Evening star., 1925-08-08
SEES IMPORT CHECK
DEBT PLAN ABROAD
France Has Vision of Huge
Colonial Empire. Politics
institute Is Told.
By the Annotated Press.

n' tnN hssor1sfeh Press,
WILLTAMSTOwN. Mass. August
s.-Decrease In agricultural imports
or an increase in the export of manu-
factured goods. or both. will form the
basis OF Europes debt payment pro-
gram. Prof. F.. F. GAY OF Harvard
said today in address at the In
stltute OF Politics round table confer
ence.
There are limiting factors in in
creased production OF agricultural
commodities In Europe" he said
Among the most important factors
may he noted increased urba MIA lion.
return to the self sufficIns small
farm and availa bility of cheap food
stuffs from foreign lands.
The movement of population from
the farm TO the city which was
marked in the industrial states Of Fu-,
rope before the war. has heen
temporarily checked. but with the
strong impetus TO increase the aN-
ports Of msnufa cturers there can he
little doubt but that the former swing
of population 10 the cities will be re
sumed and, If anything, the per
centage of urban population requiring
food imports will become larger.
Room for Increase.
Unless there are compelling rea-
cha nges for agricultural products.
there will he no cause for Europe to
cha nge its food consumption habits or
10 change the orga MIA ton Of its az
riculture. For the immediate future
there still remain new lands in for
eiEn countries where an increase in
production can take place without any
stimulus of higher prices.
Alas Rroz. Czechoslovakian consul
In 3fert4EGAd
sta hilization of currency. the problem
OF ins ncisl equilibrium and the indus
trial snd agricultural conditions Of his
country
There are many facts showing
that the fina ncial difficulties with
which Czechoslovaki has been faced
hitherto are of ira history cha ra cter
and will soon be overcome" he said.
A decia ration that a great dres m Of
supremacy in northeva Africa domI.
mates French policy and that Fra nee
by system OF slow absorption is at
tempting to suppress the free Italia n
ns tionahty in Tunisia. Algeria. and
Morocco WAS made ty Count Antonio
Cippico. Italian Fascist Senator in q
lecture a the institute last night. He
charged that France had failed TO oh
serve her conventions with Italy re-
gardins Tunisia and was trying 10 en-
force her moral supremacy upon The
world as Germany tried 10 enforce
/ "kulrur''
The formula Of The moral superior
itv Of France is resented ny many, bur
it will perha ps be accepted by some
80 long as France is TO-DAY the most
formida bly, armed nation Of the CON
tinent OF Europe. he said.
He criticized the social contract
of Rousseau as tending 10 level down
the spiritual. intellectual and physiCs |
! differences OF individuals under the
| brutal rule OF numbers
I YESTERDAY" he continued. Ger
many was armed so as 10 carry
! through her prosram m OF cultural he
i gemony. Today il ia France. who by
the armed peace Of her presumed his
torics mission. tries to enforce her
moral supremacy upon the world
Charges Conventions Broken.
As regards the Lvhian Tunisis n
frontier while there Are more tha n
hundred thousa nd Italians in
Tunisia who have redeemed and cul-
tivated that land and are settled there
! today the French are represented by
more than quarter of that number
! 10 govern their pretectorate. In Al
seria and Morocco there are another
$50. 900 Italians who ask no better
than 10 be left in peace. France in
these lands. which are neither her
I colonies nor ma andates, attempts by
a policy OF slow absorption TO sup
press the free Italian nationality. The
! conventions OF 1918 between Fra nee
and italy respecting Tunis have all
Z been scrupulously respected by ITALY.
I We csnnot say the same Is Fra nee
/ is concerned.
! Italy did not aim 10 make q hone
/ of contention. Of Tunisis. he said. \
I good understanding between Them
would he reached when France kept
4 faithfully TO a regime OF protectorat :
in Tunisia. while recognizing II as =
sovereign state; when she recognized
Z for Italians the same rights enjoyed
! there by Frenchmen and natives
| era nted Italy equal customs treat :
ment: removed her prohibitions
I against establishing additional Ital-
! ian schools and against the purchs SO
( of land by Italians: and allow Ell
/ Italians to take part in public life