THE PRESS AND PEACE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 127, 25 November 1929, Page 9

THE PRESS AND PEACE

MEDIUM OF PROMOTION

British Official Wireless.

I BUGBY, 23ra November. j On Monday next a conference wittJmeet at Geneva' under the presidency;' :of Lord Burnham, British represent*-^ tive, to discuss methods of developing'(the circulation of newspapers and per-;-iodieals between the various countries' [of Europe. The meeting is the result*: jof a conference of Press experts held* :by the League of Nations iv 1927. Ona*: |of the resolutions adopted by that eon*! [ference was that "International ■under*-:! | standings and promotion of peace can 3 best be encouraged by the "widest pos-i !sible dissemination of news," since \ [public opinion i 3 now more interested^ iin the life of other nations than ever 5 [before. - J ! Among the suggestions pnt forward! [are the following: Duties and taxes* ! should be abolished, or at any rate? unified and rednced to a minimum, and! [Customs formalities be simplified. 10, possible, some system should be estab-'J lished by which newspapers could hs 0' sent direct from the country of origin.'' to the country of destination. At pres-1 ent transit agents have to be employed to discharge Customs formalities at eaefr frontier and re-forward newspaper parcels, and this leads to considerable expense and delay. The fastest ex.presses should be available for the transport of newspapers anS air liners would run in connection with these trains. . Aircraft pilots should be allowed to drop parcels of newspapers and periodicals at specified places instead of having to waste time in landing. _ Censorship where it exists should be simple and speedy.