DOUBTS OF FUTURE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 April 1922, Page 5

DOUBTS OF FUTURE.

FRANCO-BRITISH VIEWPOINT

LONDON, April 26. i. Students of international, politics are «■/ questioning whether the Genoa Conference will become a crisis or will be

proof against the latest exhibition of .Russian tactlessness, following M. Poincare's failure to break the faith of optimists. The Daily Chronicle insists that Mr Lloyd George's work is being made harder by some of his countrymen, who apparently, from motives of personal vendetta, are giving eager ■currency to evei-y slander invented at •his expense. The Morning Post's Genoa correspondent points out that M. Poincare's •speech is really a reply to Mr Lloyd George's threat on Saturday, when he told M. Barthou if the crisis continued le would tell the British Empire who j responsible. M. Poincare retorted! that France can resume her liberty of : action. -The Morning Post continues: "The tr^ith is that class interests at Genoa prevent any real agreeiront and co-operation, except between cfermany rand Russia. If the conference lasts into next month there may well be a general resumption of liberty of -action." The latest Genoa telegrams state that Mr Lloyd George and M. Barthou . agree that the Franco-British viewpoint is not to launch loans in favour of Russia, but to arrange a scheme by which Individual companies will provide Russia with funds on guarantees granted hy the Soviet. Tchitcherin addressed a violent protest to Poland, declaring she forfeited aH right of participation in the discussion of Russian affairs, because she joined the Allies' protest against the ; Rapallo agreement, thus violating Poland's treaty with Russia. [