DISPATCHES FROM ABROAD

Protective Duties in Germany
Berlin, June 27. Dr. Schacht, Director of the Reichsbank, delivered a major speech last night in the hall of the Hesse Landtag in Darmstadt. This speech was, in essence, a rehash of the one he had delivered the day before in Cologne, at the great meeting of German industrialists. The speaker spoke out forcefully against new bills on protective duties. He does not want duties on wheat, but he believes that substantial credits should be made available to agriculture through the creation of special funds.

The Former Austro-Hungarian Debt
Budapest, June 27. Negotiations regarding the sharing of the debt of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy are well underway. Yugoslavia has ratified the Innsbrück Agreement, already accepted by Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Italy. Poland has given its consent in principle. All that is missing is Romania's accession.

Mr. Zinoviev at Karlsbad
Prague, June 27. - The wonderfully curative waters of Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) will this year see the Bolshevik potentate, Zinoviev, who has decided to treat his rheumatism there.

German Industrialists in Great Britain
London, June 27. The political editor of the Westminster Gazette reports that a deputation of leading German industrialists and financial agents interested in the major steel, electrical, and automobile industries in Germany will visit London next week, hoping to find liquid capital here to continue their business.

Bolshevism in Poland
Warsaw, June 26. An official declaration prohibits the entry into Poland of the Russian communist newspaper published in Paris under the title Courrier Parisien. This declaration states: "Given that the said newspaper is liable to an offense under Article 123 of the Criminal Code, the Polish Ministry of the Interior, pursuant to Article 33 of the decree issued on January 7, 1919, as well as Article 26 of the law of February 17, 1862, has decided to prohibit the entry of this newspaper by post or otherwise into Poland."

Domestic Politics in Yugoslavia
Belgrade, June 27. Due to Mr. Patchitch's illness, and according to certain rumors circulating in parliamentary circles, the Cabinet is reportedly planning to suspend the Skoupshtina for a fairly long time as soon as the question of the validity of the Raditch group's mandates has been resolved. Before its suspension, the Skoupchtina would vote on four provisional twelfths for the last months of this year, as well as the bills introduced by the government concerning disability pensions and freedom of the press.

The USSR and the Chinese
Moscow, June 27. The Central Committee of the Soviet Workers' Unions has sent a telegram to the Chinese strikers, as well as to the families of the students killed during the recent events, the sum of 50,000 gold rubles.

Repayment of the Italian Debt
Washington, June 27. The first official session of the Italo-American Conference held in Washington yesterday to examine the conditions for the repayment of the Italian debt was attended, in addition to Ambassador Di Martine and Treasury Secretary Mellon, by the Secretary of the State Department, Mr. Kellogg, the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives, Senator Reed, and several Italian experts. It is reported that the Secretary of the Treasury Department, Mr. Mellon, responded rather vaguely to the Italian proposals concerning the granting of a 10-year moratorium and an interest rate lower than that of Great Britain. Clearly, Mr. Mellon does not want to commit himself.
Some circles believe it is safe to conjecture that the final agreement will include an annual payment of about 1 1/2 percent of the principal due, or roughly $15 million per year. It should be remembered that Italy's total debt to the United States amounts to $2,138,543,852, including interest.

Mr. Mussolini in Russia?
Rome, June 27. A news agency reports a rumor that Mr. Mussolini will soon visit Russia. The fascist newspaper Impero writes that this report is unconfirmed.