New-York tribune., 1922-04-10

eats who have been unable to Get ad-
f.}sSon ticNets The French also have
opened ? press bureau and the Italians
are t;ying to issue official statements
cn the proceedings.
Facta TO Welcome Delegates
Al to~day's meeting the delegates
agreed that Premier Facta of Italy
should make a speech Of welcome
at the opening session. Then Lloyd
George will move Signor Facta's cleo
tlon as honorary pres ident of the CON
ference, and Louis Barthou, head OF
/ the French delegation. will make a
seeonding speech.
/ The spokesman for virtually every
/ delegation wants 10 make an address
/ and as there is no Ciemenceau here
/ 10 cut proceedings short it is likely
shat the formal session viii last most
/ OF the day. After tomorrow there
will be little accomplished for week
! because Of strict observance OF the
Easter holidays, but unofficial meet
| inGs among the different delegations
viii be continued.
The most important of the inter
/ delegation meetings held so far was
the talk that Lloyd George had to-day
with Foreign Minister Schanzer of
[ Italy. after Schanzer had talked with
/ Gcorg Tchitcherjn, Russian Bolshevik
, Foreign Minister.
The neutrals have organized an un-
| usually strong group under Spanish
( leadership and have worked out thor
oughhred program OF subjects they
think out to be brought up for dis
cussion. The financial experts of the
neutrals have a brilliant leader in Gus
/ fotf '.r Al 4 lt-l&
they are determined to express their
belief in the conference that the Ger
man reparations question must be con-
sidered in connection with the proposed
Sterilization of exchange rates
The Swiss, Danish, Swedish and
Dutch delegates insist that a further
/ drop in the value of the German mark
will be ruinous in their countries as
we'll as to Germany and that some
change must be made in the Allied
repaTation terms,
Issue Embarrasses French
The French are somewhat embar-
r2ssed by all this, as we'll as by other
subjects that threaten to be brought
up.
With Lloyd George taking the lead
in demanding land disarmament. the
Italians urging full recognition Of the
Russian Bolsheviki and the neutras
demanding revision OF the reparations,
France, now on record as opposed to
all these things, viii find herself in
a most uncomfortable position. How
ever, none Of the French delegates are
hazarding any guess as to what turn
! proceedings will take. They are stick
ing to the Asquithian motto: "Wait
and see"
GENOA, April (By The Associated
/ Press).- Premier Lloyd George and Sir
Laming Worthington- Evans for Eng
land, Louis Barthou and Camille Bar
rore for France, Baron Hayashi and
Vscount Ishii for Japan, Premier
Theunys and NJ. Jaspar for Belgium
and Premier Facta and Signor Schanzer
for italy met both morning and after
noon to-day 20 discuss the procedure
( o. the economic conference.
The attitude Of the Allies on the lead
ing questions has been decided, These
FIVE countries. who invited the others to
the Genoa discussions, will each be rem
resented by five delegates The same
privilege will be extended to Germany
and Russia. owing to their large popu-
latlon. size and political Importance.
All other countries are to have only
two delegates.
/ There is great divergence of opinion
as to how the Russian commission shall
be formed for discussing the Bolshe-
visit question. The Allies desire that
only England, France, Italy, Germany
and Russia shall be represented. as
thereby they could act mere rapidly
Japan, the Baltic Entente and the Little
Entente powers are all dissatisfied with
TINS suggestion. as they contend their
relations with Russia are more impor-
tant than those of some Of the Allied
countries owing to the frontier treaties
already concluded with the Soviet gov
ernment.