The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-17
TEN NATIONS TO DISCUSS DAWESPLAN MacD Donald Opens With
 Plea To United
 States KELLOGG POINTS OUT UNOFFICIAL STATUS Ambassador Reminds Of Failure To Sign Yer
 sailles Pact . --z -----As---- A TWO MAIN ISSUES
 TO BE WORKED OUT Refinancing Of Germany Under Experts Report 5 Big Problem
TWO MAIN ISSUES
 TO BE WORKED OUT
By CHARLES M. MCCAIN tBy | ,eased Wire To ARe.Herald)


 LONDON, Juiy.--The American delegates to the inter-allied repara- eions conference have come in the sande spirit of helpfulness as those of other nations, although they are not present in the same capacity or with the same powers, <
 Thus, Frank B. Kellogg, Ameri- can ambassador to Grea. Britain, struck the keynote of American anticipation in the greas repara- lions barley, the fifteenth allied gathering since Versailles, when he spoke at tte' opening session here Wednesday.
 His statements followe,. the ad. dress of Premier MacDonaic m which the English leader made an appeal |. the American people to play a strong part in she rehabiii- tation of Europe.
 ,sThA United States was great part ner in the war;" Mcdonald said. Her mind ilIumines the report which has brought us together. We tsk her, not a a government, but as . reople with many resources and good hearts, to take her Share in the financial schemes which must De put into operation ' there F 1e he 2 apseag EsepnssEsssso
 With wider Viswa < AfaeD Donald appealed also to America as a sssDectatof withdrawn from ths feelings and ambitions of Europeans, saving that "she may be, able at critical points to help us with wider views and caIfner Judgements than those of us amidst the wrecks and dangers, may be able sometimes to command.
 Kellogg, in his speech, emphasized that the American delegates were not on the same footing as the European participants due to the fact at the United States did not sign the treaty of Versailles.
 The ambassador paid tribute to the work of the experts committee, how ever, and in his address before the con ference declared that the United Gtates government and the American people believed that the expects repcrt was the first great step in the stabilizatlon of Europe.
 The great conference, at which lO nations are represented, opened Wed negday at the British foreign office with Premier NlHCAIOHuAu pINSAuAuS'
 France was repi esented by Premier Herriot, and General Nollett. Finance Minister De ,Stefali representea Italy Premier Theunis and Foreign tinisteT Hymans spoke for Belgium. Baron Iishi, and Baron Hayashi served as ,. Japan's delegates, while the Iortugese annbassador to London and the Jugo' Slav, Greek and RoumaL n. ministers upheld the interests of their countries /. The principals were gat,ered at :; great horseshoe shaped table, while smaller tables accommodated the ex- Surveys Situat.On Premier Macdonald welcomed ( delegates with an addres, in which he surveyed the situation created by the experts report, and urged t.-e i'm portance of launching the plan put lined by the experts committees as an inteeral unit. He iecl -sd that the cor ference must work out two essential points:
 1.-The restoration of the economic and fiscal unity of Germany.
 2-The question of giving adequate security for the inv, tOls who wOul''
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