The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-16

Washington, May 16.-T'e state
department made public last night
the text of message to ambassador
Child at Genoa declining the invita-.
tion to participate in the new Eu-
ropean economic conference at The
Hague.
"This government, the American
communication said, lis unable to
conclude that it can helpfully par
tcipate in tie meeting at The Hague
as this would appear to be the con
tinuance, under a different nomen'
clature, OF the Genoa conference and
destined to encounter the same diff
ficutes II the attitude disclosed in
the Russian memorandum OF May IL
remains unchanged.
The "inescapable and ultimate
question" the American note said,
would appear to be the restoration
OF productivity in Russia. the essen.
tial conditions of which are still to
be secured and must in the nature
OF things be provided with Russia
herself
The state departments communi-
cation said the American govern
ment has always been ready" to
join other governments in arrang.
ing for IAN inquiry by experts into
the economic situation in Russia and
the necessary remedies" Such an
inquiry, 1t was added, could deal ap.
propriately witt the economic pre-
requisites" for restoration OF Rus.
sian production without which a
sound basis for credits" would be
lacking.
In conclusion, the American com.
munication renewed the offer to
give serious attention to any pro.
posals issuing from a Genoa confer.
ence or any later conference. but add
cd that the suggestions for the meet.
ing at The Hague in view of the
Russian memorandum OF May II
lacked "the dehniteness which would
make possible the concurrence Of this
government in the proposed plan.
Genoa, May 16.--Russia will par.
ticipate in the proposed conference at
The Hague to discuss the Russian
question. NJ Kavosky made this an.
nouncement last night after a meet.
ing OF the entire Bolshevik delegation.
In giving out this information to q
large assemblage of newspaper cor
respondents, Mr.. Rakovsky declared
that in his judgment, which he said
also was the judgment of his fellow
! delegates, unless the Russian idea OF
a real mixed commission were adopted
instead of the double commission idea
proposed by the powers, The Hague
conference was bound to prove as
sterile as the Genoa conference.
NJ. Pakovsky emphasized that III,
soviet delegation had found absolutel,
unacceptable the proposition of Tn,
powers whereby no treaties of an,
sort could be entered into with Russia
whether political or economic in char
acter, during The Hague meeting. |
persisted in, he was confident Il woul,
provoke intense feeling throughou
Russia against this gathering becaus
the Russians would regard il as
kind OF masked blockade against them
He wanted the entire world to IN
Tderstand that communistic Russi
was heartily in favor of a perma
nations would mutually engage I
nent non'aggress!on pact by whc
respect each others territorial il
tegrity, Russia, he declared, sough
, only peace and security and was a
3 ways willing to accord peace and s,
< curity to others.
| After having disclosed that the Ru,
t sion delegates would participate /
+ The Hague conference, the Russia
spokesman said his delegation woul
4 prefer that the forthcoming conferenc
G be held in some other city. Their
a were two reasons for this first Ho
J. land, unlike Italy and some of tn
}, other powers, had concluded no treat
r with Russia, nor even tried to do S,
!, and second, communications betwee
t Moscow and The Hague would be di
e ticult. His delegation preferred stool
p holm or Riga, and he added, empha
y ically, I'VE will insist on some eft
J. other than The Hague
WEATnEB EABENACr