Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-09
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IStiod, MAY J.-lby Inc ASSOClaCcu
Press. )--Genoa today was eagerly
monte conferences memorandum on
the Russian question with the fate of
the conference largely dependent up
on the tone of the Russian response,
If the reply is essentially concilia-
tory, it is argued, the French and the
Belgians nsll have difficulty in MAIN
tanning their opposition to the memo
randum, but II it should prove highly
noh-cOnciliatory. Prime Minister Lloyd
Georges position will become unten-
able n the conference will be in
danger of immediate disruption.
The Russian delegation this morn
ing summoned a large staff of typists
to copy the response, which it y&ls ex-
spected would be delivered duri.As the
day.
Foreign Minister T%chitcherin and
his associates insist that they reply is
concNiatory, but the Soviet conception
of a conciliatoly attitude, it is felt,
may differ radically from what the
French or V G the British would
characterize by this term.
Russians Will he Firm.
The Russians, it is forecast. will be
firm in their opposition to the first
clause OF the allied memorandum,
which forbids their agitation against
changes in the present territorial
boundaries, and insists that they shall
suppress all attempts in their territory
to assist revolutionary movements in
other states. "f .
The Soviet representatives take this
as an attempt to limit all Communistic
activity throughout. the world, and it
is regarded by the Bolshevists as a di-
rect thrust at the Third 1rternationale,
which maintains jtS oa1ny1nrto- c / -
Moscow. a.
DIR. Wirth, the German chancellor,
DIR. Walter Rathenau, the foreign min.
lister and other members of the Ger
man delegation displayed activity to-
day in an effort to induce the Rus
slams to give the memorandum from
the allies such an answer AS would not
justify France and Belgium withdraw.
ing from the conference. Such with
drawal, the Germans argued. would
only serve the interests of Russia's
enemies.
May BE Postponed. :
During the afternoon some doubt
developed whether the Russian reply
would be forthcoming today: 1t ~,
reported in one quarter that delivery
of the document had been postponed
until tomorrow.
NJ. Tchitcherin this afternoon adj
dressed a note to Signor Schanzer
asking whether, the French govern
ment had yet approved of. the memo
randum and il not what governments
had approved it.
The. correspondent for the Evening
News of London said he had learned
that NJ. Tchitcherin had received wire
less instructions from Moscow insist
ing that the Russian reply must be so
Trained as to avoid an immediate
breaking up of the conference.
Discussed 10y u. S. Senate.
Washington, May "a discussion
Of the Russian problem as it is at
fected by the negotiations Vat Genoa
occupied most Of today's session Of the
cabinet. It developed an opinion that
the attitude of the Allied governments
toward the Soviet regime had shaped
up at Genoa isp. virtual agreement with
the pond1akgof the United States.
After the cabinet meeting it was
said by administration officials that
there had been general agreement
among the cabinet. members that the
work now proceeding at Genoa was
which had previously been laid down
by the state department.
Genoa. May s.-(By The Associat-
ed Press. Representative of King
Feisal. king of the Irak region one
sopotarnia) presented to the confer
ence teday a. mem orandurn claiming
the Independence Of Syria and Leb4
anon and protesting against the
French occupation. +.
The Syrians maintain that France,
under the pretext of a mandate, is
trying to colonize Syria as she has
done with Algeria and Tunis, and that
the same thing is being done by Eng
land in Mesopotamia and Palestine.