The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-26
new EFFORT FOR
WORLD PEACE
WORLD WAR FIGHTERS FROM Al
LIED NATIONS WILL MEET
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

New Orleans, CA. PA new chap
ter in the history of efforts toward
bringing about world peace will be
written when representatives Of World
war fighters from eight principal al
lied powers meet in. New Orleans Oc-
tober II, 12 and 13 at the annual con-
vention of the Inter-Allied Veterans S
Federation.
The convention, which will be held
a few days before the fourth annual
convention of the American Legion
here, will be attended by thirty-five
accredited delegates from the follow
ing ex-service organizations: Ameri-
can Legion, United States; Fedora
ton Rationale des Combattants, Bel
GUM; British Legion; Union National
des Combattants ct Mutiles Italens,
Italy; Uniunea, Nationala a Fostilor
Luptatori, Roumania; Udruzenja Rez-
ervnitch Oficiara Obvennika, Serb
ia; Druzina, CzechoSlovakaia
In addition, France will send rep
resentatives from the Union Rationale
des Combattant, Union Rationale des
Mutiles ct Reformes, LIE Poilu de
France, Ligue des Gets de Section,
Camarades de Cambat, and from a
society of former French interpreters
who were assigned to the American
and British armies during the war,
known as the Sphinx. Five delegates
will represent each country.
One of the chief aims of the inter-
national fighters organization is to
promote world peace, and the New
Orleans gathering will be known as
"the convention of peace" To furth-
er this ideal the convention will de-
eide upon means of obtaining repre-
sentation for veterans at interallied
and international congress. Interna-
ton exchange rates will also be a
topic for discussion.
Headquarters of the Federation is
now at work on the preparation of
data on comparative legislation af-
fecting ex-service men.
The delegates, who will consider
themselves guests of the American
Legion, will meet in Paris and sail
from LIE Havre on the same ship.
Landing at New York, the distinguish
ed visitors will proceed to Washing
ton, where appropriate ceremonies
will be held at the tomb of the un-
known soldier in Arlington cemetery.
Respects will be paid to the United
States government and to various dip
lomatic representatives of the coun-
tries participating in the conference,
although there is a definite under
standing that the convention of veter-
ans in it's deliberations will not be
influenced by any consideration OF
present day politics.
Among the questions to be cOnsid-
cred at the conference are:
l. Laws allowing disabled veterans
living in an allied country to obtain
in that country, in the same way as
tlA native ex-service men of that
reduction in railroad fares.
2. The eventual specialization of
or other impecunious veter-
same basis as his comrades who serv-
ed in the armed forces of the coun-
,ry in which the foreigner lives.
g. Unemployment in allied cOun-
,ries: Arrangements to be made by
which an allied government having
need Of foreign labor, will give pref
srence to unemployed veterans of
)ther allied countries. This policy
las already resulted in the formation
If plans for employment of $4,000 job
ess British veterans in the French
devastated regions.
Despite the fact that English was
he language. employed in the Wesh-
ngton disarmament conference, dele
yates to the New Orleans meeting will
lold deliberations in French. The
general public will be invited to at
end the sessions.