few days between men who have
Wilson and the premiers to deal with
great problems arising olt Of the war.
Every delegation admits the gravity
Of the problems presented and the alb
solute necessity for their settlement If
the world IL 20 be saved from univer-
sal bankruptcy. In no place is 1t
regarded as 50 evident that there must
be the fullest and most cordial CO.
operation between the nations now re-
presented at the conference than in
the effort to restore the stability of
currency. reduce prices to reason
able level. get rid Of superhuous issues
OF war paper, prevent further excess
sive nuctuation Of exchange, and re-
gulate the rates Of interest and the
amount Of bonds to be issued.
America DisIikes Plan.
Already initial steps have been taken
to convert the peace conference to the
adoption OF great international pool
ing system Of debt wpich shall in
clude all neutral nations whether they
wish to or not. This will meet with
the most determined resistance from
American delegates, who feel that
America did her full share in aiding
the allies by furnishing troops and al
most unlimited supplies of money and
material. They are understood to be
quite willing to rid France Of the
nightmare of German POWER in ex-
tending further credits to permit
France to rehabilitate her industries
and enable her. and Belgium as well.
TO hold their own in the worlds mar
kat, but they thoroughly appreciate
the fact that 1t Is beyond their pow
er to commit their country to parti-
cipation in any monetary credit sys-
tenn with European powers. They also
feel that some OF these countries have
been derelict IN not imposing. as the
United States and Great Britain did.
additional taxes upon their own people
during the war to meet, 1T least in
part. their obligations. instead Of CAL
culating upon Reimbursement from
indemnities to be collected from tbs
enemy.
Deyeetts Favored.
The revival of the spirit Of the old
Paris economic conference, which
planned boycotts and after -the-war
DETERMINATIONS Is sometimes In evi-
dence during discussions. It made its
appearance In the desire Of one ceun-
try to impose discriminatory duties on
enemy commerce during the considera-
tion Of the plan to make all interna-
tional waterways open for all nations
on even terms.
This was regarded as violation Of
one Of the fourteen points" but the
commission dealing with the subjec.
is having some difficulty in passing
this point. Moreover. the general ac-
ceptances Of the principle Of interna-
tional control Of such waterways to the
extent at least. Of prescribing rules
which shall govern navigation and de-
>nning the riparian rights of abutting
nations IL thought to have paved the