The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-28
FARLEY IN
LONDON IS
MOMENTOUS
Meeting to Be Most Signifi-
cent Since Versailles
Conference,
conference
BY WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs

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I\X/I since the Versailles confer
Lxx ence has there been an inter
national parley more pregnant with
possibilities for good or i'll to the
world than the meeting Of allied and
American diplomats scheduled to be-
gin in London July 16.
World peace or world war depends
and England part company or reach
an agreement upon a common pol
icy in Europe; the future of Ger
many; the success or failure of the
Dawes-Young plan Of reparations,
and kindred, highly explosive topics
will be threshe1 cut.
AS a side issue the London con-
ference will determine in a large
measure wheti ar the United States
will ever be abio 70 collect some So
600, 900, 900 in war debts owed by
France and other European coun
tries.
Secretary of Slate Charles Evans
Hughes himself win be in London
at the time Of the momentous can
fab. And while he will not partici-
pate officially in the actual confer
ence-he is going to London osten-
sibly to be present at the meeting
of the Bar Association-as Americas
premier and minister of foreign af-
fairs, he can not escape contact with
the premiers of Britain, France. Bel
GUM and Italy who will be there for
the parley.
Officially Represented
The United States. however, will
be officially represented at the green
table. Frank B. Kellogg, ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, has been desig-
mated by the President to sit in. Col
James A. Logan, Jr., who has been
acting as unofficial observer on the
r~eparations commission, has been
ordered to London to aid him. Oh.
viously, both viii receive their in
~spiratioa direct from Secretary
Hughes, right there on the spot.
American participation in the Lon
don conference is one Of the most
significant events Of the entire
Harding Coolidge Administration.
Starting off in 1921 with a strictly
hands or policy. or complete iso-
lation from the rest Of the world. it
has slowly but surely been forced,
by pressure Of events and public
opinion, officially to take a hand IN
world affairs.
Out OF Clear Sky
Tho ,raxs L.cI-- -.-
made from the White House that the
United States would be represented
at the London gathering Of premiers.
the White House ave it TO be un-
derstCod that this country would not
be represented.
Then, out Of a clear sky. following
a visit Of Secretary Hughes to the
White House, came the announce
ment that instructions have been
given to Ambassador Kellogg to at
tend the conference I'm London on
July 16 for the purpose of dealing
with such matters as affect the in
~terests of the United States, and
otherwise for purposes OF informa-
ton. Colonel Logan will go to Lon.
AfA Ab 2014SA NlAt dtAlbiHNAtipA
Which al this country will not
only be represented. but officially
represented, at this momentous
meeting.
The primary object of the London
conference is to liquidate the dan.
gerous European embroglio of four
years standing and OF which the
r%eparations problem is the key. The
Dawes Young plan is the already &C
cepted basis Of settlement.
French security against unpro-
voked attack on the part of Ger
many. occupation Of the Ruhr and
the Rhineland, i%nter-allied war debts.
the part the League Of Nations is to
play in the settlement. and similar
topics. will be among the agenda,
while the question of ornaments
will be discussed at least as a CO.
related problem.