Evening star., 1922-05-07
PEACE OR BATTLE
DANGLESAT GENOA
Barnes Sees One Division
visualizing a United
States Of Europe.
BY GEORGE N. BARNES,
British Parliamentary Leader.

BY Radio to The Star.
| LONDON. May 5.-The issues of flu
| ture peace or war hang by very
slender thread at the Genoa confer
! ence. There are two conceptions COM
J peting there One would continue the
! political divisions of the war period.
+; The other visualizas a United States of
I Europe,
| All Of the circumstances have favored
| the former. Under the inspiring leader
! ship of Lloyd George a great fight is
| being made for the latter. 1t was in
| the larger spirit that the conference
had been projected. but sectional prof.
! ectS had made sDch progress before
| the conference met that the treaty of
| Rapal!o was impossible. Ii caused
much perturbation at Genoa. Afar on.
! the prime minister of France 'chimed
. in with some rhetorical saoer rGttling
+; in the course of which he said the
! French delegates only would be allowed
! to continue at Genoa on condition that
| the allies made no concessions to
Russia and GERMANY. La er Oil Bel
gium Joined with France in a protest
! that no 1enency be shown Russia in
regard to financial help 10 that country.
i Nearly Ruined Farley.
)
| sian double dealing and French i'm
! placability, the conference nearly col
! lapsed. Fortunately it has rallied in
/ spite OF them. l ventuTed to predict at
the league of nations assembly eighteen
months ago that the exclusion OF Ger
| many would lead to her making other
allies and l pointed to the obvious
dangers incidental thereto. The Russo
| German pact was one of them.
! The pact is not in itself a bad
! . hj,,c- fnr ffs
benefits for both countries and. there
| fore. to the world. The danger lies
/ in its possible development into
military pact with the 'ominous vista
i of the RECOMMENDATION of Russian
Drawn by German brains This would
| mean another partition of Poland and
| a reversion generally to pre-war pas
sions and policies. AnSlovers of their
kind. therefore. will wish well to the
/ Genoa conference, which has as it's
| two-fold object an agreement on the
| part of all countries. which automat-
| icaily would carry with it reduction
! of armam ents. and. second, an agree
ment upon which Russia could come
, Genoa has won recognition and sup
! port under difficulties which might
| have overwhelmed it. Unexpected
support and encouragement came
!, from his holiness. the Pope, as well
| as from MANY powerful leaders of
! European public opinion.
Two Main Obstacles.
/ On the other hand there are those
| in high places who want to wreck
lit. France and Russia are the main
| obstacles Poncare can see only
| Frances interests and those only
from the most narrow point of view.
! The Russian delegates exhibit the
craft and vile with which the world
\ has been familiar during the years
of the Russian horrors. They want
| loans. and discretion to use their
money as they will. They are offered
trading facilities and credits. Thus
| matters stand at the end of'this week.
! Europe is faced with many prob
| lens. If left unsolved, we are left
| with sectionaiism. But If Genoa is
, successful we will escape from its
! present chaos and again tread the
paths of peace,
Copyright 1927