New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-14
Russia and Germany To
Be Asked 10 Join Other
Nations i'm Brotherhood.
Premier Ayers at Cannes
Will Try to Save
French Alliance
Asserts Italy Cannot En-
ter Pact as He Renews
His Pledge to France
By Wilbur Forrkst


Special Cab'- 10 The Tribune
Copyright. 1922. New York Tribune Inc
CANNES. France, Jan. 13.-Pfe-
mler Lloyd George announced to-
night on his departure for Paris
that the whole object of the interna-
tlonal economic conference at Genoa.
now set for March g, would be the
formation of great European
peace pact, and that peace would be
the first subject on the agenda OF
that meeting.
This unqualified declaration, in p
special interview with the news
paper correspondents, came at the
end Of the Cannes session of the Su-
premc Allied Council Tomorrow
in Paris Lloyd George will pick Up
the threads of the negotiations for
an Anglo-French alliance, and will
sec President Millerand and Ray
mond Poincare, who is forming the
new Cabinet.
Bar Italy From Alliance
Although Lloyd George said that
the Anglo French treaty had not yet
been fully worked out. he hoped that
this would be possible before the
Genoa gathering. Earlier in The
day Lloyd Georges reply to Italy
regarding the Anglo French treaty
negotiations brought out that Italy
had been excluded from those ne
gotiations, but that, in common with
other nations of Europe, Italy was
asked to join in the pan European
treaty of peace that will be the work
Of the Genoa gathering.
The Lloyd George note to Italy dis
closed that both Russia and GERMANY.
as we'll as all other European nations
would be asked formally to affix their
signatures to the document or docu-
ments to be drawn up at Genoa in full
view of the world, pledging their good
faith to keep the peace of Europe and
refrain frou' aggression against any
reighbor. They will be invited, the
note said. to join in a sort of European
brotherhood of nations designed to
wipe out international suspicion and
end nome cooperation.
Sort of Second Versailles
The Genoa conference becomes, there
fore. a sort of second Versailles. and
Italy was asked by LLOYD George to
postpone her desire to join France and
England Immediately. treaty between
whom has been proposed for special
reasons" and to- join in the greater
spectacle to lie staged on Italy's own
soil.
The invitations to the Genoa con-
ference were formally issued from Can
mes to-day. The larger nations are
asked to send from three to five dele
gates and the smaller at least two.
The Lloyd George note took occasion
indirectly to refer to the failure of the
United States Senate to ratify the Yer
sailles treaty and its subsidiary treat
les. Explaining at some length Frances
sufferings from invasions and Great
Britain's dangers and the sacrifices OF
both, the note continued:
"Great Britain signed, together with
representatives of the United States,
on June %, 1919, treaty agreeing to
come to the immediate assistance OF
France in the event of any unprovoked
movement of aggression against her by
Germany. The treaty of 1919 was rat
flied by the British Parliament the
same year, but by virtue of the second
article, providing that it should come
into force only when the treaty had
been signed by representatives of the
United States, it has hitherto been a
dead letter. Great Britain, neverthe
less, always felt that it was point of
honor on her part to stand by the
treaty. The understandings it con-
tanned Influenced French policy in GER
tain important respects during the
Britain, therefore, considers herself
bound in honor to renew the pledge"
Britain to Stand by France
Reminding Italy that her geographi-
CO position was not similar to Frances,
l.. . ID Georges note added:
"Cn the other hand, Great Britain
offers Italy, as France, her intimate
and earnest cooperation in building up
great system of European accord for
the maintenance of peace. Great Brit
aims pledge to stand by France first is
measure necessary to insure the
stability of Europe and to divest the
German people of their dreams of re-
venge. But in the mind of the British
government that measure is only a
stepping stone to a much wider pac.
which i hope to see concluded in the
economic conference in Italy under the
auspices of the Italian government in
March"
Such pact, Lloyd George says,
would lead by natural agreement to
the reduction of European armaments
and general sense of security among
the nations of Europe, which they need
so profoundly.
The British Premier was in jovial
mood as he sat at tea table in the
library of the Carlton Hotel this eve
ming in company with Lord Riddell
one of his advisers, while more than
4 a hundred French, Italian and Ameri.
can newspaper men~~hurled question:
at him. Previously the Premier had
entertained the British correspondents
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