Evening star., 1932-11-21
CzECHS Join MOVE
SEEKING REVISION
OF DEBTS TO j. S.
Envoy Presents Note Asking
Suspension of Payment
Due December IS.
POLAND Is EXPECTED
TO TAKE SAME ACTION
President Concentrates on Confer.
ence With Roosevelt Tomor.
row Afternoon.

While President Hoover concentrated
his energies upon his momentous war
debts conference tomorrow with Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt, a new development
today in the move of European nations
for revision found Czechoslovakia align
ing itself beside Great Britain, France
and Belgium. Similar action is expected
Of Poland soon.
Ferdinand Veverka, the CzechoSlova-
khan minister, presented to Secretary
Of State StimSon this morning note
asking suspension Of the $l,500,000 pay
ment it has due to this country on De-
cember IS. The amount due next month
is all on account of principal.
There will be no publication until to-
morrow of this latest communication.
Has Paid S1S,304,17S.
The total obligation of Czechoslovakia
to the United States stands at S167,071,-
O23. Payments already have been made
which aggregate S18,304,178.
A similar note from Poland, although
received at the Polish embassy the end
CT last week. has not been presented to
the State Department yet Ambassador
Tytus FilipoEicz considering 1t wiser to
await the results of the RooSevelt-Hoo-
yer conference.
Polands payment due December 10
is S3,300,000 in interest; the payment
of $1,l25,000 on the principal already
having been postponed at the special
- pniicH
September IA
Italy has so far given no indication
whether it will join the other European
powers in request for debt revision
and a postponement Of the 81, 200, 900
she owes on December Is.
Britain Led Movement.
The British government was the first
to ask an extension of the moratorium
and general reconsideration of inter-
governmental debt settlements Sir
Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambas-
sador, presented this request to Secre-
tary Stimsop November 10. France fol-
lowed with a similar memorandum the
next day and Belgium did the same
November Is.
Great Britain owes sos 5,55o,ooo, due
December Is. The French payment
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Belgian payment is S2,l25 ,000
Along with debt matters, Mr.. Hoover
and Mr.. Roosevelt are expected to dis
cuss the probable date of the world
monetary and economic conference at
tomorrow's meeting, which will be in
the Lincoln study.
Date Decision Not Made.
Norman H. Davis and the other ex-
perts who compose the committee en-
powered to make preparatory arrange
ments for the world conference have
not reached any conclusion as to a
likely date. American official opinion
on the question is being awaited.
Premier Ramsay Macdonald recently
urged in public address that the con-
ference open in December, but this
seems unlikely.
January and February have been
mentioned frequently at Geneva and in
various European capitals as the month
in which the conference might be held
European suggestions that the confer
ence be held IN the United States have
found no Official support in this coun-
try, and it now seems certain that Lon
don will be designated.
Two in Geneva Now.
Although Mr.. Davis Is in Geneva now
as a delegate 10 the World Disarma-
ment Conference, it was said today by
Secretary StimSon. that he is in no
sense an American official representa-
tive at the League of Nations Council
meeting, which is considering the Lyt-
ton report on the Manchurian situa-
tion.
Gen. Frank r. Mccoy, who is also
at Geneva, is there as a member of the
Lvtton Commission. He was invited by
the League to act on the commission,
and the State Department reiterated to-
day that Gen. Mccoy is not attend
ing the Lytton hearing as a repre-
sentative Of the United States Govern
ment
In the two or three hours that Mr..
Hoover and Mr.. Roosevelt sit together
in the Lincoln study may be shaped
Americas immediate answer to these
foreign requests for new moratorium
and review of international obligations.
Its principal purpose is to insure, If
possible, a continuity from now on into
the next administration of American
policy on the whole question.
Most vital Is the manner in which
the debt difficulties are to be laid be-
fore Congress- Congress whose mem
bers in swelling numbers are recording
opposition to any moratorium extension,
revision or recreation of the War Debt
Commission.
Because the House, where fiscal leg
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