Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-05
GERMAN LEADERS
LEAVE FOR ROME
Opening Of Reich's Banks De.
Iieved to Have Given RrueH-
ing New Hope. +
NJ the Associated Press.

NJ the Associated Press.
BERLIN, August 5.--Chancellor
Heinrich Bruening. continuing along tho
course suggested by American Ambassa-
dor Frederic NJ. Sackett. leaves tonight
for Rome with his foreign minister to
visit Premier Mussolini as wen Is Pope
Plus XXI.
Following IN the wake Of the English.
French and German visits, the Rome
conference viii be one Of q remarkable
series OF meetings among the leading
Statesmen OF Europe which began On
June 4 with the journey Of German ON
Gals 10 london Herr Bt1iening hopes
to completes the good work -by HAVING
Premier Laval and Forefgu Minister
BRAND in Berlin late this month and 70
persuade Mussolini and Foreign Minister
Grand to repay the German visit. !.
The opening Of the Reichs Bank after
an enforced holiday Of more than three
weeks was believed to have given the
task Of bringing financial order out Of
chaos. Experts held that the situation
was greatly improved since President
Won Hindenburg's emergency decree and
that the bank would resume Normal
business without fear Of depositors'
runs.
Urge Visit 10 washington.
Persons OF standing in the American
colony here have been urEing the cham
cellor and DR.. Julius Curtius 90 no 10
washington for q friendly talk with
President Hoover as Prime Minister
Macdonald did IN 1927. With 6ef1nAfl3
IN the most, critical position since thu
founding Of the republic, however. IT u
considered they could III afford to set
the ocean between them and their peo.
pie at this time.
The Italian visit is chiefly I'm The
nature Of compliment to MussoIini
for having intellectually indofsed the
hoover plan Tor . PREPARATIONS holiday.
Germany can expect no financial aid
rom Italy, It was felt, even though
italian banks suffer from overliuuidiky,
while those OF the Reich suffer from
lack OF liquidity. The banks o. italy
are liquid because the people are timid
about investing in industry and would
prove even more hesitant about PLACING
their money abroad, 1t was said.
Neither are their profound differences
TO be smoothed out at Rome. Both ma
lions are willing 70 go TO The limit Cd
disarmament, providing oEneE. naA10na
do likewise. The only sore spGh y Hlaa
Austfo-German customs uroje1 ~
both sides are willing to wait for stAe
decision Of The Hague court.
Forego Special Car.
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latter respect is the speech Of Counsel
Vittorio Scialoja in opposing the Gus
toms accord before the world Court.
The Italian Ambassador to Berlin u
understood TO have assured the Wil-
helmstrasse that Scialoja spoke as .
lawyer and defender OF one side with
out involving the Italian government.
There appeared every reason TO be-
lieve that the Rome meeting win prove
cordial In every way, and that the work
of European collaboration so auspicious-
" begun in London VIII pass another
milestone this week end.
The Germans trip caused some
heated discussion over q tribe In the
press. To give the country an example
Of economy, the ministers decided TO
travel In q regular railway sleeping car
rather than IN a special car, as they
did on the journey 10 London. Some
of the organs which have been clanor-
ing for economy objected to this method
Of travel as unworthy OF the nations
dignity. One cartoon even depicted
Herr Bruenifl eating his lunch on the
train out Of q basket rather than incur
the expense Of the dining car.
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