The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-12
ARMS REDUCTION
PLAN LIKELY At
BIG CONF FERENCE
Suggestion Expected to Come
from Lloyd-George
LIKE WASHINGTON IDEA
Limitation Patterned after Ma
val Holiday Enacted in
America

Genoa, April IL (By the Associated
Press Prime Minister Lloyd-George
Of England contemplates suggesting
an agreement for limitation Of land
ornaments in Europe for a definite
period before the adjournment OF the
present international conference, ac-
cording to an unverifed report.
The army holiday, it is thought, will
be patterned after the naval holiday
arranged at the Washington conference
Disarmament continues to be the most
discussed question among the dele
gates in Genoa.
After two rather stormy days with
out serious mishap, it begins to look
as If Premier Lloyd George and Pre-
mier Facta, the presiding officer Of
the conference are equal to the squalls
stirred up by the Russo Franco ex.
changes over laud disarmament and
other matters, and may be able to
steer the conference ship into a peace
iul haven or one that wi pass as
peaceful in the stormy European sea.
Ihe Organization of a subcommittee
mission which was effected yesterday.
threatened for a time TO raise another
storm, but was put through with far
Tess clamor from the lesser powers
than they raised at Versailles when
that conference was organized.
most of the powers have shown n
disposition to abandon war hatreds.
The Russians and Germans we're per.
mtted to speak al the opening ses.
sion as an evidence of forgiveness. al.
though France resisted this courtesy
me conditions Of the Cannes resolu.
tlons and the agenda agreed upon were
accepted by all the nations, although
NJ Chtcherin insisted upon speaking
Tor disarmament and threatens TO do
SO repeatedly at succeeding sessions
However he has said that he woi1d
not insist upon consideration of disar.
mament is a part of the .agenda.
Russia Is growing about japan and
koumania occupying part of her terri
tory and France bristles all over when
Germany and Russia are shown any
consideration. But there is a sort OF
armed neutrality and there are indi
cat ons that the irreconciliables will
become more tractable as the days
proceed and actually consider the Can
nes agenda, leaving land disarmament
untouched, except for occasional bursts
of oratory.
IL Is expected the conference will
take vacation on Good Friday and
Easter Sunday and Monday.
The report of the allied experts
meeting in London relative to the
program for the restoration of Rus
sia and the restoration OF Europe. a
copy of which the Associated Pres,
has obtained, embodies compre
hensive scheme whereby 1t is hopef
to bring back Europe including Rms
sia, to healthful prosperity.
This report marked confidential.
was handed yesterday to Mr. Glitch
erin head Of the Russian delegation
who asked until Thursday TO stud,
the preamble. 1t declares THAT tn,
restoration Of Russia depends ii
great part upon assistance which Ru,
sla VIII be able to obtain from for
elgn enterprise and capital, but in
s'sts that without profound transfer
nation of the actual conditions II
Russia, which affect commerce ant
industry, foreigners will refuse eth
er to resume old enterprises or be
gin new ones.
Under chapter |, headed "I.iquida
ton OF the ~Past", article declare.
that the soviet government SHOULD
accept the financial obligations O
IT'S predecessors, namely. the i'm
perial Russian government and III,
provisional government. This in
cludes obligations to foreign power,
and their nationals.
Article provides for recognition
by the soviet of the financial en-
gagements of all Russian author
tiles connected with the other DOW
ers or their peoples.
Article declares that the sovie
should assume responsibility for al
material damage suffered by for
e'gners in consequence of the acts o
negligence Of the soviet or its pre-
decessors.
Article says that the responsib
llties mentioned in the precedin
articles will be fixed by the commits
sion on the Russian debt and b
mixed arbitration tribunals to b
created
Article > declares that all debt.
responsibilities and obligations b,
tween foreign governments and tn
Russian government since August
! 1914, shall be considered as entirel
e,faced by the payment of sums to b
fXed in future accord.