Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-21
RUSSO GERMAN PACT STANDS;
REPLY SAYS BERLIN ENJOYS
Are WILLING TO STEP ASIDE
Note Declares Delegates Are Surprised at Protest
Against Treaty. Says Il Had Been Long Under Way,
and Was Known Of by All European Governments;
Determined to be First in Agreement With Soviet.
ry Associated Pres. to Every Evening.

Py Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Genoa. April q Both the Cierrns ne
and the Russians todsy submitted
their replies 10 the allies demands.
The German reply accepts the allied
proposal that the Germans take no
further part in the negotiations be-
tween the allies and the Russisus,
but the reply does not modify the ef-
fectiveness ~ the Russo German
treaty
The Russian reply accepts the sliiea
proposal for the payment of Russis's
debts due 70 foreigners and the rsstor-
alton of foreign property nstlonalizss
by Russia. IN case the soviet regime
is granted recognition by the slllsd
governments ss de lure state. srid
is given adequate financial assistance
The effect Of the two replies r 10
continue the German and Russisn psra
ticipstion in the work here. and thus
to bridge over the crisis which re4
Gently threatened 20 disrupt the com
ference.
While the Soviet reply apparently
accepts practically ell the allied de-
msnds. the details OF working out tho
plan. and the amounts the Russians
may expect in loans to restore their
country admittedly present dlfs-
cult problem, without any certainty
that II can he solved and thus conn
plete the prelinainsries necessary for
Russian recognition
Arrangements have bee nnnade %
present the note at noon today to
Premier Facts OF Itely, az president
Of the conferences and also q. the frs,
signer of the protest received bv the
lGermsns
The German note is longer than that
from the allies. and begins by ac-
knowledgins with painful surprlse"
the protest rsceived which q. con-
sidered undeserved. The note then re-
pests what DR. Rathsnsu. Cerrnsn
foreign minister, has stated on several
Ioccasions-=thet negotiations for the
treaty had begun long ago, wers
known to have been in progress bv
all the European government. and
had lately been suspended out of def
erence to tho conference
But the exclusion Of Germany from
the negotiations held by the allies with
the Russians st villa De Albertis gave
to the German delegation the impress
sion that the allies we're trying 10
conclude arrangements with the soviet
government without German particle
patton. perhaps to Gerrnany's detri-
ment.
At certain moment. perhsp.
through misunderstanding. the Ger
man delegation received the impress
sion that tho allies were about 10
conclude an agreement with the Rus
slams. therefore the Russo tserrnan ne
sotiations were resumed. and resulted
In the signing Of the treaty al Ra-
pallo on Easter Sunday.
The German delegation believes that
this treaty does not violate the spirit
or the conference. and indeed con-
tributes to its supreme aim--pacif,-
cation Of the world and the recon-
struction OF Europe.
The note admits that. after the con-
ciusion Of this treaty. the German
delegation has no reason to partici-
pate In the work Of the first conn
mission. dealing with Russian affairs.
but says It will willingly participst.
In the other work Of the same COM
mission dealing with European and
German interests.
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