The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-04-21
Delegates Are Becoming
Distrustful of Each
Other At Genoa =
Move In Town To Be
Closer To Conference
From Villas = Italy
Told About Russia
German Pact

Genoa, April 21.-(By Thine Associ-
ated Press. Both the Germans and
the Russians today submitted their
replies to the Allies demands. The
German reply accepts the Allied pro-
posal that the Germans take no fur
ther part in the negotiations between
the Allies and the Russians but the
reply does not state the effective
ness of the Russo-German treaty.
The Russian reply accepts the AL
lied proposal for the payment oil
Russia's debts due to foreigners, and
the restoration of foreign property
Eationalized by Russia in case the
soviet regime is granted recognition
by the Allied governments as a de
ure state, and is given adequate fl
nancial assistance. The effect of the
two replies is to continue the Ger
man and Russian participation in the
work here and thus to bridge over
the crisis which recently threatened
to disrupt the conference.
Genoa, April 21.-The text of the
final clause in the German note reads:
with regard to the further treat
ment of the Russian question in the
conference, the German delegation al
so thinks it right that it should take
part in the deliberations of the first
commission on questions correspond
ing to these already settled between
Germany and Russia only in case its
collaboration be especially asked for.
Genoa, April 21.-(By the Associat-
ed Press 1.-The German reply to
the Allied ultimatum on the condi-
tion that the German delegates be
barred FROM participating in the
further discussion of the Russian
controversy, by the conference, the
Russo-German treaty signed at Rapa-
10 being allowed to stand.
Arrangements were made to pres
ent the note at noon today to Pre-
mier Facta of Italy, as president of
the conference and also as first sign
er of protest received by the Ger
mans.
The German note is longer than
that from the allies and begins by
acknowledging with painful surprise
the protest received which is consid
cred undeserved. The note then re-
peats what Dr. Rathenau. German for
eign minister has stated on several
occasions-that negotiations for the
conclusion of the Russo-German pact
had begun long ago, were known to
have been in progress by all of the
European governments and had late
ly been suspended out of Difference
TO the conference.
But the exclusion of Germany from
the negotiations held by the Allies
with the Russians at the Villa de
Albertis, gave the German delegation
the impression that the Allies were
trying to conclude arrangements with
the soviet government without Ger
man participation to Germany's detri-
ment.
Genoa, April 21-(By The Associ-
ated Press 1.-The Genoa conference
has reached a stage where several
OF the delegations appear highly dis
trustful of one another and the dele
gates are now concentrated in the
heart of the city where they can now
watch one another closely.
Prominent members of the small
delegations which were scattered all
along the Mediterranean coast find it
better to abandon their luxurious
villages and settle in any small room
where they may be on Genoa's single
main street leading to Conference
Hall.
Here 1t is possible to see. every one
passing toward the English and the
French headquarters as we'll as to
the conference sessions in the Royal
Palace and to the audiences to news
paper men in the Casa Della Stampa
or University, which has become a
sor of postgraduate school in journ-
alism.
At these audiences, the lecture halls
are thronged by experienced newspa-
+ per correspondents listening to SIR
Robert Horne, chancellor of the Brit
ish exchequer. Christian Rakovesky.
president of the Ukraine Soviet re-
public: Sir Phillip Lloyd-Greame, di-
rector of the department Of overseas
trade of the British government and
other exports, discoursing in every
thing from communism to sound cu--
rency
The Germans have been much an
noyed by the skillful use Of the Brit
ish delegates OF the press conference
particularly Mr.. Lloyd Georges mas
terstrpke In calling together all the
Z correspondents representing the press