Dominion Premiers Impressed by New Improvement in Outlook for Europe London, Oct. 28. approve its adoption among Eur-
Note: The manifesto referred to in the foregoing message makes an important plea for the removal of restrictions on European trade and urges the> establishment of economic freedom as the best hope of restoring commerce and credit in the world, The manifesto was dawn up by representative bankers and business. men of Europe and of the United States, the signatories, including the President of the Refchsbank, the Governor of the Bank of England, and Mr. J.P, representing 13 States, including China and Japan.
The object of the conference is ish and improve the pre-Iway service from West. Europe tothe Far East.
Herr Dorpmueller, "managing director of the German -Railways, emphasized the vital importance of the Trans-Siberian Railway and hoped that as a result of the conference it would be made possible to Journey from Paris to Peking in 12 days.
The conference will probably last]
Imperial air communications from the civil point of. view were the subject of an important speech by' Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary [State for Air) at the Imperial Cor-fe ference to-day.
He stated that sustained ana united effort was necessary to meet the Empire's urgent need for} deter communications and prevent! the waste of time that was now weakening the vitality and retarding the development of Empire intercourse, There was no technical reason why the journey to India should not be reduced to five days, [Capetown six days, to Australia 1 days and to New Zealand 131
Renter learns, as a resilié of ingires in well-informed British quarters, that the notable improvement in the general European political situation as explained in the course of the full and frank declarations made to the Doriinions Premiers hag created a deep. impression upon the hearers of those speeches.
The improvement in European} international relations, og compared with the conditions explained by the late Marquess Curzon, then Foreign Secretary, three years ago, his! brought home to all the entirely new political atmosphere resulting from the Locarno arrangements.
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