The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-11
Genoa Conference COnvenes; United
 States Absent

Genoa. April 11.-Representativ of more than 40 nations, including Russia but minus the United States, were here today prepared for the mic Conference, regarded here as the most momentous assembly since the Versailles peace deliberations.
 All eyes are upon Russia, for 1t Is participated in world affairs since the overthrow of Kerensky's provisional government in the spring of 1917. After more than four years of experi- Russian Premier, has abandoned much of what he previously consid- cred essential to Bolshevism and has consented to participate in a confer ence called by ''capitalistic nations"
 On the ground that the gathering will be political rather than economic, invitation to send representatives,. The American people, Secretary Hughes said in declining the invita- ton. are anxious to assist Europe in recovering it's economic life but feel that they cannot involve themselves in European politics.
 Decision to call the Genoa confer ence was reached by the Allied Su- prene Council meeting at Cannes early in January. Rapidly diminish ing European exchange, billions of dollars in unpaid debts, German re- paradons, necessity of reconstructing
 
 ton and hope that the United States would lend itself as a stabilizing inf1u- ence constituted the pressure behind this decision.
 Germany, represented in a passive capacity in nearly all European con ferenceS since Versailles, is expected to play a more active part at Genoa. Many observers even go so far as to predict that Great Britain and Ger many will dominate the assembly by working hand in hand for the saliva os.. E,,,l the resurrection of their markets in the east and south.
 Briefly, the conference will seek to accomplish some means for the grant ing or extension of foreign credits to the most enfeebled countries and will then attempt to set up machinery for assuring such foreign capital that the fruits of it's investment will not be lost.
 The resolution calling the confer ence sets forth that the nations of Europe cannot presume to dictate to one another the principles under which they must conduct their inter nal affairs but adds that foreign capi- tai cannot be expected to come in un- less the nations recognize all obliga- tions and public debts previously con tracted or to be contracted in the future, agree to indemnify all foreign interests for loss which has been caused through the conf1scation of property and establish legal punish ment to assure the impartial execu- ton of all commercial or other con- tracts.
 The resolution also suggests that the nations ought to have a convenient means of exchanges; that all nations should agree to abstain from propa- ganda subversive of the political sys- tenn in other countries and that all nations take O common engagement to abstain from aggression on their neighbors-
 Regarding Russia. the resolution concludes:
 If the Russian government claims official recognition in order to assure development of it's commerce, the AL lied powers can according the same only upon acceptance of the foregoing stipulations."
 It was Russia and the question of her participation in the Genoa meet in Premier Briand's sudden decision to return to Paris and lay the Cannes deliberations before the Chamber of Deputies in the hope of receiving a and eloquent speech, he suddenly an- nounced his resignation and was suc- ceeded by Premier Poincare, who formed a new cabinet.
 France was fiatly against permit ting Russia to enter the Genoa con- ference without the imposition of ad- vance restrictions on the subjects the Rolsheviki would be allowed to intro duce, while England was willing that Russia should participate without re- iG the resolution as applying to all nations.
 Prime Minister Lloyd George also exre rienced something of a flare back from British political leaders, with the Genoa conference and its Russian question entering into the difficulty. The Prime Ministers desire to carry through the Cannes program