Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-17

Commission OF the League Oh NdJlOn.
summoned for an early meeting.
The British delegates told the com.
mittee which was considering the sub.
ject that an early meeting would bt
premature He said press reports hac
ntimated that the Franco-B British agree.
ment was not acceptable to some of the
other powers to which it had been sub.
mitted.
Since Japan has sent a note to Lon.
don saying that it agreed with the &C.
cord in principle. the allusion was taker
as referring to either the United States
or italy.
President Coolidge said the accord
could have no effect on American nava
plans and that he believed the under
standing was reached with full knowl-
/ edge of the American. viewpoint on aux
| iliary naval craft as made known al
| last years conference in Geneva. This
was sequel to an earlier indication
that the State Department considered
transmission of the accord as informa-
tive only and not calling for a reply.
italian silence on the subject has
been profound so far as news dispatches
are concerned.
Strong Peace Sentiment at Geneva.
| Despite this development and the
rather acrid comment by Aristide
BRAND, French foreign minister, on the
| observations respecting German and
neighboring armies by Chancellor Her.
man Mueller, there has been a marked
| spirit of peace at Geneva. Delegates
| from the half hundred governments
making up the League Assembly have
| reflected in speech and vote the de-
| termination of their peoples that war
be avoided
Just straw. perhaps, in the building
up of this structure of peace for men
of good will, but significant. neverthe-
less. was the attention attracted abroad
by the conference of the Church Union
for Peace. That body issued a call for
world religious assembly in 1890, to be
held in India, the site being evidence
that the movement was something more
than Christian. 1t asked that all re-
ligionS cooperate to remove existing OBJ
stacles to peace and to further inter-
national justice and sympathy.
Dean Smaller Mathews of the Uni
versity of Chicago, leader in this mo ,e-
ment. had his training for such ideas
under William Rainey Harper, first
president of the institution and gener-
ally credited with being originator of
the notable congress of religions at
the Columbian exposition of 1893. That
gatherings accomplishments toward toll
erance of the other fellows viewpoint
have not yet lost their entire effect.
League Held Sympathetic.
Perhaps something of the sort has
spread about the halls of the League at
Geneva and even seeped into European
chancelleries. At any rate the violent
repercusSions in Germany to NJ
Brands pointed remarks on the pres
ent and future aspects of military
strength east of the Rhine did not pre-
ferences regarding the occupied Ger
man districts and the question of rep
arationS
Chancellor Mueller went back into
the conference room and then let it be
known that the allies plan for partial
evacuation and appointment of a spe-
cial Rhineland commission of control
might be accepted under certain con-
ditionS.
Germany, in fact, Is facing domestic
situation in regard to Dawes plan pay
ments Of 5000 100000 a year that can
not be ignored by her ministers. In
this connection it was noteworthy that
the German bankers convention at
Cologne said that the Dawes annuities
should not be imposed too heavily upon
private business for the benefit of the
federal government. This sentiment
came mainly from provincial bankers
and indicated possible lack of ma
tional consciousness in some German
pocketbooks.
Soviet Bids for Foreign Capital.
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fore in Russia and Rumania. The
Soviet made a bold bid for additional
foreign capital by tightening its restric-
tons upon foreign concessions. 1t was
indicated that a special effort would be
made to attract United States dollars
and business brains Germany has been
the chief source of this sort of invest
ment in the past but the Donetz coal
! region sabotage case, which put on trial
for their lives a number of German en-
| gineerS, has left bad taste in the Ger
man business mouth.
Rumania's cabinet saw negotiations
| for 100000 loan from New York
bank go by the board Inability of
Queen Marie's country to furnish nee
eSsary collateral caused the failure.
Political troubles plagued Spain and
Albania. King Alfonso ventured trip
to Sweden and opponents of the Span
| ish dictator, Primo de Rivera, seized
upon the opportunity to attempt fresh
coup.
The last time King Alfonso was out
of the country, on a trip to England, a
similar situation arose. 1t was not as
extensive as the present affair, in which
1000 arrests were reported.
King Zogu faced an uprising agains
his new Albanian throne, and full
regiment was sent to the northern
mountains. Tirana sources said the
rebellion was "only another blood feud'
to revenge a chieftain who had beer
killed by government police. They
pointed out that 80 such feuds have beer
declared against Zogu.
The Bulgarian cabinet was reconsti
tuted with minor changes. A. Liapt'
chef was again commissioned as pre-.
mier, with a blanket Endorsement BY
the majority political party. He re.
tanned as minister of war Gen. Ivar
Volkoff, whose alleged sympathy with
the Macedonian revolutionaries hac
caused other ministers to demand hi
dismissal and to resign when this wa
refused.
London Hopes for u. S. Cooperation.
LONDON. September IT tP).-Tht
majority of the London newspapers thi
morning welcomed the agreement IL
principle for a settlement of the prob
lem of evacuation of the Rhinelant
which was announced at Geneva. The,
regard the accord as furnishing dis
tinct hope for a final settlement.
Regarding the success of the commits
sion to deal with reparatiOnS, some pa
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