PRESS OPINION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17182, 27 October 1923, Page 2

PRESS OPINION.

“ WE MUST HAVE FAITH.” Australian and N.Z. Cable Ae&ociation. NEW YORK, October 26. Press comment generally enthusiastically supports tho reply sent by Air ‘ Hughes to Lord Curzon. I Tho “New York World” even sees ■ i promise in Air Hughes’s words that the United States may join a Euro- ; pean conference, even if France does j not accept. “ Furthermore,” says the paper. ’ 4 the world is inclined to think j that France will yield and that Con- : gress, the various members of which i have been calling for an Economic Conj ference, will join itself with the public : in supporting the American Oovcrn- | ment in such a step.” ; 'Hie “New York Times” says: j “ V\e must havo faith in ourselves if i we are not to disappoint the faith that the world has in us. It is not simply j a matter of reparations. It is the wel- | fare of the world. Air Hughes lays down fixed conditions under which wo can help.” FRENCH VIEWPOINT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Reuter's Telegrams. (Received October 27, 12.40 p.m.) PARIS, October 26. It is authoritativev stated that Franco has notified the-United States that she will welcome the presence of an American representative in tho Committee of Experts for the investigation of Germany’s capacity to pay but such Committee must be appointed by the Reparations Commission and must he subordinate to that bodv.