Show othere DOES IT LEAD IN FOLLOWING the lead ot of gibat britain to slig suspend pend the gold standard denmark norway and sweden but emphasize tile the interdependency of nations lit in economic and financial affairs in each cadi case the action no doubt Is precipitated by the lie urge of self preservation the desire e to maintain national sufficiency says tie the salt lake telegram the situation compels interest now not so much lor for what eliat lias has been done as for ishac mill be done in ili the future fatur e the course of world currency Is changing lit in s spite pite of the fact that there are no world understandings as to where it Is going for months past an international conference has been urged the urge has gone unheeded so it Is that today we me find nations making the most of their own onn national resources they act as units without the understandings that would mould have come of international ter discussion the international meeting in which has been urged has been stressed as a silver conference c on ference it would mould liae haie been something more toe for the problem of Is simply the problem of currency obviously tle the inadequacy of gold has precipitated a serious currency problem tor for the gold standard several louers pow ers have abandoned the gold standard not because they wanted to but because they had to will it or can it be restored it if the gold standard could not be maintained by them how can they expect to restore it the situation presents its own case time alone will mill provide the answer recent decent events undoubtedly account tor for the he increasing sentiment in behalf of an urge which by no means Is confined to ani ony ki particular section ot or pow power cr silver as 9 a medium for world ei exchange now lias has earnest advona advocates tes 1 in france arance england can canada a de and the united sta states es not to mention the silver countries tries the puzzle today Is why in the face ace of 0 this sentiment and the abandonment of tile the gold standard as a measure of self belt protection there Is no call for an international ter conference by one power or another to all intents and purposes the currency system 1 Is 13 3 undergoing changes just as without this conference as it if it were effected in the light of calm calin international discussion the lm immediate value of this conference Is the opportunity IC provides for world planning the drift of current events seems to warn that indifference to the conference suggestion may forestall a meeting but not a realignment of world currency systems |