This committee is to meet at Washington by November 15 at the latest. According to today's declaration, its duties will be:
"To protect the economic and financial structure of the American republics, to maintain their budgetary balance, to assure stability of their currencies, to ce-ordinate their industries, to intensify their agricultural production and to develop their commerce."
The declaration, foreshadowed at the start of the Conference by Mr. Summer Welles, Assistant State Secretary of the United States, when he offered U.S. financial aid to all the republics, has yet to be read out at a public plenary session, This morning, conference works were centred about various Committee London, Sept. 30.
Stories of good treatment by German submarine commanders were told by the captains of the British steamers Winkleigh and Blairlogie when they arrived home today in a a party of 65 rescued British seamen, Gen. Chiang's Son in New York The captain the Winkleigh of related that the submarine commander ordered him alongside in a boat and took him to the conning tower, He gave him a drink, cigar-eftes and four rolls of bread and said that this would last him six hours, by which time he would probably be rescued. The commander also asked him if he had sufficient king water and then added: "Well, Captain, I am sorry T shall have' to sink your ship." The crew of the Winkleigh was picked up six hours later by a Dutch liner.
The captain of the Blairlogie related that the submarine commander gave him every chance to get away, and when they were in boats, came alongside and handed them two bottles gin and cigarettes—of Reuter.
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