The New York herald., 1922-04-19
Determined to Keep Genoa
Farley Together, as Break
Would Be Serious.
RUSSIANS ASTONISHED
Rakovsky Puzzled at Excite
ment; Not Political, AS
serts LitvinOff.
BY FRANCIS M'cULLAGH.

Special Gable to THE NEW YonK HERALD.
Copyright, 1893, bv THE New ioRK HEaLp.
GLNoA, April is. - The situation
created in the Genoa conference by
the Russo-German treaty is a diff
cult one, and the Germans are blamed
by both the Allies and the neu.rals,
who expected much from the ccafcr-
ence. But the Allies are determined
to remain united and to keep the con
frence going. hoping that the Ger
mans will feel the necessity Of coun-
terbalancing the adverse effect OF
their treaty with the Russians by
their conduct in the future, for the
failure Of the conference now would
be serious for Europa in genera
Meanwhile. the reunion of subcom-
missions convoked for to-day has
been countermanded and there is in
tense suspense. The secrecy with
which the Russo-German pact was
concluded is evident by the fact that
the German correspondents we're ig-
norant Of it. The Russians have made
it public, jubilantly distributing thou
sands of copies Of It
Christian Rakovsky, President Of
The Ukranian Soviet Republic, was
,eserved and grave when seer. to-day
at Bolshevist headquarters. Aiked to
give an estimate Of the value of Ger
man property nationalized in Russia.
M. Rakovsky said. I'VE must draw
veil over what is past. That Is
what the treaty amounts to-"
First to Trust Russia.
NJ. Rakovsky said the greatest fac
tor in the treaty was that Germany
was the first big Power to show her
belief in the good faith of the Bolshe-
Wiki. While the other Powers were
sitting up nightly. he said. devising
new guarantees to protect their citizens
from the dishonest Bolsheviki. whom
they suspect OF having cards up their
sleeves bombs in their pockets and
daggers in their belts, and apparently
would be worrying about such imag-
mary perils for the next two years, the
Germans were no fools. They had
more enterprise in and did a greater
trade with Russia than any one else
and were the worlds keenest business
men. he explained.
Hence it was most important that
1a hft@
ment with the Bolsheviki. 1t was as
founding to NJ. Rakovsky that that
agreement should have caused all the
excitement 1t did. why" he ex-
claimed. 1--WE have concluded half
dozen agreements with the Baltic
States. Poland and Scandinavia, all OF
them now smoothly in operation"
NJ Rakovsky said the Russians did
big business with Germany. Czecho-
Siovakia and Norway. and that
their honesty never had been ques-
toned by those countries. They had
made business agreement even with
England and had been trading with
her for year.
AS a matter OF fact. relations be-
tween Russia and Germany had not
been broken off since the Brest-
Litovsk treaty. although diplomatic
relations had been interrupted, hence
IL was hard for NJ. Rakovsky to un-
derstand the uproar at Genoa about
the latest treaty.
The Russians are highly amused
over the confusion for which they
have been partly responsible. 70. no
body is blaming them. ressrving all
condemnation for the Germans.
Georgevitch Tchitcherin, the Soviet
Foreign Minister. visited DR.. Walter
Rathenau, the German FOREIGN Min
lister, this morning. One Of the Rus
sian delegates upon being asked the
reason for the visit. laughirgly re-
marked that probably NJ. Tchitchsrin
was putting a compress on DR.
Rathcnau's head"