South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-17
GENOA FARLEY
PREPARING TO
END SESSIONS
Final Meeting Will Probably
Be Held Next Saturday or
Monday at Latest,
AWAIT SOvIETS' REPLY
Conference Shows No DISPOSE
ton to Hasten Answer to
The Hague Invitation.

GENOA. May 16.-Further ap-
reals probably will be made TO the
United States by the allied powers
IN an endeavor 10 induce that coun-
try 20 take part in the meeting OF
the commission OF experts at the
Hague June Is. The inviting pow
ers. England Japan. France. Italy
and Belgium. held a meeting Tues
Sday afternoon 10 consider the mat
- further.
The French delegates are anxious
to have the closing plenary session
OF the economic conference on
Thursday. but this is considered
impossible as there is no disposition
TO hurry the Russians in making
their final reply regarding The
Hague conference, and 10 seems
likely that the closing session Will
not be held before Saturday or
Monday. Wednesday morning the
Russians Will reassemble with the
sub-commission on political affairs
90 discuss plans for the Hague.
The inviting powers decided that
the eastern Galician and Lithu-
anian boundary questions would not
be consid cred at this time Mr..
LLOYD George declared that these
two questions we're a great source
of danger TO Europe; one could
not say whether there might be
trouble this year o. next but the
questions must be treated eventual
" although IL was inadvisable to
press consideration now that there
was the proba bility of a truce. He
hoped the Lithuanian question
which had been referred TO the
League OF Nations, would be taken
in hand by that body
Hungary and Bulgaria were per-
mitted 10 present petitions for bet
ter treatment Of minorities. Bull
garia was not permitted TO submit
. statement pleading for port on
the Aegean sea as Il was held that
\ Shis was a question for considera-
{tion BY the signatories of the treaty
OF Neuilly.
The powers decided TO have the
conference make an urgent appeal
TO Europe 70 support the anti-epid-
emic campaign. a proposal 10 make
the Red Cross the official machin-
cry for dealing with famine and
epidemics was deemed not a proper
matter for the conference 20 con
slider and was referred TO the
League OF Nations.
RuSSo-Jap Clash
NJ Tchitcherin's clash with Nis-
count Ishu at the morning session
attracted much attention and there
IS some speculation as TO whether
Il Will be continued when the same
sub-commission reasse mbles with
the Russians Wednesday. Tchit-
cherin issued a statement setting
forth his side of the controversy
which was provoked by his declara-
ZION that Russia never would permit
the far eastern republic TO be con-
verted into a Japanese colony and
that Russia would protect it ana
AL other allied republics against
foreign attack
The discussion opened with the
question OF interpreting what the
present boundaries" means in the
proposed q agreement for The Hague
meeting. i'm which the powers agree
10 preserve the existing status quo.
NJ. TChitCherin said that the pro-
posed agreement referred only 10
Russia. but he wished it understood
that II was implied that a nouag-
gression undertaking must be ex-
Intended 10 the far eastern republic
Band other allied republics
After Viscount Ishii had declared
that only states invited 10 Genoa
could participate I'm the conference
and that Japan was forced 10 keep
troops In Siberia 20 protect her
self against -.iasSacres. such as had
occurred al Nikolaievsk Tchitcherin
charged that the troops at Nikolai-
evsk had violated the armistice and
provoked the clash which resulted
IN many deaths on both sides Tchit-
cherin hotly discussed the Dairen
conference. In which he said the
Japaa esse representative made 50
much Of this deplorable Nikolai-
evslc incident and used & as "a pre-
text 20 demand that the Japanese
representative had made the eva
cuation o. VladfvostoR contingent
upon complete diSmanling or all
Notifications
At this point Pres't Facta inter
coded and suggested that the DIS
cussion Was not serving any prac-
teal purpose OF the Genoa confer
ence. ". Tchitcherin summed up
hs statement then by giving def
fnite warning that any attack on
any republic allied 70 Russia could
automatically bring about a state
or war with Russia.
The conference has steadily TAX
en- the position that Il - dealing
with European affairs exclusively
and has barred from consideration
AL questions relating 20 Armenia.
Azerbaijan: Georgia and the far
eastern retubIic as they are regard
81 as Asiatic
SEES PROSPERITY.