Evening star., 1923-01-08
Three Big American Agencies
10 Sift International affairs
Foreign Problems Viii Be Considered by
Chamber of Commerce, CiUic Federation
and Foreign Relations Committee.

S. Straus. Samuel Gompers, Mrs.
George Maynard Minor. Prof. Jere-
miah w. jerks (who has recently re-
turned from four months study OF
conditions in Europe). James Brown
Scott. Mrs. Horace Mann Towner, and
Col Alvin NJ. Owsley, national CON
mander of the American Legion.
Within a week or ten days the Coun-
quarters is in New York. will open q
series of important round tables d
signed to elicit public opinion and
direct popular sentiment on the out
standing foreign problems of The
hour. The councils first round
table" will appropriately deal with
reparations. 1t will be presided over
by Norman II. Davis, former under
secretary of State.
Would Enter League.
Mr.. Davis is firm believer in t.e'
doctrine that reparationS are essen
TALLY d political. rather than a purely
economic, question. taking issue on
that score with the views Of the
Harding administration. The fnan
cial adviser of the American peace
mission at Paris is understood to feel
that the surest path leading to Euro
pean rehabilitation is by way OF The
league of nations. An initial step ~
that direction, according to the Davis
view. is Americas entry into the
league on her own terms. but under
conditions that will at least signal ~
Europe the readiness OF the United
States to be of actual tangible help
Mr.. Davis is spokesman of a body CfS
opinion that sees the prime need a
the hour in some form OF American
action that will soothe Europe's shat
tered nerves. encourage her TO prdr
tice common sense and induce her ."
quit playing international politics
The three national agencies herelr/
under discussion, while probably not
at one with respect 10 the form ~
s aF-if iFFN TV
undoubtedly in agreement on the
general principles that action, ana
not inaction. is incumbent upon ti-.
United States When White HouH,
spokesmen on December Is announced
that America could no longer hole
itself aloof from the distressed con
Germs of Europe. Co -operationists" ot
all parties in the country took heart
In the further statement emanatiul
from the White House that even "tEe
most irreconcilable" Of America
could hardly affirm the disinterestea-
ness of the United States. cooper 4
tionists" thought they detected
healthy, if tardy. decision upon t!a
part Of the administration to fight III
Johnson T:eed-La Toilette 'non-e'
tanglers" TO the death.
Waiting Attitude Adopted.
During the intervening three wee
the apparent December ardor Of tie
administration anent Europe's chaos
chill. AT the White House and tine
State Department the attitude in
mortalized by Herbert Fl. Asquith ia
British politics-the policy Of "wait
and see''-has been adopted. The
cabinet assembled last Friday, bur
held no meeting, for the stated rea :
son that there was nothing urgentlA
requiring discussion.
The three national organizations
which are moving this week and this
month toward a mobilization a
public sentiment regarding world al
fairs are obviously of differer, !.
opinion. 1t is not unlikely they wi ,
find ways and means of bringir=
their views effectively to competeh-
in Washington.
On January 26 a prominent repub
lican. former Gov. Frank o. Lowdeu
Of Illinois, will address the Council
of Foreign Relations dinner in New
York. The strong contender for th-
1920 republican presidential nomina
tion is a league of nations man, a.
has recently returned from Europe.
devout believer in the necessity
Americas disinterested participation
in old world affairs.
Copyright 1929