The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-04-20
(By Associated Press Leased wire)


ference will prove mortal blow" to
the conference, it is declared in a
French communique issued here today
dealing with the Russo-German treaty
and the attitude of the allies in con-
sidering Germany eliminated from fur
Their discussions of the Russian ques-
ton. The communique says that for
the first time since the signing of the
treaty of Versailles the world sees the
names Of the representative of nine
po@ers making up an entente affixed
to a document which protests German
conduct
Defeat Purpose of Conference.
The communique insists that the
dragging of the controversy into the
full session of the conference would
bring about situation which Europe
wishes to avoid, namely, the lining up
of new political groups, one against the
other. 1t refers to the signing of the
sso-German treaty as ga manifesto
ito Of the Bismarckian spirit which
caused the entente bloc Immediately
to affirm its unity"
The conference delegates were i'm
pressed by the words of warning con-
corning the financial situation in Eu-
rope set forth in the report of the spe-
cial board of experts. Hopes were
voiced today that an international
monetary condition with the United
States represented, as suggested by the
expert, will soon be convened to ex-
anime the financial position of the
whole world and to recommend to
whom and by whom the necessary as
sistance should be given.
Germans to File Reply.
Dr. Walter Ratheneau, the German
foreign minister, conferred with Prime
Minister LloydGeorge of Great Brit
ain and Foreign Minister Chicherin of
Russia today regarding the barring of
the Germans from the Russian com
mission of the conference. The Ger
mans will probably submit formal
reply tonight to the allied note on this
subject. Many other informal confer
ences were held with legal experts of
the various delegations in an effort to
bring out the exact scope Of the en-
tente note.
Paris.-The reparation commission is
to be asked to consider whether the
Russo-German treaty signed at Rapallo
on Sunday violates the treaty of Yer
sailles in respect to the German owned
property in Russia. This property, I'M
der the Versailles pact, is pledged to
the commission for payment of repara-
tions. The French government will
await the action of the commission be-
fore taking up the question officially
with the allies. tits held, however, in
official circles here that there is q
distinct violation of the Versailles
treaty ard it is declared that whatever
action the Genoa conference may take,
the allied powers cannot tolerate the
pact.
The recourse of the allies against the
pact is the same as that against other
violations of the peace treaty and the
present, case is regarded only as add
ing one more to the other causes of
action on the German question which
the allies will take up Immediately
after the Genoa conference.
1t was announced this afternoon that
Premier Poincare had requested the
French member Of the Preparations COM
mission, Louis Dubois, to officially
place before the commission the ques-
ton of the validity and legality of the
Russo German pact. The premier also
has asked the other allied governments
to give similar instructions to their
delegates on the commission. Premier
Poincare is reported to have taken the
initiative in an invitation to the allied
governments to consult with view to
making a joint protest to Germany
against the Rapallo treaty.