Evening star., 1926-12-10
PEACE CONGRESS
MAY ASK DEBT CUT
TO EQUAL PRICES
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adopted by the conference last year
and embodied recommendation which
recognize that peace must be obtain
ed through education.
1t emphasized the belief that cit
izens must be informed that so long
as the United States, whose vast
economic power and resources pene-
trate the entire world, does not as
sumo obligations assumed by other
nations by participation in the League
of Nations. the Permanent Court of
International Justice and other pea ce.
promoting agencies. it is retarding
the efforts Of other nations to estab-
lish peace and security"
Five Items Advocated.
Five specific items were advocated
by the committee for immediate atten-
ton. They We're: Continued and ag-
gressive work for the World Court,
until American adherence is secured;
work for the ratification Of the proto-
col on poison gas and hacterioloGical
weapons. if this is not achieved dur
Ing the present session Of Congress;
work for a statement by the United
states Government of it's position on
neutrality, SO that in case of war be-.
tween states which have accepted
tests of aggression as applying among
themselves. this country will not so
interpret its neutral rights as to fur
niSh support to 4 power which has
defaulted in its arbitration agree
mentS: promotion of n carefully
planned educational movement. with
the object of having the United States
Government negotiate general treaties
with other nations. and a determina-
ton TO educate ourselves" to a more
thorough understan nding of interna.
tional economic factors
Representatives of all of the organ.
lzations participating in the confer.
ence prepared the committee reports.
which represent the gist of the discus.
SlonS which have taken up most of
the sessions since the conference con.
vened last Monday, and whose adop-
tion will represent in a tangible form
the immediate fruits Of the conference
Favors Lausanne Treaty.
The conference finished its study
of the foreign policy of the United
States this morning with a speech
by Edgar burlington. former acting
chief. division of Near Eastern At
fairs. Department of State. and a
member of the American delegation
TO the Lausanne conference. who de-
clared that the american treaty of
Lausanne affords satisfactory
basis for American relations with
Turkey and for the protection of
existing American interests
Many objections to the pending
treaty are founded upon misapprehen-
sions. he said. and added that "the
facts show that American interests
were not hartered. Armenia was not
betrayed and the Chester concession
1o inf "a =
tion of the treaty"
Apart from the fact that this
treaty affords a practicable basis for
continuing relations between the
United States and Turkey" he con-
cluded. ''it is valuable as evidence
that the United States is disposed to
give Turkey an opportunity to work
out her own destiny.
Tends to Deter War.
at has the further advantage,
which is especially important from
the point of view of this conference,
that it tends to align Turkey with the
Western powers and to draw her
away from Asiatic influences out OF
which the wars of the immediate flu
ture are most likely to grow"
Delegates Joined in dinner last
night No business was transacted.
but informative addresses were deIlN'
cred by Bruce Bliven OF the editorial
board of the New Republic, who spoke
on The Hate Machine; Willmott II.
Lewis. correspondent of the London
Times. on "The War Machine" and
E. c. Lindeman. New York School of
Social Work, who spoke on The
Peace Machine
A detailed discussion of the interna-
tional debt question took up the after
noon session. Addresses were deliv.
cred by DR. Harold G. Moulton. di'
rector of the Institute of Economics;
DIR. H. Duncan Hall. Prof. Earnest NJ.
Patterson of the University OF Penn
sylvania. and Henry Scattergood.
member of the Red Cross commission
to France.
Navigation on the Rhine, which has