New-York tribune., 1922-06-12
British Reject
French Plan
To Bar Reds

HAGUE conference unostentatiously and
allow T. % grow. II II can. into some
tf'rg really worth while concerning
ffc reconstruct Of Russia and per-
hars all Europe.
The editor OF the POST" stops long
enough to indulge IN an ironical fling
&C Hollands plight. due 90 her appre-
Gated currency and high prices. which
he says shut out foreign visitors and
pTc'cnt an economic recovery. 1--WE
car have champagne and cigars later,
when The Hague conference has
achieved results and brought us nearer
t0 peace and revival Of our lost
prosperity the editor declares.
Nothing Possible without u. s.
This same clamor for economic
amclioration is heard everywhere
throughout Europe. and it's echoes
roach the Dutch capital. Everybody
seems anxious 20 relieve the economic
situation in Europe. Virtually every
leader responsible for his country
~olls~c knows something definite must
hc done TO right the economic ma
chincry, and admits nothing can be
consummatcd until the United States
londs a hand
Tho Dutch editors express the opin-
.on that by keeping politics as far as
rosgiblc outside The Hague meeting
.hcro is hope that there will be an
advancement in the practical work be,
Gun at Genoa, which eventually VIII
bring about obtaining the cooperation
o.! tho United States.
Schcvcningen, the Atlantic City OF
tho Netherlands. Is attracting a ma
,oritv OF the delegations which will
.ttcnd the conference, which begins
next Thursday. They prefer the seaside.
With its surf bathing. 10 the civic calm
of Tho Hague. The Peace Palace
which will be the scat Of the confer
oncc. is half way between The Hague
and Scheveningen. The Russian Boi-
shevik delegation has reserved an en-
tire wing in Orange Hotel overlooking
the North Sea. They desire eh'lIe
privacy. The government mas an
oounccd its readiness to proViue
Guards for the Russians.
Among the other delegations when
,yili stav AZ Scheveningcn Will be tne
british. Danish and japanese, who VIII
he chartered in the Palace Hotel :
tbo italians. who will have suites IN
The Grand Hotel, and the Belgians'
who will reside in the hurhans'
Delegates Of Smaller Powers
Hollands delegates 20 the confer
once will be Junkheer Snouck hur-
cronie and Professor A. A. II. Struy-
ken: those OF Belgium will be Pro,
S@ssor Felician Gather, VI. Galopin and
~ Wittmur. Switzerland will be rep,
resented by her Foreign Minister ana
Professor Tendury.
All varieties Of opinions are reach
ing The Hague concerning the indus.
trial and commercial possibilities OF
Pussia. Private companies in many
capitals Of Europe and some IN Amer.
can cities are alleged TO have signed
,mportant contracts for reoponing
trade in exchange for concessions
The European contracts are largely
based on the conviction that Russia
gradually will "come back" German
, business leaders have expressed the
opjn.on that nothing real can be ac-
complished in Russia until the present
railroads arc restored and new lines
built. These improvement, 1t Is de-
clared will require American as
sistance.
"But who will build the Russian rail-
roads when the probability remains OF
the Soviet government selling them =
said one Of the German leaders to-day