Evening star., 1924-07-13
LONDON ACCLA|MS
DAVIS SELECTION
Former Envoy Is Well and
FavorabIy Known to Brit
ish People.
EYES ON CONFERENCE
French Move to Control Super
vision of Dawes Plan
Is Seen.
EYES ON CONFERENCE
BY A. q. GARDINER.


LONDON, July 12.-The selection
of John w. Davis as the Democratic
nominee for. the presidency has great
ly increased public interest in Eng
land in the contest.
President Coolidge is unknown per-
sonally here and his reticence and
undemonstrativenes have left him
somewhat a vague figure in the pub
lie mind. Mr.. Davis, on the other
hand, is extremely well known. He
had a hard task in succeeding Walter
Hines Page as American ambassador
in London. but he left an eXtraor-
dinarily favorable impression, and he
has a high place in public memory,
both in regard to amiabilty of char
acter and his remarkable gifts of
speech.
The opinion prevails here that the
Democrats have been extremely for
tunate in their choice of a candidate,
and that their prospects have been
substantially improved, especially in
view of the selection of William Jen-
nings Bryans brother as the Vice
presidential candidate.
Watch Allied Parley.
Public interest here is fixed upon
the meeting of the allied conference
Wednesday next. The explosion in
Paris last week seemed to threaten
to torpedo the event in advance, and
in political circles here, great de-
preston prevailed. No doubt exists
as to Premier Herriot's sincere de-
sire to change orientation of French
policy and make the Dawes scheme
operative, but great doubt exists as
to his ability to stand against the
hostile forces in the Chamber of
Deputies. and at the Quai dOrsay.
Ministers change, but the Qaai
dOrsay never changes. None sup
poses that the fierce outbreak in
France over invitations to the con-
ference was more than tactical
move in the game. The main object
of the French foreign office is to
give the reparations commission
supervision over the Dawes scheme.
With withdrawal of America, and
especially after occupation of the
Ruhr began, the reparations COM
mission became the instrument of the
Quai d'Orsay.
1t was impossible to leave admin
istra ton of the scheme to such a
body in it's present FORM 1t would
have meant that France remained in
complete control of the situation.
Macdonald Saved Conference.
Prime Minister MacDonald's hurried
visit to Paris has, at least, prevented
the conference from being torpedoed.
The compromise he has reached with
Premier HerriOtt is accepted as the
best solution obtaina BILE. There is
a, strong preference here for. sepa-
rate authority to deal with the ques-
tion of Germany's default, because
the reparations commission is wholly
discredited, but the proposed addi-
tfon to the commission of an Amer
lean representative with power to
act as arbitrator, changes the situ-
alton somewhat. But will France
consent to give the arbitrator full
power of decision in event of a dead
lock in the reparations commission
That vital question is still unsettled.
me proce edings of the conference
are awaited with much anxiety
Meanwhile negotiations with the rep
resentatives of the soviet government
drag on. Rakowsky's meeting with
bondholders in the city was unproduc-
tive of 4 loan. Rakowsky explains that
the offer to recognize 5 per cent of the
pre-war Russian debts was only pro-
v1sional and subject to increase. but the
real difficulty is that city bondholders
are concerned in French holdings in
Russia which are much more considera-
Bile than British holdings Until an
agreement is reached on the subject of
pre-war debts there is little prospect of
the loan which Russia wants being
available. nevertheless. there is a sub
etantial stream of trade between the
two countries which shows a tendency to
increase.
Hardship on Emmfgrants.
The writer went today to the Ameri-
can embassy and saw the crowd which
daily seeks passports. One line is said
to have booked $4,000 steerage pas
sengers for America and expects only
to be able to transport 10000 in the
course of a year. At Southampton, a
city of huts known as Atlantic City"
has grown up, occupied by emigrants
waiting to embark. Some Russians have
been there a year. and there is no
visible likelihood of their ever getting
farther
The writer heard of many hard cases
due to the operation of the restriction
law. A girl engaged to be married to
her sweetheart in America was sent 35
pounds for her passage, but she is un-
able to get a passport. A daughter is
unable to rejoin her father, who is work.
ing in America, and is told it, will take
months or even year to get through
"A good deal of interest is being taken
in the forthcoming visit to Canada of
the Prince of Wales. 1t has been sug.
gested that he intends going also to the
United States, and there is much specu-
lation on the subject. Now, apparently.
he has only Canada in view.