Evening star., 1924-05-03
PACIFIST DELEGATES
TURN TO ECONOMICS
Submerge Discussion of War to
Proposals for New Social
Order in World.

The fourth international congress
for Peace and Freedom. meeting in
the Washington Hotel, had settled
down today to frank discussion of
ways and means of bringing about a
new social and economic order"
Disarmament and elimination of war
had apparently become a subordinate
topic.
Adjustment of protective tariffs,
immigration laws and passports, max
ing it possible for travellers to go to
and from country after country with.
out being subjected to scrutiny by
passport officials, and for them to
take or leave whatever articles they
might choose. without restraint or
taxation, were some OF the changes
advocated by speakers. =. 90.
New Ecnomic Order. =.
Miss Emily Balch, representing the
United States, declared that the inost
rnenacing immediate difficulty is
"the alliance of nationalist politics
with business and finance" She CALI
ed for the establishment of a new
international economic order, in which
would disappear discomfort and class
struggle" through a growing realiza-
ton of social justice IN each sepa-
rate country" =
The economic Imperialism between
the pursuit Of profits and the pursuit
Of power is especially connected in
our minds with the policy of the late
German imperial government" Miss
Balch said. But II is policy pur-
sued not alone by Germany. The
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government aid in protecting inven-
tors. abroad, government backing OF
bankers in foreign countries, pre-
vents any true international order in
the world
Control of Waterways.
International control OF waterways,
the speaker asserted. is essential Not
only the Danube and the Rhine must
be internationalized, in she declared, but
the Dardanelles, the Panama Canal,
the Suez Canal and similar water
ways, az well. There are far more
wide-reaching and complete develop
ments of world economy to which
/ am sure all OF us here look for
ward" Miss Balch concluded. But
the immediate problem which we
must solve or perish Is how TO dis.
solve the unholy alliance of cannon
and capital. how to end economic i'm
perialisn in all Of it's forms, and to
end IT soon"
Scores "supcrstates.'
Mile. Marguerite. Dumont of France
declared that above national states
there exist what may be termed
'superstates" which are in violent
struggle with each other. Oil and
steel, she said, are the most powerful
Of these superstate industrial groups.
THE superstate OF OIL Miss Dumont
asserted, sis already starting friction
between the United States and Eng
land. What appears to be a postwar
struggle between France and Ger
many Is really the struggle OF two
International industrial groups for
control OF steel" -.
Touching affairs more domestic to
the United States, Miss Dumont de-
clared the recent revolution in Mex
leo could be traced to. the maneuvers
of the Royal Dutch-Shell Company
and the American Standard Oil Com
pany, which are rivals in the Mexican
petroleum field. Commercial inter-
ests dealing in oil dominated the
Genoa conference, the speaker de-
clared. adding that they have laid
the foundation for future conflicts
between nations in their struggle for
concessions in various fields.