Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-12
SOLUTION OF
WORLDLABOR
CASE SOUGHT
Is Important Problem at
Peace Meet; Push Leg
islation Plans.

] PARIS, FeD. lZ.-tBy the ASSO-
ciated Press While President
Wilson and the allied premiers and
generals are deeply engrossed in
perfecting the plan for the creation
of a society of nations and arrang-
! ing the new terms TO be imposed
! upon Germany for a renewal of the
armistice, expiring Monday, other
subjects of the greatest Importance
are being prepared for the consid-
Grafton of the peace conference. II
J is expected that the conference
will pass most of them on to the
society of nations. when the latter
| has been created and ready to
| function.
Labor Legislation Pushed.
Foremost on this secondary pro-
gram, are the recommendations OF
/ the commission on inturnationa!
/ labor legislation. The commission
/ is one of the few having an Amer
ican at its head and Samuel Com
pers, the chairman, has been push
| ing work along at a great rate so
that it is expected they will have d
report ready for the conference as
soon as it is ready to receive it.
There have been difficulties in
reconciling the diverse views of
British and American labor inter
ests, and each is radical in some
respect as yet. 1t is said the diff
Guilty in getting together has risen
from the fact that there is no CO.
incidence between their plans. The
British are radicals where Amer
leans are cautious while the Amer
leans thrown conservatism to the
winds when considering matters
on which the British are careful.
Big Financial Problems.
Meetings are going on today as
they have almost continuously
| during the last few days. between
men who have come to Paris a.
the call of President Wilson and
the premiers to deal with great l.
nancial problems arising out of the
war. Every delegation admits the
gravity of the presented and the
absolute necessity for their settle
ment, if the world is TO be saved
from universal bankruptcy. In no
place is it regarded as so evident
that there must be the fullest and
most cordial cooperatin between
conference than in the effort to re.
store the stability of currency. re-
duCe taxes to a reasonable level,
get rid of superfiuous issues of
war paper, prevent further excess
sive fluctuations of exchange and
regulate the rates of interest on,
aid the amount of bonds to be is
sued.
Plan Vast Pooling System.
Already initial steps nave been
taken to commit the peace confer
ence to the adoption of a great in
ternatiOnal pooling system of
debts, which shall include all neu-
trail nations, whether they wish to
or not. This will meet with the
most determined resistance from
the American delegates, who feel
that America did her full share in
aiding the allies by furnishing
troops and almost unlimited sup
plies of money and material They
are understood TO be quite willing
to rid France of the nightmare of
German power in extending fur
ther credits to permit France 10
rehabilitate her industries and
enable her and Belgium as well, to
hold their own in the worlds mar
ket, but they thoroughly appre-
ciate the fact that it is beyond
their power to commit their coun-
try TO participation in any none
tary credit system with European
powers
Too Slow in Taxing.
They also feel that some of these
imposing. as the United States and
Great Britain, additional taxes on
their own people during the war to
meet. at least in part. their obliga-
tiOns instead of calculating upon
reimbursement from indennities t.
be collected from the enemy.