Evening star., 1925-01-25
International Relations.

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| lishments of the Government over
| foreign policy seems certain as a re-
| suit of the signing by American rep
! resentatives in Paris last week of the
| agreement through which the United
| States is to collect a percentage of
| reparations under the Dawes plan TO
| pay for the expense of maintaining
| troops on the Rhine after the armis-
! tice. While it is the duty of
| Department alone to negotiate
that through signing the one in Paris
this country has become involved in
European complications, something
| the Senate is most anxious to avert.
Secretary Hughes and the President
| have explained that the agreement
does not bind the United States to
enforce the collection of debts, along
with the allies, from Germany, but
the Senate last week asked to be
shown" on the matter by passing a
resolution, without debate, calling on
Secretary Hughes to submit the de-
| tails of the Paris agreement for its
consideration.
The French war debt will not be
downed. Just as things were begin
ming to become quiet again a French
deputy arises in the Franch chamber
and argues long and heatedly against
the demands of the United States that
the debt be paid. He was Immediately
answered by Senator Borah, in the
Senate, whose speech was taken as
rejecting the whole temper of the
Senate on the question. Luis Marin.
| the French deputy who spoke against
| the debts payment, represents the
minority in the French Parliam ent,
| and his speech was refused the cham
ber's formal approval by a majority
of &c votes.
Probably feeling that the proposed
| treaty with Turkey is too dignified a
subject for breakfast table discus
sion, President Coolidge invited the
Senate foreign relations committee to
dinner for d discussion of this matter
| last week. The only other guest was
Richard Washburn Child, who repre-
scented the United States at the Lau-
zanne conference, at which the treaty
was negotiated. The greater part of
| the White House conference was de-
voted to the presentation of Mr..
! Child's views. He urged the prompt
ratification of the treaty. which has
been in committee for more than a
year, limiting that If the treaty were
| not ratified soon IT might be necessary
! to negotiate another tnder less favor
| able circumstances.
While debate Jagged last week on
the Isle Of Pines treaty, now before
| the Senate for ratification. President
| Coolidge let 1t be know from the
| White House that he favors ratifica-
tion of the agreement. If ratified, the
island goes to Cuba, otherwise 1t re-
mains United States property.
Japan and Russia have recently ap-
proved a treaty providing for Japan
! ese recognition of the Soviet and the
resumption of diplomatic relations.
! Among other provisions, there is one
giving to approved Japanese coal and
oil concessions on advantageous terms
| for period of 40 to so years.
Frances resumption of diplomatic
relations with Soviet Russia have
! gotten away to rather bad start
| as a result of a speech made. by the
| Soviet premier, Rykoff, to the effect
that the present government of II US
! sia did not recognize any pre-war
debts to France, and therefore had no
intention of paying them. Explana-
tions that the premier was misquoted
have failed to satisfy the French
premier, Herriot, who says that il
things the negotiations over debt
payments will be difficult, to say the
least.
The international opium parley, re-
opened Monday at Geneva, came to
a deadlock Wednesday and adjourned
for two days on motion of Sweden
in the hope that means of n concilia-
| ton might be found which would
save the conference from eventual
collapse. The deadlock is the result
of disagreement between the British
| and American delegates. The British
proposal was that opium smoking
should be stopped within Is years
from the time that China had sup
pressed her growth of opium to a
stage which would remove the danger
of opium smuggling from China into
other Far Eastern countries. The
American proposal was originally for
a 10-year limit for the suppression
of smoking, beginning at once. This
proposal was afterward modified to a
15-year limit in an effort at concili-
alton with Great Britain
Costa Rica has filed her resignation
with the League OF Nations to take
effect January 1. She is the first
| country to withdraw, but tt Is hoped
| that before the two years notice
which she is required by the cove
| nant to give is up she may be per-
| suaded to remain. No reason was
given for her withdrawal,