Evening star., 1932-10-15
BAR GROUP HEARS
OF ECONOMIC EVILS
Marques of Reading and
M. Reynaud Address AS
Sociation Meeting.
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Marques Of Reading spoke, was held
at Constitution Hall and preceded a
reception at Corcoran Gallery of Art,
at which there was a showing of the
United States George Washington BIZ
centennial art exhibit. Frank B. Kel-
logg, former Secretary of State, who
has served also as Ambassador to Great
Britain and president of the American
Bar Association, presided
For an hour. in intimate conversa-
tional vein, the Marques of Reading.
wartime Ambassador to the United
States, discussed the law. Britain's In
dian problem. and the economic diff
culties in which the world finds itself.
He frequently departed from prepared
text for some personal reminiscence
From the moment you invited me
to America. throughout the transit
across the sea, ever since my arrival
and throughout my address to you, one
all-embracing thought has dominated
my mind. and l believe yours. and
that is, the world situation in its Wild
est aspect" he said.
Would Say More.
Il have addressed you on the law, yet
In all frankness l wish it had been
open to me to speak on other matters
of more immediate consequence. but
this is not the place, and certainly it
is not the moment"
Further on. he said:
The world is in turmoil and disor-
der. We who are living cannot have
experienced any parallel. Whatever
may have happened in the past and
however narrowing descriptions NAV be
of sufferngs after wars of which YOU
and We have had experience, never has
the economic world been so distressed.
The worlds hope lies for the present in
the economic conference and in the
measures there to be devised"
The marques recalled the efforts of
this country and his own to promote
peace. Commenting on the murmurs
OF unquiet" in the world he turned to
pay tribute to Mr.. Kellogg as CO.
author Of the Kellogg-Briand pact, re-
nounclng war as an instrument of ma
tional policy
THE nations of the world accented
1t and have signed it." he Continued
They are bound by the second article
never to seek settlement or solution of
disputes or conflicts except by pacific
means.
There are no sanctions in the treaty.
but solemn obligations are solemniv
recorded and nations in their honor
are bound to observe them. The cynic
may observe that their value would lie
In their capacity to enforce them. and
that is absent. The answer will be
found in world opinion"
Cites India Troubles.
Going into the troubles in India, the
marquis, a former viceroy to India,
said the British government and the
Indians were engaged in preparing a
new constitution for India, and that
the present movement for federating
"all India is the greatest scheme ever
conceived in the worlds history" He
voiced hope for "a wise and beneficial
measure of federation
Summing up, the speaker made an
ardent plea for cooperation that will
leave this world better place than we
found it."
NJ. Reynaud. a former minister of
justice Of France, told the lawyers 'the
great democracies. America, Great Brit
ain and France, have a common duty to
perform. They have to prove that the
regime Of liberty is able to meet any
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way they met yesterday that greater
trouble, the World War"
He said that during the present
crisis, nations are showing a tendency
to isolate themselves economically"
But what" he asked, would be the
ultimate result Of such isolation?
What would become of Europe if
she had to stop exporting her manu-
factured products to the markets Of the
world? What would become of America,
which exports more than half of her
production Of cotton? Would the farm
ers of the South abandon the cultiva-
ton of half of their lands? And what
about the Al per cent export of tobacco.
the 36 per cent of copper, Al per cent of
typewriters, so per cent of agricultural
18 per cent of wheat?"
He described the nations as more