New-York tribune., 1922-05-17
i'll omen were supported by the other

III omen were supported by the other
delegates.
Baoyed up overnight by reports
that Ambassador Child had limited that
the American reply might be favorable.
the delegations at Genoa were in the
depths of pessimism and despair to-day
when the text of Secretary Hughes's
note was received. Until Lloyd George
foresaw the possibility of reaching
some understanding through further
negotiations, mos. of the delegates
could picture at The Hague only q
worse failure than has confronted them
here, hopeless prolonging of the
agony.
Neither the French nor the Beigans
were represented at to-day's meeting of
the political sub-commission at which
the American reply was considered
Although they have promised to rec
ommend to their respective governments
that they take part in The Hague meet
ing, these delegations read the Amcri
tention that Russia's first reply to the
powers showed plainly that further ne
gotiations were useless. When that
first Russian reply was received France
wanted to withdraw, and she consented
to stay at Genoa only because of the
hope that some other phase Of the con-
ference here would be success.
France also agreed to 60 to The Hague
only because of the hope that the
United States would be represented
there.
British Cling to Hope
The British delegates tonight were
openly hopeful that some means still
could be found to induce the United
States TO revise its attitude toward The
Hague meeting. But the French were
distinctly less hopeful. They expressed
the belief that the Hughes note made
The Hague conference sterile before it
started The question whether France
and Belgium will take part, however,
will be submitted to the Paris and
Brussels parliaments.
Many other delegates expressed the
view that even should Russia accept
the invitation formally tomorrow. The
Hague meeting offered no better pros
pect Of success than the Genoa confer
ence has had
Siberian Problem Injected
After the Hughes note was read at
the sub b-commission meeting the dis
cussion veered off into other fields.
Georg Tchitcherin, chief Red delegate.
and Baron 1shii, of the Japanese group,
engaged in lively tilt over Eastern
Siberia. Carlo Schanzer, Italian For
eign Minister and chairman of the con-
ference, remarked that several open
questions would have to be put over
until The Hague meeting, as there was
no time to consider them here. There
upon Tchitcherin fired volley of aues-
tions at the chairman. In reply he was
informed that Germany had not been
invited to The Hague meeting because
Of her separate treaty with Russia;
that the question of de jure recogni-
ton of Russia had not been settled at
Genoa because that would depend on
future negotiations; that no nation
necessarily was bound to ratify the
conclusions Of The Hague meeting:
that the proposed mons aggression truce
might last not only for the duration Of
The Hague meeting, but until settle
ment of all boundary disputes, and that
open discussion WAS to be allowed at
The Hague meeting.
Tchitcherin objected 10 meeting Mt
The Hague because Russia did not have
diplomatic relations with Holland. Then
followed A serious word clash between
Tchitcherin and Baron Ishii over the
maintenance Of the status QUO in
Siberia. Ishii said that Japan had re-
fused to evacuate Vladivostok without
guarantees because of the crimes Of
the Red army, particularly the massa-
ere OF the Japanese population at
Nikolaievsk
Japanese Bad Faith Charged
Tchitcherin retorted that the incident
referred to had been merely a clash
between Russian and Japanese trcops
after the Japanese had violated the
armistice. and that there had been
heavy losses on both sides. Tchitcherin
said that if the japanese we're trying
to make eastern Siberia one of their
colonies that attempt would put them
Automatically at way with the Boil
sheviki
With new Russo-Japanese war
looming on the horizon Lloyd George
appalled, for peace in the committee and
both 1shii and Tchitcherin subsided.
Later 1shii issued a long statement to
the press. replying particularly to the