New-York tribune., 1922-06-26
Russians Expected to Think
Only of Credits. Wlrile
Other Nations Aim TO sal
wage Debts and Property
No One Ready to Lend
Absence of Tchitcherin and
Krassin and Red Gains
i'm Moscow Mar Chances
By Wilbur + Forrest
sp.e.ai Coble % To-, Trbur'


,ioral conference ever began with
poorer prospects for succe" than mat
which begins tomorrow between me
EUROPEAN powers and the Russians. 10
tho opinion OF observers here to-right
After ten days preliminary sessions
Of the powers the gathering which the
Genoa conference decided should start
tomorrow now awaits only the arrival
Of The Communists
Put tonight il was obvious that The
stage for the meeting was not only not
set. but that the play was not yet writ
ten. The real plot of the rlay will al
rive tomorrow In the baggage oi INC
Soviets' delegation. and from this the
rowers must decide with what words
thcv desire 20 interspersc The lyrics'
The real point 20 the plot lies IN the
Russian attitude which. according 20
all signs. centers entirely on GREATS
frcn the powers TO tho Moscow gov
eminent. This or nothing seems the
eest way 20 forecast the Russian att
fude. although the powers must await
the arrival Of the Red delegation 10
know this officially
No Nation Ready TO Lend
On the other hand the powers cen
ter their interests on TWO other topics
which come within the scope Of the
conference-ihe fate o. private prop.
ertv in Russia and the payment Of
Russian debts. II IS certain that not
even England. which i' here with n
business program, ~ going 20 advance
money 10 the Moscow regime. Not a
single European nation represented
here will lend the Russians money.
Thus. with the lines so FAR drawn on
he Russian attitude regarding private
property and debts. the real plot o.
The Hague play appears.
Georg Tchitcherin, Soviet Foreign
Minister. who WAS certainly leaning
away from Soviet principles AZ Genoa
until curbed from Moscow. remains IN
Berlin. not certain Of his position.
Leonid Krassiu. trade envoy, who has
been in close contact with representa-
tvcs Of the powers az their Own capt
tails. is not included in The Hague
delegation. The third and more obvious
indication that the Soviets are coming
20 The Hague with an inheXible de-
termination is the persistent report
from Moscow that the government
there has swung radically 20 the left
since The elimination o. Lenine
Reds Demand Money
The Russians want money and with
out 10 the Soviet principles on private
property and debts will stand.
Three attitudes among the powers
might be cited 20 show wny the pre-
lminarv conferences have been unable
10 set the stage The French atti-
tudc simply is that nothing can be
expected from this conference, al
though France wants 10 be an amiaole
witness. The British attitude Is that
while general sgreemen. with Russia
appcars 70 be impossible there Is some
thing 90 be done FOR private enterprise
IN that country. The Belgians have
changed since the Genoa conference
when thev stood out against the Rus
sian refusal 20 return private property
N Cattier. the Brussels banker, be-
cause Of mis- govcrnm .nt's attitude, Is
now the mead % the Belgian delegs
tion.
Aside from their stake in oil. 10 is
known that the Belgian interests expect
20 salvage more than twenty street
railway systems in Russia, worth about
10000 900 900 francs. owned By cor
poration OF which Baron Empain,
Brussels multi millionaire is head
The interests Of the other powers ARD
smaller. but there is TO unity among
them. In fact. there seems 10 be some
fear that The Hague may become tn'
RspallO Of the North Sea
Remarks 10 this effect evidently were
caused By proof after the FIRST few ses
sions that the powers were each IN
terested differently in Russia and tina
the hope for results from the Hague
conference did not rest IN genera
agreement with the Soviets. but foi
private arrangements made possible FOL
each government
Oil an Important Factor
OIL again becomes the potent sub
ject. Representatives o. the STANDARD
OIL and the Dutch oil corporations arr
already on the ground As is Adolpi
Iofe. the Soviet representative mos
interested IN oil. who arrived severa
days ago Baron Won Malzahn. authol
Of the RapAllo treaty as drawn UP ir
Germany before being made known a.
Genoa rs secretly a. The Hague. stay
ing with the German Legation and look
ING after his country's interests in IN,
oil deals mere in view Of the Russo
German treaty. French and Swedish
oil representatives also are here.
Although the Genoa resolution pre-
c.udcs any actual signing OF agree
ments between governments. there il
nothing 10 interfere with their nation
ais taking options and in framing po
tential agreements. According TO pres
ent indications there will be far mor'
important business outside the Peac,
Palace than there will be inside.
The Russians are expected to ar
rive tomorrow ~ noon and the frs
business sessions will probably begir
on Tuesday.