ANGLO-FRENCH ACCORD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18026, 27 February 1922, Page 7

ANGLO-FRENCH ACCORD.

PREMIERS AT BOULOGNE. GUARANTEE? FOR GENOA. FULL AGREEMENT REACHED. CONFERENCE ON APRIL 10. ADMISSION OF RUSSIA. RECOGNITION NOT IMPLIED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 5.30 p..n.) A. and N.Z. PARIS. Feb. 25. Mr. Lloyd George' and M. Poincare conferred at Boulogne this afternoon. Mr. Lloyd George, during a motor journey from Calais, received a hearty welcome from the populace, which displayed French and British flags. A communique issued after the conference states that Mr. Lloyd George and M. Poincare discussed the Genoa Conference. They are entirely agreed 0 n the political guarantees to be secured in order to avoid any encroachment on the rights of the League of Nations or on treaties signed by France since the peace, or on the Allies' rights regarding reparation. Italy is to be asked to postpone the Genoa Conference until April 10. Mr. Lloyd George, interviewed before leaving Boulogne for London, said: "We are in complete agreement on every point. lam more than satisfied. The Entente is stronger than ever, and France and Britain will work together for the reconstruction of Europe. The fact that Russia is invited to the Genoa Conference does not imply recognition of the Soviet Government. Everything depends on the guarantees and safeguards that Russia can give at Genoa. If these are satisfactory recognition may follow. I would never think of pressing for recognition of the Soviet Government if such guarantees were unsatisfactory." The Temps states that Mr. Lloyd George intends to submit to the Genoa Conference a treaty to limit the land armaments of all European nations on a similar basis to the Washington naval agreement.