Evening star., 1926-04-25
WORLD ECONOMIC
PARLEY OUTLINED
Preliminary Program Of Move
to Aid Peace to Open in
Geneva Tomorrow.
Rv Wireless to The star and Ne" York


economic conference. which many
believe will prove more effective than
tliSa ment in curh,nG war will he
taken pp Monday when 81 delegates
from - countries ssembie here.
The delegates. who include rlanN
cabinet officials. former premiers.
induStrialists. laboriteS. economists
and scientists. arr practically unln-
Structed, and while their selection las
heen approved by the various
countries they represent they are not
responsible TO the home governments.
They will therefore approach the
worlds economic ills with the view
point OF specialists.
America is represented by \. w.
Gilbert. aSricultu ural commissioner OF
NasSa chusetus; David houston, for
uer Secretary of Agriculture and the
Treasury. and Allyn Young, professor
Of economies at Harvard. Russia is
the only important country not par
ficlpatinG, having refused TO t'ermlt
her representatives 10 enter SWltzer-
land. The present economic impot-
enCe of the Soviets, however. makes
their absence not a vital matter, and
when the ma ior negotiations are
started their diplomatic troubles with
switzerland may have been cleared up.
Immigration to Come Up.
The subjects to he taken up are not
limited, and several are vitally i'm.
portant To the United States. For
instance. Italy and Japan are deter
mined TO empha size the emigration
restrictions as one of the fullest
causes of economic crises and prob
able warfare.
According TO statistics. Japan's
population, which was stationary be-
fore 1850, has increased from 27,000,-
OAA to Sc 600, 900 in the last 20 years.
Italy's is increasing at the rate of
100000 a year, and Premier Mussollnl
recently announced that he would
never conduct Malthusian propa-
ganda There are three roads open
10 Italy: First, voluntary sterility,
and Italians are too intelligent TO re-
sort TO that; second. to make war;
third to seek peaceful outlets for
her surpluSes.'
Both Italy and Japan are also de
manding more equal distribution of
the worlds raw materials and level
ing of the customs and tariff barriers.
They will receive considerable back
ing from other nations, although
those countries with monopoly OF
raw materials are not expected to
give up their advantages easily.
The Coal Surplus Troubling.
be an immediate concern with both
miners and operators represented by
the leading officials of Europe. NJ.
Ioucheur, Frances wealthiest indus
trialist, commenting on the situation.
points out that the worlds normal
annual consumption Is zoo, 100000 tons
while there is an OVerproduct1on OF
$4,000, 900 tons, which Is causing all
the trouble.
French national interests will be
affected in any world control of coal
production and export markets. be-
cause the French mines, which here
tofore produced less than domestic
demands are expected to enter the
export market during the coming year
with several hundred thousand tons
surplus.
French Workers Federation; NJ. Guide
geest of Holland, secretary of the In
fernational Workers and Syndicalists;
M Pauells of Belgium, secretary OF the
Christian Miners; and Pugh, secretary
of the British Trades Union Congress,
have been designated by the Interna-
Iional Labor Bureau and the workers
as their representatives.
The rubber question. which caused
a furry in Anglo-AmeriCan circles,
also will be discussed as will the
uuinine monopoly. which is held by
the Dutch growers and the Amster-
dam quinine board. NJ. kroller. who
is known as the SHINES of Holland.
and Signor Birelli, the Italian rubber
tire magnate, as well as Speyer, Rim.
hOff and Fontennelle, director of big
French oil industries, are among the
delegates.
AssaiIs Profits in Wheat.
The French are also determined to
Of
wheat prices as vitally concerning
food supplies, which NJ. Loucheur
argues should not be controlled from
the viewpoint of profits. but from
humanitarian angle. The French in
dustrialist who launched the inter
national economic conference proposal
along with Paul Boncour last Sep
tember and put the preparatory pro
gram across despite heavy opposition
from the British. declared; Speaking
with the utmost frankness, the
worlds economic situation is such
that il constitutes the GraVest menace
to future peace.
The present diSorCanZed situation
is not due TO the mistakes Of war so
much as 10 the economic chaos and
1iSturba noes which existed in pre-war
days The war only aCcentuated the
inevitable effects Continued absence
and distribution is liable to plunge
civilization into a war at any time"
Loucheur declares he previously op-
posed ali forms of state control or
eXpioitation, but has realized that the
nnoment is coming when even states
Ei1uSt put a check upon individual en-
terprise. and economic relations be-
tween states must be regulated.
Many Experts to Attend.
The delegates at present are divided
into two cateSorleS. those represent
lnc their governments and the econ
,n1lsts and representatives of indus
zrialiStS workers. etc. Included in
the first group are Gustav Ador for
per president of Switzerland: .Alfonzo
Oa Costa, former premier of Portugal;
former Premier Theunis of Belgium.
former Italian Finance Minister Ri
IBERIA. Senor de Andrada, the Brazil
ian diplomat: NJ Serruys, director ot
the French ministry Of commerce;
Herr Trendelanburs, the German
minister of national economy: former
Canadian Civil Service Minister
Short.
In the second group are Llewellyn
Smith, president Of the British Board
cf Trade, President SuSimure of the
league committee on communications
and transit; Layton. editor Of the
SoilllSE ILCCliCLllStr LlSCpCAi L'u DCiS'
president of the league financial
committee; kengomori, financial
agent OF the Japanese government;
Senor Quezada. Chilean minister t.
France; Finance Director Marko-
witch Of Jugoslavia; NJ. Salazar, di-
rector of the Bank of Bogota; Senor
Frehia of Argentina. a member of
the International Agriculture Insti-
tute Of Rome; Sir Arthur Balfour.
president of the British committee
Of trade and industry: Secretary