New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-19
Poland and Little Entente
Join ! wers i'm Sharp
Rebuke Agreed On in
an All-Day Conference
Italy Hesitates. but
Finally Consents
Conference to Continue
Even if Tcutons Quit
Under New Restriction
By Arthur S. Draper
Special Cable 70 The Tribune

GENOA, April 18.-Germany ~as
penalized to-day for having signed
separate treaty with Russia while
all other nations were in the throes
of negotiating for a world peace
agreement with the Reds. The
Allies, backed by Poland and ma
tions of the Little Entente. drew up
a joint memorandum notifying the
Berlin delegates that because Of Their
forehandedness they would not be
permitted to take any further part
in conference proceedings when res-
tions with Russia were being dis
cussed
The note, drafted by Premier
Lloyd George himself, in strong but
diplomatic language says that the
Germans "by their action renounced
further participation in the discus
sion of conditions of an agreement
between Russia and the various
countries represented at the con
ference"
The note assails the Germans AZ
more to blame for the secret treaty
than the Russians, and accuses the
Berlin delegates of having violated
by this act the spirit Of the Genoa
gathering.
Note To Be Presented To-day
The communication was drafted ~
an allday conference at the residence
of Premier Facta of Italy. but it will
not be formally presented tc She Ger
mans until tomorrow morning, becsus-
both Chancellor Wirth and Foreign
Minister Walther Rathenau were
guests at dinner given b. Premier
Facta tonight for all the delegations
to the conference.
The note repre- the unanimous
view of the delegates who drafted IT,
with the possible exception of the
Italians, who expressed the belief thai
it would do just much good if not
couched in such strong terms. Louis
Barthou. chief of the Paris delegation
told Lloyd George that France sup
ported it with the greatest enthusi-
asm The Belgians. Rumanlans and
Poles indorsed it unequivocally az
Lloyd George had written it. but Pre-
mier Facta was highly insistent that
its tenor should be modified. It was
chiefly because of Italian oppositnon 10
the terms of the note that the confer
ence which considered it was in ses-
sion until late this evening. Finally
Facta and his colleagues Welded TO tha
point of view of the majority and the
note was ordered drafted and sent.
No Rupture of Conference
The barring of the Germans in the
Russian discussions will not mean the
disruption of the conference, although
there were rumblings in German head
quarters tonight, where the Allied
point Of view was very much resented
! However, the conference will continue,
it was said on good authority tonight
1t is asserted in Allied circles that the
other nations have many important
problems to consider, even though the
Berlin and Moscow delegations should
take offense at the Allied attitude and
quit Genoa.
| The Russians apparently were not
particularly disturbed by the Allied re-
! action to the treaty. and Geors
! Tchitcherin, Bolshevik Foreign Minis
! ter, seemed almost pleased at the effect
| produced by news of the treaty being
! signed. He indicated that the Rus
slams would follow up this success by
| trying to bring the Italians into a seps-
rate agreement along similar lines, but
apparently there is not the slightest
! hope that this can be accomplished az
present.
The Russians are going to try to OF
set the Allied stand by bringing up the
| Allied note to Germany in plenary
session of the economic conference
! in the hope that when the subject Il
considered openly by all the nations
the neutrals will support Germany ana
Russia in their contention that they
have done nothing wrong. The neutral
delegates met this afternoon, and
although no decision was reached
many's side of the controversy.
Poincare Plans Reprisals
Reports from Paris indicate that
Premier Poincare is determined 10
bring heavy pressure to bear on Ger
| Commission and make the Berlin gov
ernment suffer for its act. The tone ga
we'll as the text of the next German
reply to the commission on the repars-
| tions question will determine tho
French course of action. 1t is said that
the question whether France will de-
mand the occupation of the Ruhr In
| dustrial region and the application OF
other penalties will depend entirely on
what Germany's answer on the var
debt is. The French have every reason
to be satisfied with the way that this
crisis has thrown them INFO closs
alignment with tie Bxitixh azain~&
Germany.
Lloyd George took the leadership in
the conference at Premier Facta's
villa. He argued that Germany by
signing the treaty was guilty of a seri-
Gus and incomprehensible breacn ot
faith, because in coming to Genoa she
had undertaken TO work Loyalty with
the other powers to reach a common
agreement with Russia. He said THAI
| he had greater grievance against the