WAS GENOA ADDLED BY MAY DAY?

Grey River Argus, 19 May 1922, Page 5

WAS GENOA ADDLED BY MAY DAY?

SETTIWcNT TO BE SOUGHT BY EXPERTS. TRUCE TO OPERATE FOR SOME MONTHS. RUSSIAN VIEW OF HAGUE ARRANGEMENT. [Australian ami New Zealand Cable Association.j _ Latest reports show the crisis of the Russian famine is not yet past. British Cabinet proposes to get round its ' defeat in a division by having a committee report on teachers’ superannuation. The Hague Conference has been definitely adopted at Genoa, Russia agreeing. A military armoured car inflicted grave casualties on a crowd in North Belfast. Opposition was raised in the Commons to a £7co,noo vote for Ulster as the first of a system cf British subsidies. The French Budget shows a huge deficit, which the Finance Minister says German reparations alone will balance. A Sydney paper describes the Rugby v. League rivalry in New Zealand as “the Maori war. ’ ’ The Allies order Germany to destroy .some Rhineland railways and stop the building of • others. Mrs A. Besant participated in a big row among the Sydney theosophists. While Canada has cut her navy the N.Z. Defence Minister talks of increasing cur naval outlay. The Co-operative Dairy Companies’ representatives are keenly discussing pool matters at Wellington. A reduction in coal prices, and a rearrangement of timber prices at Christchurch are projected. Germany is preparing for a big trade witli Russia. (Deceived May IS, 10.10 p.m.) GENOA, May 17. M. Tchitdierin. in a statement before the First Sub-( oinmission, said that the appointment of two < ommissions at I lie Hague seemed to tlie Russian delegation unfortunate, because it would only perpetuate the Genoa situation. Nevertheless the Russians accepted t lie proposal to ineet at The Hague, but they protested against Germany's exclusion from the conference, as 1 lie quest ion of credits did not come within the Rapallo .Agreement between her and Russia. He would have much preferred io meet at Stockholm or Kiga, hut he was ready to go To London <)!• Rome. Ib* welcomed the truce, which should applv to all the Al I ies and the Soviet republics. He wished y its scope broadened io include raiding bands, such - , as \\ rangel’s. and he begged that such raiders should ! be removed to distant countries. Shows His Hand. Mr Lloyd George interjected: What countries.'’ Not ours! M. Ldiifeherin said that he reserved the right to suggest amendments later, lie was anxious that the sub-commission should have control of zones on the frontiers to prevent “incidents." There was a certain amount of discussion as to whether the truce would bind the Far Eastern republics. ( ount Ishii wished to he clear on this point. Mr Lloyd George said he wished the pact to apply to the Asiatic, as well as 1 lie Furopcan frontiers. Lloyd George’s Views. Speaking 1o M. Tchitclierin’s statement, Air Lloyd George declined to deal with Germany's admission at The Hague, lie said t hat when it came to dealing with the commission s report, the Germans would have an equal chance of participat ion. Neither .Rome nor Loudon were agreeable places to t he British delegation. It was desirable that the work of the commission should not be prejudiced by what happened at Genoa, dhe discussion at The Hague would have an international aspect, and-it should not be coloured by what had happened at Genoa, where so wide a divergence had occurred as to make an agreement impossible. The plan was now t<> se<‘ if evneris could find a solution of the problems presented bv the rival systems. ( ndoiibtedly 1 lie difficulty had been the gulf between these systems. He believed 1 hat the existence of 1 lie Ru; sian peasant la nd ownership was bringing about some approximation of the rival systems. It was unfortunate that, the .First of Alay had occurred in the middle of the conference. He believed the May Hay demonstration at .Moscow had had a repercussion on Genoa. There certainly would be two commissions sitting at The Hague. He begged Al. Tehitcherin to look upon tin 1 organisation as a practical ihimt. and not make any difference over its form. He said he thought too much was .made of AVrangel’s bands, which were a greater trouble to the countries harbouring them th;,in to Russia. The latter gained enormously by the fact thal all the countries were now bound by a truce, thus givinp; a chance of things calming down in both elsewhere. Nothing amazed him more than the way that statesmen compared the inoffensiveness of their own statesmen with the wickedness of others. AL Tchitclierin wanted theiq to believe, the Russian leaders possessed all the Christian virtues, while the other countries were always plotting and scheming. He hoped that when the truce was signed all would keep it.