GENOA CONFERENCE.

Grey River Argus, 19 May 1922, Page 5

GENOA CONFERENCE.

LORD GREY’S VIEWS. 3 — LLOYD (.FORCE’S ULTERIOR ENDS. s LONDON. May 17. j (Received Alay 18 .8.45 p.m.) Viscount Grey, in a •••:;• .• to the N tional Liberal Federation < ii<| that t! Genoa Conference provi.G >1 an • xemp of tactics which should b.- : voi<;< H. had failed to secure tie- cml desire A clow- understanding will: Fraii'e an co-operation of the United States wei certainly desirable. The supporters t the Prime ALinister, however, had a claimed the Genoa Conference as to h political credit. This created the in pression that it was in some way coi necte-l with British domestic politic Its chances of success were thus in paired. France was filled with distrus The I’nited States refused to pi-rticipat [ in the Genoa Conference. The confe: - ei;ce had become a sort of internation: gambbu A close understanding wit ’ France and the goodwill of the Unite States was the only sound found: tlon for economic and financial reeoi st ruction. Tlie Coalition Governmei w is a source of instability and dai ger when it was being continued lon THE HAGUE CONVENTION. Rl ssi\ TO ATTEND. GENOA. Alay 17. The Russians have accepted the pr< posed conterence of experts. The Russians in accepting the Cot f< u neo strongly protest-ed against i’ being held ar The Hague, ami suggestc Rina. StockhoTT.i. Rome, or Londoi '1 '.ey also protested against the e: ch sion of G-ermans from the propose Aiixed Commission. M. Tcb.i'.cherin informed the Confe, , oi;ce that the Russians web.-onied th prposed non-aggression pact. Mr Lloyd George said that he d-i siird the pact to extend even t ?!. Tchitclierin replied that so far a Rus>ia was concerned, tlie pact could b made to apply to all Russian frontier: AMERICA ON THE RAIL. CAPITALISTS’ FATE TO TRADE. WASHINGTON. Alay 16. Ji is ofiicially stated by White Hous ilmi the American Note rejecting th mnta'-ion leaves ihe door ope for I'niti d States participation if th ('inference programme is modified. I is beliexed that the United Tuftes wi. insist that the Soviet agrees to guai an ice life, property, sancity of coi Dm is and rights of free labour. Newspapers generaliv applaud Al lie. he’s Note, ami endorse tne Govori moil’s stand thai it will not con siilcr the recognition of Russian, <' enter into negotiations regarding th Si. lei. until the Bolshevik institut fun Inn?‘Uta 1 reforms. General suppor is given to the policy expressed fin tb.cr by Air Hughes 'that the Vni7e States is willing to put its views t test by joining "the Allied Coiumissio to investigate what is wrong wit , Huslia, and what are the remedies. The “New York Times’’ says: “Er Top.- will now realise the correctnes of American theory 'l.-t the basi for the economic reconstruction of Ru: si:* and the resumption oi rnationi n'lations lies onlv in Soviet guarantee: WASHINGTON, May 17. ? White House official said to-day:-“Although on the surface maj see “,ji-..itcd States entirely refuse to co-operate with the European Pov CIS. th-.: truth is, that the American G< vi rrment is no/ only ready lint anxion io participate in a eonfereio-e on ,sian affairs. It. is understood definite! that President Harding is ready to sen a representative to The Hague or an V here else to discuss the Russian que: tier., and that if the Powers will modif the proposals ami remove the feature objectionable to this country, America co-ooeration can be assured. Presiden Harding feels the door is open fo American help and wants that elearl understood. ißoth Mr Harding and M Hughes believe that much can be a< (■emq*lishe*l if tlie Russian question i trce.ied as an economic, matter, and i Russians will respect private right an* P.epmtv amt thus afford a basis fo (eonomie dealings with other nation: The American reply is intended as : piece of moral suasion, it being hope •that the Powers will be able to pel svmle the Russians that the giving o American help will be seriously consid crcd in Washington just as soon as th economic basis can be achieved, why v.airnnt the I'nited States in extendin i‘s hand. This accounts for the spee* with which tlie Powers at Genoa wer expected to use the American reply wa d.-spatched. The American Note as imdiuni for further negotiations wit the Russians.