Evening star., 1933-04-17
PAR[EY WELCOMED
| BY LATIN AMERICA
United Opinion May Be Pre-
sented in Preliminary
Discussions Here.
BY GEORGE H. MOSES

(Former Senator from New Hamp-
shire; authority on international affairs }
An invitation to the Washington
conversations preliminaryto the London
Conference has gone to Argentina,
Brazil, Chile and Mexico, and, Of course,
1t has been accepted.
The first three Of these nations have
had an earlier experience Of conferences
within the United States, for it was
in 1918 that the so-called A. B. C.
Conference met at Niagara Falls in an
effort to compose the troubles which
then vexed Mexico.
That conference was inconclusive
President Wilson continued to refuse to
recognize the government Of Gen
Adolfo de La Huerta, the Tampico in
cident followed. Then came the taking
Of Vera Cruz-from which Ambassador
Josephus Daniels, who was Secretary OF
the Navy when our sailors went ashore
in Mexico, Is undergoing some belateo
and probably diluted embarrassment.
Prearrangements Possible.
This time, however, the Latin Amer.
is probable that some prearrangemen'
may be arrived at which will enable
| the Cisatlantic nations to present
united opinion at least on some OF thu
problems which will engross attention
at London.
For instance, there is further sign1f1'
canoe in the fact that Canada has beer
rated among the powers meriting con-
versation, a precedent with the Amer
ican President. Canada came into ma.
tional self-consciousness at the time Of
the Versailles Conference, when "tht
self governing dominionS" OF ths
British Empire were first advanced fol
full membership In the League o.
Nations.
This proposal will be remembered a!
having furnished an admirable fui'
crum for the leverage which the IT.
reconcilables in the United States Senat
exerted for the overthrow Of the Yer
sailles pact Since then Canada has
consolidated its position in the empire
perhaps to a greater degree than any
other member OF the imperial bod!
polite.
The recent Interdominion Conference
at Ottawa is a case in point. No COM
mentator upon Washington affairs has
| failed to note the high place taken i'm
mediately by the Ministers whom the
dominion has sent here, Vincent Mas
sey and Mai William D. Herridge. Can.
ada clearly Is entitled to the entree
whenever subjects Of Pan-American OF
even worldwide interests are discussed
Silver Intriguing Issue.
Much more Is this 50 just now, II
one adds the fact that silver, in its
valued ratio and also in its possible
enlarged use as a monetary medium
will doubtless bulk large in the London
sessions. The silver question has q
wide intrigue for Canada, Mexico and
the United States, all being silver-pro-
ducing and silver-using peoples.
The pressure for imitation, in and out
OF our Congress, finds much Of Its
force among those who shy away from
the printing press as a means OF sup
plying more money, but who flnd II
silver q suitable argument for an en-
larged metallic base for our currency
The 68 nations planning to senc
delegates to London will embrace thoss
which President Hoover was minded
at one time to segregate into golc
bloc and a silver bloc as first ster
toward restoring the stability OF ex'
change which world commerce has 81
sorely lacked in the last is years.
| Under these circumstances, therefore
Canada. with its gold standard and it
silver leanings, should be of large value
in shaping discussion and in producing
results.
Copyright. 1933)