Show v vI I Approach to Rec Reconstruction 11 0 5 I By HERBERT S. S s. H HOUSTON STON Member of the American Committee of the International International International Ch Chamber of Commerce The recent Pan-European Pan congress in Vi Vienna Vi enna has developed a new approach to the problems problems problems lems of recons reconstruction ruction by urging a United States of Europe Only on the economic side however did it deal with present realities but in in a way that leads this authority to believe that tho the congress congress congress con con- gress has hastened the time when European po political po pa- leaders will catch up with the business leaders of the world The international yeast Is leavening tho the opinion and action of Europe as never before It seems to o have been hidden In the ugh dough of ot the war bread o othe of the great international conflict that was sh shaking king the world ten years ago go Out of that conflict came hew new nations and as a counter poise counter ise to keep their in intense ten nationalism In balance a new international international- ism The latest expression of ot this internationalism Is the Pan European congress that has Just been held In Vienna where the emperors gathered a little littleover littleover littleover over a century ago to proclaim their peace for a Europe of ot divinely constituted monarchies History assuredly has its revenges one of then them thenis Is that the ther r representatives es of or Germany and Austria in the re recent recent recent re- re cent cOT congress come from republics S It would be highly edifying if the the results that may come from the recent Vienna congress could be measured In the record that ma may be laid before hence At the another congress a t hundred Years ears meeting In Vienna some s' s some rne ce bold enough to prophesy S sy that b by that thu time a a. United St States tes of ot Europe will be pc a a reality Challenging a's that yi vision on Is it would not present any greater gre change than history records in the hundred years between en this congress rind and the one called by Emperor Alexander I of ot Russia But apo speculation as to the future while often In Interesting interesting In- In is seldom profitable And It Is of ot small consequences any way in comparison with present pres pres- ent realties Those realities are arc n not t future In visible visible I ble bias but present hard economic facts fads such as the then n new w tariff walls that have been raised all over Europe Europe Eu IDu- rope since the war often otten athwart the natural routes routes of trade that had been traveled tra for centuries The business s s men of or Europe have been more mere alert than the statesmen In seeing how the many trade barriers that have ha appeared on both old and new boundary lines made the full reconstruction of ot Europe virtually virtually virtually vir vir- vir- vir Impossible And they have been trying to scale these barriers In spite spIt of oC all manner of governmental governmental gov gov- handicaps The new ne steel trust with German Germany France Italy and Belgium as members is a case cage In point Here both production and distribution distribution dis dis- have been allocated among the members by direct b business agreement Other combinations are forming In an endeavor manifestly to iz the barriers that have been set up on national bound boundary ry lines Unes Trade Is more and more flying lying the International flag throughout Europe In Vienna an effort is making malting to give that flag fairer breezes That Is lIkel likely to be the chief significance and re result result re- re sult suit of oC this highly Interesting congress The fact that it assembles with wilh former enemies working to together together together to- to gether is proof that better days have come for Europe One most mORt Important thing is that the Vienna congress is made up of men active In political life lite such suh as former Chancellor of ot Austria and Dr Wirth former chancellor oC or Germany German ann and Paul Loebe president of ot the reichstag The French de legation does not seem to be of outstanding Importance im- im but it is most Important that France I 1 1 represented as ts are Italy and Czechoslovakia and every ever other country in continental Europe with the exception of Russia All of this shows that the political political political po po- po- po and governmental go leaders ot of Europe are catching up with the business leaders The latter especially through the international chamber of I commerce have been making the economic approach to construction i-construction for the past five years Two great International conferences on economic lines Unes are al already already al- al ready projected projected one one to be called by the league of ot nations to meet mett probably in Geneva during coming year rear arid and the other by the International chamber of or commerce to meet In Stockholm next s summer r. r These commercial l i will vIll conI continue continue con con- to blaze the trail which the politicians ans in due ue I course will follow S I b |