Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-05-19
RUSSIA s STATUS
STUMBLING BLOCK
Members of Genoa Farley Pro-
pose New Conference.
ASK U. S. TO PARTICIPATE
Propose to Hold Meeting at The Hague
on June 15-Would Choose Paenl
of Few Governments to De-
eide Action.

powers of the Genoa conference, fol-
lowing an all-day meeting, announced
that they reached an agreement on
| plan which the United States will be
asked to approve and participate in.
The plan is for all powers to meet
at The Hague en- June 10, at which
time they will choose a panel of few
governments who will appoint experts
to represent. all nations. These ex-
perts will hold their first meeting sep
arately from the big meeting and will
| adopt an agenda for the discussion OF
Russian relations.
When this program is agreed upon
Russia will be asked to send as many
representatives as she likes to join in
the discussions.
In this manner the new negotiations
docking to find basis for recognizing
the Russian government will begin
and proceed.
While these negotiations are going
lon there will be truce" during
which all governments will agree not
ito make any separate treaties or con-
tracts with Russia and all boundary
disputes will remain In status quo
pending the report Of the commission
which is expected to be completed
within three months.
viii Meet at The Hague.
The members of the sO-called panel
will not go into Russia. Their. meet
ings will all be held at The Hague and
when their program is complete the
Russians will meet them there, If Rus
STA agrees to the arrangement
Many questions were asked Sir Ed
ward Griggs, secretary of the British
delegation, but he begged that the de-
mands for information be not pressed
at this time.
"How about the attitude of the
French delegation on this latest ar
rangement?'
"Have the Russians been sounded
out and what is their attitude?'
us the so-called panel merely to be
a negotiating body or is it to be
tribunal?'
These and other questions were put
to Sir Edward Griggs.
"a great deal depends upon the an
swers to those questions" declared Sir
Edward. ''The whole plan must go to
the political commission. Then all the
details will come out. The French
must communicate with their own
government"
Sir Edward also declared that the
Drrce, ,f<ry,% L.
program either by note giving them
the details or by calling them in to
hear the proposal explained verbally
in the meeting of the political COM
mission.
The Russians, who were angry and
threatening to go home post haste,
Saturday said that they did not un-
derstand the new situation well
enough to say what their future course
would be.
Ambassador Childs was visited by
Lloyd George Louis Barthou and Sem
ator Schanzer, who asked him to trans
NIT a message to the United States.
Their action seemed to indicate that
the leaders of the conference have in
some way been given an idea of what
sort of a program the United States
would approve and that they are now
asking the United States to make good
and come in
Russ May Quit Conference.
After several versions of the unoffi-
cial news of the meetings had been
given circulation, Tchitcherin began
to express the views of the Russians
on the matter.
Tchitcherin said that the Russians
would not have anything to do with
any commission which did not include
a full and fair representation of Rus
slams in it's membership.
eve will negotiate as EQUALS" de-
clared the Russian foreign minister
'but we will submit to no tribunal
Negotiations like those going on at
the Genoa conference are Of no value
eff the powers name a commission
to discuss the problem of Russia
without a Russian representation be-
ing present, they will be sure to adopt
decisions which are totally unadapted
to conditions in Russia. This would
lead to coalition against Russia and
in the end might mean war.
1--WE deny the right of the powers to
forbid us to make agreements with
whom we please, and as for the pres
ent disputes remaining in status quo
during long truce, that seems TO
mean new blockade"
Asked If the Russians would per-
sist in their announced determination
to leave Genoa, Tchitecherin said:
eve will have to wait and saap