Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-15
CONFERENCE TO
SOLVE RUSSIAN
PROBLEM OPENS
United States Again Not Repre-
sented-Limit Of 3 Months
For Agreement

THE HAGUE, June Is. - by As-
sociated Press. )-All Europe center
ed it's hopesFtoday in the opening
of the international conference which
is dedicated to the task of making
practical arrangemeptssfOrt the re-en-
try of Russia ints Eoncert Of ma
tions. The first session was held
this afternoon.
The new European economic confer 4
ence is virtually an adjournment Of
the Genoa conference, which came to
an end the latter part of May with
out having reached any solution s6f
Russian nsskseps. The decision to
postpone aston concerning Russia
was induced largely by the desire
of the4Enrohean powers to persuade
the United States I'd participate, But
the American government is not to
be represented at The Hague any
more tha4Ni it was at the conference
in Ital
While the Genoa conference was
nominally economic, it soon develop
ed animated political discussions.
The Hague gathering, composed ex-
clusively of experts, is designed to
be confined solely to the considera-
tion of economic questions.
When the American governments.
declined on May Is the invitation to 2
be represented at The Hague, this
decision was received with express
sions of regret in Europe, particular
ly from Great Britain and France,
for it was felt abroad that nothing
of permanent International nature
could be undertaken for the restora-
tion of Russia without the co-opera-
tion of the United States, whose
WEALTH. resources and policial pow
er made her indispensable to any
great world restoration movement.
The Washington government in re-
fusing to go to The Hague, criticized
the attitude of Russia as bar to
any settlement and characterized the
Soviet reply to the Allied terms as
lacking any definiteness as a basis
for parley. Nevertheless, Washing
ton said the American government
always was ready to join otehr gov
ernments in arranging for an inquiry
by experts into the economic in Rus
sia and the necessary remedies.
Representatives of all the powers
present at Genoa, with the exception
OF Russia and Germany, were invited
to The Hague. Germany was exclud-
ed on account of the secret signing
of the Rapallo treaty April II last
with Russia at time when the Ge
noa conference was in session.
The plan of procuder calls for
preliminary meeting of experts to-
day, to be followed by the formal
coming together June 26 of two com.
missions, one to consist solely Of Rus
sian economists and the other of
economic experts from the states rep
resented at Genoa, but always ac
ceptlng Germany and Russia. The
TWO commissions will study the con-
dltions existing between the nations
and Russia, particularly those relat-
ing to debts, private property, am
credits to Russia, and endeavor. to
formulate recommendations
1t is provided further that if no
JOINT recommendations are submit
ted by the two commissions of ex-
perts, the Russian and the Interna-
tlonal, within three months from
June 26. or if the joint recommends
tlons are not accepted by the gov
ernments concerned within one
ihohth after the date Of such rarom-
mendations, each government will be
at liberty to make separate agree
ment with the Russian Soviet gov
ernment concerning all outstanding
questions relating to debts, private
property and credits.