Evening star., 1922-04-23
BY HENRY 1..BUNN.
most important news Of the world for
the seven days ended April %: IL

Tie Genoa Cpaference.-with the opening
Of the week. the Russians struck their stride
displayed their true form. There has been
little misunderstanding about the true state
Of affairs. they said. s"and we're here to cor
rect.it. The allies lost their war with Russia:
therefore we're going to impose the conditions
Of peace. We must be paid for what Russia
did not spend for the allies and for the dam
ages the allies did Russia through kolchak'
Denikin and Wrangel. and by. the blockade
The allies claim some $50 .ooe,e0o gold francs
from Very coed. We claim 100000. .o00.eee
gold francs from them. sixty-fve billions
from 100000, 100000 is 2s5,0oo.ooo,eoe. The
allies owe US 5.ooo.ooo0Do gold francs. No.
are magnanimous; magnanimity Is our
middle name. We reduce our claims to 49,
000,o00000 gold francs. Therefore. you allies
are obligated to pay us 60oo0.o0o,eoe goid
francs. But no. again! Our bosoms swell with
You with Kindness: Therefore. If you will pay
us 81. .000. 900 gold francs on the spot eve
and promise US good big loan. we'll wipe
the slate clean"
o s. ss the bun ~.:
debts between Russia and the allies and -. 3
what the Russians were really after. and the
Russians. they "knewed e knowed." They
that cancellation was no go: wherefore
livered themselves thus strangely not In meet
ing of the committee on Russia. but in in
formal Conversations with the heads Of dele
cations OF the five great allies. The Germans
were not invited to these conversations and
were in consenuence piaued: moreover. they
were embittered by the taboo on discussion of
what more natural than that these dis
gruntled folks should get together and plot
some way to get even? For many months now
the Russians and the Germans have been in
1t is probable that a rough draft was made
long ago. and that the finishing touches were
the bolshevist delegation en- route to Genoa.
But the Germans still held off, whiting to see
nussis .ds or erman
sign and publish that treaty now would be to
launch it'll. coup The idea took as when
grievance it is proposed to start something
x y X
Thus at Rapallo the 18th a Russo German
treaty was signed The signatories reciprocal
ly renoance'' their claims against one another:
they engage to establish full consular and dip
lomatic relations with each other, to treat
each other ION the most favored nation prin-
cple.' and ITO give each other mutual assist
ahce for the alleviation of their economic dif-
nculties in the most benevolent spirit
Considered wholly by itself. the treaty seems
tian charity. II. however. 1t is considered in
relation to the time and circumstances OF
signing. it is difficult to resist diametrically
opposite Interpretation.
At all events. the publication was a coup,
b sure enough. ana threatened TO disrupt Ihe
conference. The heads of delegations Of the
great allies the little entente Poland and
Portugal, addressed a note to the Germans. in
forming them that they would be excluded
from further participation in conference dis
cussion of Russian affairs. Later. the Ger
mans were offered the alternative of de-
nouncing the treaty or exclusion from the dis
cussions on Russia. Persuaded by signor
Schanzer to tear up a saucy reply. they
cepted exclusion in very ingenious note.
The formal Russian reply to the most recent
allied proposals tnow first made public) has
been submitted.