Evening star., 1923-10-28
BY HENRY ". BUNN.
NHE following is brief summary Of the
most important news of the world for
the seven days ended October 2T:

most important news of the world for
II the seven days ended October 2T:
GREAT BRITAIN-On October 25, in a
speech to a convention Of his party, Premier
Baldwin, after referring to the increasing dam
ger of dumping the British market by
countries enjoying the export advantage of
appreciated currency Che was thinking chiefly
of Germany in plight to resume export on
the grand sca1e), and to the barriers to British
trade presented by foreign tariff walls. in
creasins In number and height. made this i'm
portant statement:
cit is good TO go potterng with this
question Of unemployment. / have come to
the conclusion that the only way OF dealing
with the question is by protecting the home
This sounds like a bold pronunciamento-of
sort to make the shades of Bright and Cob
den very restless. l would like to know how
It links up with what is going on behind
closed doors at the imperial conference OF
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GERMANY-On October IL Lord Curzon, the
British foreign secretary, Sabled to Secretary
Hughes three questions.
would the United States government if
invited thereto by all the European allies
chiefly concerned in German reparations des-
ignate Americans participate in an inquiry
(apart from the reparations commission) into
Germany,s capacity to pay?
operate above. even though the invitation
should not be unanimous (even though France
reparations commission or to a body appointed
above?''
piled that the government of the United
States Is entirely willing te take part In an
econome fs eohference IN which n al the Euro
rations participate, for the purpose of con-
siderng the questions ,9d OF the eapacity OF Ger
appropriate financial plan for securing such
He added. however. certain weighty condi-
tions:
GO The conference must be advisory only.
CD 1t must leave out Of its deliberations
the matter of debts of the allies to the United
tirely distinct from German reparations
Evidently the conference" contemplated by
our government last December.
not at saa Of @ he States could
member to the reparations commission. since
such an appointment would require the CON
that competent Americans would accept ap-
pointment by the reparations commission as
members of an advisory body for the purposes
"a reasonable Inference is that there would
operation by our government)
AS to whether the United States government
Of n f aan whsa hoa
cIsion % '"''' government must reserve Its de-
On the Goth the French. Belgian and Italian
Of the idea of an advisory body appointed by
the reparatons commission. 1t is reasonable
s the %nsh sns
on which Mr.. ]. r. Morgan sat-will soon be at
work It's recommendations may may
not avail more than did those of the bankers
committee, which availed not at ali.
But meantime. e., pending the completion
of the advisory committees work and the re-
action of the reparations commission to it's
report-what? On October 19 the repara-
tions commission forwarded, with approval
(even Sir John Bradbury: the British delegate
voting 'yea'), demand on the German gov
ernment by the governments of France Bel
gium and Italy for certain deliveries in kind
on reparations, account On the cath the
commission received a note from the German