Evening star., 1925-01-01
Russia and Germany Would
Be Included in Call if Sen
ator'S Views Are Finally
Approved by Upper Body.
MOVE RATED ONLY HOPE
OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Placing Limit on Reparations Ber-
lin Must Pay One Object Sug-
gested-Continuation of Dawes
Plan Benefits Claimed for His
Idea by Committee Head.
BY q. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY g. GOULD LINCOLN.
Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman
of the Senate foreign relations COM
mittee, plans to introduce a resolu-
ton for an international economic
and disarmament conference, to be
called by the President and held
in Washington.
1t is probable that the resolution
will be introduced at an early date,
Senator Borah said today, although
he will be guided by circumstances
somewhat in determining just when
's he resolution shall be offered.
Would Include Russia.
been convinced that only through
such a conference, at which the ma
tions of the world shall be officially
represented, can stable conditions
again be brought about throughout
the world.
A call for such a conference should
include both Germany and Russia, as
well as other nations, according to
Senator Borah. With those nations
eliminated an economic conference
would be comparatively ineffectuaI
in his opinion.
During the last Congress Senator
Borah introduced a resolution for an
economic conference. At the time it
was widely commented upon. 1t
aroused the antagonism of some of
the so-called irreconcilable Senators
who opposed the Versailles treaty and
the League of Nations covenant
Eventually the idea was embodied to
a certain degree, in the conference of
experts advocated by Secretary
Hughes, and. finally, the conference
out OF which the Dawes plan came
into being.
Dawes Plan First Step.
In the opinion of Senator Borah. the
Dawes plan is a step in the right
direction and commendable. But not
until all the nations involved in the
economic readjustment necessary for
stability have reached agreements on
the vital economic issues confronting
them is there chance for the ulti-
mate disarmament of the nations
with a consequent lifting Of the bur
den of taxation, which continues to
oppreSs the peoples of the world
Until the economic issues are de-
termined and settled little can be
done toward disarmament, in the
opinion of Senator Borah.
At the proposed economic confer
ence, one of the great questions
which would be settled is the ulti-
mate sum of the reparations to be
paid by Germany. That is regarded
as the keystone of the arch which is
to re-esta blish the stability of the
world. Without such determina-
tion little of real effect can be looked
for. it is said.
JustifieS Debt Definition.
And the determination of the uIti-
mate amount to be paid by Germany
will make the Dawes plan more and
more effective, it is said. The sftua-
tion with regard to Germany and the
Dawes plan has been described as
the situation of creditor who is told
that he mayor must-pay so much
a year, and that after he has paid at
this rate for perhaps score of years
he will be told just how much he is
to pay in the end
Such situation makes it difficult
for Germany and less certain that the
nations receiving the reparations
will get them as quickly or as fully
as might be expected if definite to-
tai was set down.
Hinges on Russia
The final solution of the economic
problems now besetting Europe and
the rest of the world are involved
with the Russian situation, il is said.
The many nations which border upon
Russian territory today are disturbed d
economically both because of their
lack of markets. which they found
at one time within Russia, and be-
cause of the big armaments which
int aI inc
Russia. Probably of equal Importance
with the settlement of the reparations
question would be the attempt to ar
rive at a satisfactory solution of the
Russian problem from an interna-
tional point of view.
Under Senator Borah's plan for an
economic conference would come a
discussion of the Limitation of arma-
ments. This means land armaments
as well a naval armaments. If Ger
man reparations and the Russian
problem ran be tackled effectually,
then it Will be possible to bring down
the armaments, which today are de-
ciared to be ever on the increase, in
stead OF decreasing.
Objection to Farley.
Opposition to an international
economic conference has been mani
tested in certain quarters in the past
because it has been feared that at
such a conference the debtor nations
would insist upon discussion of the
war debts; that perhaps there might
be a demand for a remission of these
debts. On the other hand, there
might be a demand from the creditor
nations for definite statement of the
debtors as to what they intend doing
and for arrangements for funding the
debt where such steps have not yet
been taken.
Proponents of an International eco
nomic and disarmament conference
are inclined to regard the war debts
as a particularly strong lever to bring
about agreements for the reduction Of
armaments. If there can be real dis
armament with stable conditions and
the prospect of peace for long time
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