. Review of reviews and world's work . aris. There waswork for the military authorities in securingthe disarmament of Germany and maintain-ing patrol and occupation. There was workfor the diplomatists in fixing European boun-daries; reconstructing the Turkish Empire;disposing of German colonies; creating theLeague of Nations. But there was an im-mense and pressing field of operation for theeconomists and financiers that required im-mediate attention. If these business matterscould have been dealt with in a prompt andbold way by trained and capable men, thediplomatists could have taken their ti
. Review of reviews and world's work . aris. There waswork for the military authorities in securingthe disarmament of Germany and maintain-ing patrol and occupation. There was workfor the diplomatists in fixing European boun-daries; reconstructing the Turkish Empire;disposing of German colonies; creating theLeague of Nations. But there was an im-mense and pressing field of operation for theeconomists and financiers that required im-mediate attention. If these business matterscould have been dealt with in a prompt andbold way by trained and capable men, thediplomatists could have taken their time Inadjusting political questions with no dangerby reason of delay. Economic Conference Needed Let US suppose there had beencalled together at once after thearmistice was signed In Novem-ber a body of the foremost European, Britishand American railway authorities, steamshipmen, steel manufacturers, bankers, mer-chants, heads of food and fuel admlnlstra-tions, general manufacturers (of agriculturalimplements for example), with trusted. THE PORT OF FIUME. ON THE ADRIATIC. CLAIMED BY THE ITALIANS UNDER TREATY AGREEMENTS WITH GREATBRITAIN AND FRANCE. AND BY THE SOUTH SLAVS AS THEIR NATURAL OUTLET TO THE SEA THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 457 leaders of labor. It is impossible to believethat such a body would have seen any advan-tages to be gained from idleness and hungerin any country whatsoever, whether or not ithad been formerly hostile. We may easilypredict that a body of this kind would haveproceeded by methods almost exactly the op-posite of those which the Allied governmentshave taken. It might well be claimed thatthe Allies, by their course since November,have hurt Belgium worse than they havehurt Germany. Our imaginary conferenceof men familiar with large business affairswould not have lost a day in providing forthe rehabilitation of Belgium, and would nothave hesitated for a moment to see the needof giving food and employment to everybodyin Germany if by that method Germanycou
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