THE ROSSIAN ATTITUDE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18077, 29 April 1922, Page 9

THE ROSSIAN ATTITUDE.

j SURRENDER IMPOSSIBLE. MAINTENANCE OF RIGHTS. PREDICTION OF FAILURE. By Tel*srapfc— Press Association—CopjiiehftEeceiTed 5.5 ojil; A. and S.Z. LONDON. Apni !27. j Apropos of the P.nssian attitude in re- j gard to the Note sent by the Allies, M. ' j rchitcherin states that it is impossible! ! for Rmsia to surrender on the questions, of payment of private debts when bourgeois Governments not represanwd at the I | conference are not disposed to make i similar concessions. Hence the failure oi '-he conference seem.s inointable. | The possibility is being stated of the ; Russians meeting Italian views and submitting the Allies' demands to Russian public opinion, returning to another conference in two or three months. The Russians an? awaiting the Ailiei' I Note. On the first seven points Russian ! ftiperts stole that they have not tho ! slightest intention of breaking the pnnr- , pariers, but are firmly determined to i maintain their sovereign rights. They 1 maintain that the Soviet alone remains faithful to ! be essentials of the Cannes ' decisions. No reply has vet be«i received i from Pans relative to ;he meeting of the I Ver.<aiUe.? signatories. j It is expected that- a pienai-v session I will be held next woek to deal with rc- , porta of the Second, Third, and Fourth | Commissions. Tho Germans are dejichted at Mr. ! Lloyd George's speech, declaring it the. best exposition ot the European situation | yet made. ! Satisfactory progress has been made in I drafting tho Xote to the Russians Some I papers continue to describe the Note as i an ultimatum, hut it is nothing of the kind, and is meroly intended as an exhortation r ~o -.he Soviet to ruiSten pro- | ceedingF. The sub-committee -iealinij with customs has nearly completed its task. It .aims J at coordinating the regulations throughout the world, introducing common corarrercial terminology into customs documents. The sub-committee on economics is de- : velopmg a scheme to abolish double income tax. •j FRANCE AND GERMANY. ' REFERENCE TO COUNCIL. | PRINCIPLE ACCEPTED. A. and X.Z. PARIS, ipnl 27. M. Poincara, Premier of France, definitely stated that he could not accept the suggestion that the reparations quesI tions b9 examined :undamentaily at Genoa by an inter-Allied commission, all the i more so becanse the Reparations CommisI sion was dealing with the matter and it j would act be possible to accuse Germany I of violating the treaty until after May 31. I His acceptance would only have the effect i of prejudicing lite work of the commission. j which aione couid consider the necessary I measures. I A message from Genoa states that if

j M Poincare refuses to go there tiie Allies were prepared to meet without- him. ! Dr. Rathenau declares that Germany S will willingly enter a pact of peacia. j It is authoritatively stated that Mr. j | Lioyd George is determined to open ail ! ihe questions oi the reparations at the ! meeting of Versailles signatories. j The First Commission has been post- ' poned owing to the Allies' failure regarding Russia. The Supreme Council will probably meet on Hay 6. and the Germans will be invited to attend. : The Matin says that M. Poincare has , accepted in principle Mr. Lloyd George's proposal that the Supreme Council meet , at the earliest possible moment. M. Poincare will probably demand that the meeting be held in Pari3. not Genoa. He is , prepared to meet the Allies before M. Millerand's return from Africa if necessary. M. Barthou points out that Mr. ' j Lloyd (gorge's programme included the discussion of possible sanctions on May 31 if the Reparations Commission notifies Germany's default. The view taken m Pans is that acceptance of the proposal to discuss reparations sanctions prior to the end of May is likely to seriously prejudice the commission's decisions. ~ " ' j POLICY TOWARD SOVIET. i ■ INSTRUCTION TO DELEGATES. (Eecd. U3O p.m.) PARIS. April 29. The Cabinet has telegraphed M. Barthou agreeing with the delegation's atti- [ tude and instructing them to stand by the I Cannes resolution and closely follow M. ! Poincare's policy toward the Soviet. Advices from Genoa state that the) Russian delegation hod dinner with the German delegates. The tenor of the speeches has not transpired. Numbers of police ■j were present.