The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-19
THINK GENOA
PARLEY SAVED
FROM FAILURE
Delegates Go Forward With
Work With Germans Barred
From Participation in Delib.
erations on Russia.
ARE DRAFTING REPLY
fBy Associated Press.l 5


GENOA, April 19.-Dr Walter Rath
enau, the German foreign minister
conferred with Prime Minister Lloyt
George of Great Britain and Foreign
Minister Chicherin of Russia today re
garding the barring of the Germans
from the Russian commission of tht
conference. The Germans will prob
ably submit a formal reply tonight tc
the allied note on this subject.
Many other informal conferences
were held with legal experts of the
various delegations in an effort t
bring out the exact scope of the en-
tente note.
GENOA. April 19-The Genoa con.
ference apparently has been saved
For the last two days 1t had been tot
ering on theh edge of collapse due ia
indignation of some of the more i'm.
portant leaders over the, action of The
Germans and Russian in secretly con
cluding treaty covering the principal
and most delicate points under consid
Grafton by the eonferees
Now, however, the delegates are to
90 forward with their work but the
Germans are barred from participating
IN all deliberations concerning the
Russian question. This penalty was
laid down in note of censure sent
| to the Berlin delegation yesterday aft.
er all day consideration of the situa.
| tlon by representatives of the five in.
| viting powers and the little entente.
Statement of Note
| While the, conference was sitting
and while Germany was represented
on the commission and sub-commis
sion charged with the negotiations OF
/ european peace with Russia, said the
fnote. "the German representatives on
the commission have behind the backs
! of their colleagues. concluded in sec
ret treaty with Russia on the very
| questions which they had undertaken
| to consider in loyal conjunction with
representatives of the other nations. -
| Whether Germany will continue at
the conference is problematical, but
her delegates are engaged in drafting
a reply to the note of censure, and it
is thought that. while protesting their
debarment from the commissions
dealing with Russian affairs, they will
be content to remain
Their reply is expected to make
has power to bar them, and in this
they are supported by the neutral ma
tions, headed by Denmark, whose del
egates already have protested to the
conference leaders.
Not Secret, Claim
Furthermore, Dr. Walter Rathenau,
German foreign minister, maintains
the conversations with Russia were
not secret as he says prime minister
Lloyd George of Great Britain was
notified last week, through another
member of the British delegation that
the Germans could not agree to the
program contained in the report of the
allied experts, and were forced to
negotiate with Russia direct"
The Germans were pleased with the
section of the report regarding Ger
many which states that the burden to
be placed on the German nation should
not be SO great as to destroy its power
of production and declares that Ger
many's reparations contribution
should be extended over longer per
iods so as not to endanger her bank
ruptcy
1t was understood the report would
be considered at the meeting today of
the sub-commission on currency.
Impressed by Warning.
The conference delegates were I'm
pressed by the words of warning con-
cerning the financial situation in Etl-
rope set forth in the report of the
special board of eminent experts.
Hopes were voiced today that an In
ternttional monetary convention with
the United States represented as sug-
gested by the experts would soon be
convened to examine the financial po-
sition of the. whole world and to rec
ommend to whom the necessary assist
acne should be given.
The board declared that victors and
vanquished in the late war must find
means of counteracting the growth In
the volume of outstanding money and
government obligations an dts con
comitant, the constant increase In
: prices. They insisted that unless
: remedies like increased production
; and taxation were applied, the depre-
, citation in money would wipe out the
: savings of the past, and lead to grad
iual haDkrlIDtcv and anarchy in E,I.