The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27
TEN YEAR ANTI-WAR
COMPACT MAY FAIL
Lloyd Georges Proposal
Likely to Meet Same
Fate as League.
RUSSIANS SEE HUMOR
Absence of Reference to
Disarmament in Debate
Abuses Them.
FARLEY LEADERS CONFER
French Advance Widely Di-
vergent Views on Non-Ag-
gressive Compact.
FARLEY LEADERS CONFER

| Special Cable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, I9se, 5y THE NEw York HERALD
1 GENOA, April 26.-Premier Lloyd
Georges non-aggression pact for ter
years bids fair to fall between tho
same two stools that the League OF
Nations fell. Those two stools are the
widely divergent points of view repre-
self, where one school believes that the
pact should merely provide for a swift
working judicial machinery to assess
the blame for any act of aggression
like Elihu Roots idea for the League
of Nations.
The other believes that the paci
should contain all the machinery COM
prised in Leon Bourgeois's plan fqS the
European general staff to make plans
against any peace breaker and a def
mite schedule Of contributions Of troops
which such a general staff could call
for from the signatories.
In the discussions which began to-day
to gather all the opinions as to the best
possible form of such a pact all refer
ence to disarmament was carefully ex-
cluded. The Russians continue to laugh
at this, insisting that the pact is worth
less unless by common consent the means
of breaking the pact are taken from
the hands of nations with excessive ar
mics.
To Force Frances Hand.
The Russians stili represent them
selves as being keen to get rid OF their
Red army burden. Quarters close to Mr..
Lloyd George, however. appreciate that
this desire may not be wholly uncolored
by the desire to force Frances hand.
NJ. Brands declaration at the Wash
ington conference that the French fear
is the Red army is always taken as not
excluding fears OF German revenge, OF
which NJ. Barthou has been able to instil
growing appreciation in important
British minds here.
Hence 1t is represented as the British
viewpoint that the entire questions OF
disarmament should be referred to the
League OF Nations. which already holds
the mandate to study the question. Now
il is suggested that the League of Ma
lions may make real recommendations
along these lines IL Genoa obtains SUBJ
stantial results in the way of q nom
aggression pact.
The British deny that the purported
text of the pact which was published in
England represents Mr.. Lloyd Georges
views In detail, though they admit that
he wants short, general declaration
which all can sign, seeking to bring the
putative violators within the sanctions
already provided by Articles 10, IL and
16 of the League OF Nations covenant.
Leaders I'm Conference.
These attitudes developed in the long
discussion which lasted throughout the
day. in the course OF which Mr.. Lloyd
George talked with M. Barthou, Premier
Eduard Benes of Czecho-Slovakia and
Baron Hayashi of Japan. together and
separately. and they all conferred with
various other delegates.
In the discussions DR.. Benes brought
,ip the very thing that wrecked Ameri-
can adhesion TO the League OF Nations
namely. that the Little Entente" could
not and Russia would not subscribe to
a document guaranteeing the integrity
Of such disputed territories as Bessa-,
rabia.
Italy continues to snare the BriCsn
views, while the German spokesmen
might as well be comfortably at
home" according to the way they are
looking at the whole show now. Among
themselves. however. there Is much talk
TO the effect that Germany may soon be
asked to sign another Versailles treaty
giving away part OF the Fatherland IL
the non-aggression pact Is presented
upon the basis suggested in English
quarters to-night--namely. that Ger
many now has no disputed frontiers"
The other wing of German opinion
seems inclined to welcome the pact as
preventing any further or future occu-
patton OF German territory under the
Versailles sanctions.
GENOA. April 26 ASSOCIATED Press).
Frances attitude toward the proposed
non-aggression pact Is far moro inter
esting than that OF the other important
Powers, as France is known to object
TO any document which does not leave
her with full power to proceed as she
sees At against Germany in case the
terms of the Versailles treaty are not
fulfilled to the letter.