Evening star., 1933-02-09
FRANCE TO JOIN ]. S.
in GOLD PROPOSAL.
Will Aid Move to Get Britain
OF, Old Basis at WorlG
Pariey.
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looking toward general world recovery.
The French premier-at present
Edcuard Daladier-Eill head an inpor-
tant delegation, including the foreign,
finance and commerce ministers.
Reich Favors wide Scope.
The Hitler upaaearal in Germany up
set all previous plans for the confer
ence there and the new government mas
not outlined IT'S policy. DR.. Alfred
Hurenberg. the new minister Of eco
nomics and agriculture, is likely to be
the principal figure in the delegation,
with Chancellor Hitler taking the spot
light at the opening and closing cere-
monies.
Germany hopes to make the confer
ence as inclusive as possible" In the
German view everything pertaining TO
the realm of finance and economies
should find a place on the agenda so
that solution for the worlds troubles
can be found by international CO.
operation
Although absent in person, Premier
,Mussoifni viii be in the conference news
by advocating, through the italian
.delecataon, a new Economic League Of
Nations" as a means Of overcoming the
present crisis and of preventing another
one like it. This idea was first presented
by former Corporation Minister Giuseppe
Bottai before the League of Nations
Assembly in 1881.
Italy is coming to the conference with
one main point IN common with the
United States-stabilization Of currency.
Italy has suffered, rs the United States
is suffering, from an influx Of gold from
debased currency countries. Italy quick
1y imposed super duties to protect home
industries, but with international trade
greatly declined, she favors lowering
tariff walls by hilateral treaties through
the proposed Economic League Of Ma
tions. Alberto Beneduce, known as Italy's
Financial ambassador" will undoubtedly
be the Rome governments chief
delegate.
Danubian Nations Interested.
Soviet Russia was somewhat piQued
because she was not invited to join in
the preparatory conference work at
Geneva, but she is not likely to refuse
to attend, particularly because the
feeling here is that such gathering
demands the presence of Russia. It Is
considered not unlikely that Russia
will offer the original or a modification
Of Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff's
pact of economic nun-aggressipn, pro-
posed two years ago at Geneva, as its
Idea Of the only solution for the worlds
present economic plight
The Danuhian nations are vitality In
terested IN the conference, but are
reconciled to playing q passive role in
it. One thing on which there seems
to be unanimity from Czechoslovalia
to Bulgaria Is that Southeastern
Europe cannot recover alone; that the
cOuvalesence of Western Europe and
the United States viii be reflected tn
improved conditions In the Danube
nations, but that these countries them
selves cannot start the recovery.
Comment In this connection by
Premier Nicolas Mouchanof of Bull
garia fairly expresses the attitude Of
the governments ia that section Of
Europe. :.
I'VE are not sitting helplessiy with
folded hands," he said. We are doing
our utmost to help ourselves, but the
best We can hope to accomplish un-
aided is to achieve some amelioration
Of distress. The real recovery must
come from revival of world trade If
the great pDwers can agree on debts
solution and can remove other OBJ
stacles to trade. We, too, can look for
better days"
The Spanish undersecretary of state,
Justo Gomez, said his government had
not decided whether to send repre-
sentatives to the conference. It was
reported In ministerial circles that
Spanish officials considered their local
problems to be different from those
affecting other major countries. and
possibly no delegate would be sent.