New-York tribune., 1922-04-23
New Note TO Teutons In
sists Reply to Previous
UItimatum Be Clarified
Into Full Acquiescence
BartIlou Declares
Victory Complete
Belief Expressed at Genoa
That Fate of BRAND
Now Menaces Poincarc
By Wilbur F orrest


Copyright. 1922. New York T-.nJro
GENOA, April 22.-The AHed
powers at the economic conference
tonight prevented the disruption of
the gathering and the withdrawal o.:
the French delegation by drafting a
new note to Germany asking claria-
cation of an ambiguous paragraph
in the reply of the Berlin delegate
yesterday in which they agreed 10
withdraw from further participation
in discussions Of Russian affairs a.
Genoa.
France was aroused last night
over what was regarded a. an q,
tempt by Germany to outwit tae
Allies and get in on future discu
sions of both Russia and Gcrmany's
war bill to the Allies, despite tie
Germans supposed withdrawal Pre-
mier Poincare in Paris i1forn.oe
Louis Barthou, chief Of The Fronc
delegation here. that he must PFC
vent such a possibility on return
home at once. Barthou inmediatc
dispatched to Premier Facta #
Italy, chairman Of the conference.
note setting forth Frances pos
ton and her specific objections T.
the German reply.
Powers Draft New Note
Facta this morning called IN ro2-
Of experts and later met LLOYD Goorge
and Barthou in private conferences
Tonight Mt gathering o. tho chic
delegates of the ten allied and a soci-
ated powers. note to German "a
drafted which announced that the Allies
understood Germany's answer .c-t-.-
day TO mean that the Berlin deiegst..
would not in the future taAe any
part IN any discussion at Gc1or
the subjects of Russia and repaIlIoia
France feared tnat Germany rep"
not mean just that This note viii rs
handed to the Germans to-mOrrow aI..
it has been formally approved IT e-
other meeting of the Allies
By sending the note to other Allies
backed up Frances position. md mace
1t clear that the subjects forbidden is
the Cannes resolutions reparaticr
and treaties-could not be injected
the Germans into the discussion
matter from what angle
The points raised by Barthou In his
communication to Facta, and which az.
OF by the new Allied note. are
these:
The German Yeply vas not zatis.ac.
tory because in the Russo ,3erpas
treaty the Versailles Ireaty IS vio-
lated The Versailles document tor-
bade Germany to dispose OF propcrt
in Russia except to the Allied Repara-
tion Commission. The German rlply
made no attempt to justify this dis.
crcpancy.
Cannes Program Violated
Although the Germans accept !
from the Russian comm
tee, this did not prevent the Bcllit
delegates from bringing pressure -
bear on the Allies to reuounce debts
owed them by Russia. This violate
the Cannes program.
The controversy Simmerod down tos
question of exactly what times the Ger
mans might sit OF the Russian commis-
sion. The German view. as Interpreted
by Barth ou, was that the Berlin DEL.
gates could take part in discussion o.
any Russian question which was not
covered by the Russo German treaty.
The French view. Barthou expiaincd
was that Germany should not sit in the
commission when any phase Of the
Russian question was being considered
The latter was unquestionably the un-
derstanding far as most of the Al
lied delegates were concerned. but the
French thought that Germanys reply
did not make this point clear
The British, Italian and other dele
gates had understood the German reply
as a complete concession to the Allied
point of view, but the French did no
so interpret the German answer. They
regarded it as evasive and ambiguous.
Poincare, faced by a political storm a.
home, notified Barthou that it must b.
made TO appear that the French pos
ton has been justified completely, de
spite the fact that the Russo German
treaty was concluded under the very
noses of the Allies
When the storm broke last night il
was rumored that the withdrawal %
the French delegation was imminent
but after the Allied note had been dis
patched tonight II was apparent that
the Paris delegates were entirely salts
fed with the situation. The tendency
in German circles to regard the treaty
incident as closed and TO refuse to take
up the controversy again was not re-
garded as disquieting, as it is general
NS'iSNeu lHdl III eiaOoTatfnE tneir nrSe
answer the Germans will accede com
pletely TO the Allied demands
Action Satisfies Barthou
Barthou was in a jovial mood to-
night after the note to Germany had
been dispatched, and he immediately
telegraphed the French Premier that he
had been successful. Tomorrow Poin-
care is expected to issue formal state
20 . l. IL
Frances rights at the conference have
been well defended.
The French complaints were con
sidered in detail at the meeting of the
chief delegates of ten powers this
afternoon Bartho1 made shor,
speech explaining his note and thc
reasons why France thought the Ge.
man note was unacceptabls Lloyd