Evening star., 1933-03-17
SERIES Of PARLEYS
PLANNED At ROME
ON WORLD ISSUES
Other Government Chiefs Are
Due to Follow Macdonald
to italian City.
HITLER IS MENTIONED
AS A POSSIBLE CALLER
British Leader Leaving Geneva To-
night-Nations Studying His
Arms Cut Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, March 17-Hopes of the
world for disarmament and relief from
the threatening tension on frontiers Of
European countries turned toward Rome
today as final preparations were made
for the British Italian conference this
week end.
Italy. which has been silent for SC
long while watching its neighbcr
France, carrying on its negotiations for
a united front with England and the
United States, proposes to keep the
center Of the stage for some time to
come.
Other government chiefs will follow
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald OF
England to this city. Premier Musso-
lini's newspaper II Popolo D'Italia de-
clares. 1t pictures all roads leading to
Rome, as they have for the religious
pilgrims for centuries, and new era
in European parleys.
Hitler Possible Caller.
MuSSclinis paper did not state what
other government leaders would arrive
nor when, but Hitler of Germany has
been mentioned as possible caller, and
he and his policies are to be among
major topics under discussion with the
British delegation.
Macdonald, who put new life in the
Disarmament Conference yesterday with
plan for ornaments reductions
specifying definite limits on the armies
and navieS of principal countries, will
leave Geneva tonight for Rome with his
foreign secretary, Sir John Simon
They are expected to seek Mussolini's
reactions to the plan under which Italy's
home army would be placed on par
Cne more warship to match the French
naval strength.
Wide Range of Subjects.
Mussolini was expected to talk on
wide range of subjects. The semi
official Rome newspaper Giornale
d'Italia said he would urge solution
Of the war debts at the forthcoming
World Economic Conference
1t said he would also urge tariff re-
visions and stabilization of exchange
on gold basis as important matters
for the Economic Conference to con-
SlQeT.
He was expected to back any pro-
posal to bring about effective disarma-
ment. Italy proposed drastic reduc-
tions long ago at Geneva and has
stood aside since while France and
Germany sought to conciliate opposing
policies
1t was announced today that Gen.
1talo Balbo, minister of aviation, per-
sonally would pilot the plane bearing
Macdonald and his party to Rome. He
will be escorted by squadron OF
civilian planes.
Preparing Elaborate Program.
The italian government is arranging
an elaborate program of entertainment
for Mr. Macdonald and Sir John to-
morrow and Sunday.
II Duce is planning to open the
beautiful VeneAa Medieval Palace,
where he has offices, for a State din
ner tomorrow night at which possibly
200 covers will be laid.
This would be the first time the
palace has been opened for an inter-
national gathering since it was re-
modelled inside two years ago.
The British embassy will return the
dinner Sunday night.
Gen. Balbo will fly to Genoa in a
twin-motored seaplane. and will re-
turn with the British statesmen to
Ostia shortly after noon Saturday. The
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