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REPLY0FCERMkVS
S(;OiEO BY ALLIES
RotUt9 Justification Of Treaty
With Russia.
MUTE SENT TO DELEGATION
Document Signed by ENJOYS OF Tel
Powers S;cnatory to the Versai
les treaty.

Document Signed by ENJOYS or 81
Powers S;enatory to the Versaii
les Treaty.
Genoa; April II The text % l.tt
nnge sen; the chairman at The Ger
nun delegation after tie meeting
Of The delegates ot the Zen powers
si.na,ory Ia the Versailles treaty,
which WAS convened 10 discuss The
French protest against He German
nolc nu April u. follows;
The undersigned desire TO ack-
nowled@e HE receipt of Your repl,
to Their note Of April IS, indicating
the attitude that they felt bound tt
adopt in view OF the treaty conclHd
ed by the German and Russian dele
CATIONS.
They note with satisfaction l!'A.
the German delegation realizes lilv
conclusion Of 4 separate treaty VIII.
Russia ON matters falling within HE
purview of this conference renders
undesirable that That delegati nE
should participate III The future in
lllt uiSCuSSlbtl III tIle NtIittii ibilS vi
an agreement between Rns>.a an
the various countries represented in
Che conference.
Tim undersigned would have i,rr-
feTred t" refrain from further cor
rrspnudrnce on the subject. There
are. however. certain statements il
your letter which they feel ii the!
duty to correct.
Your letter suggests that the Ge"-
man delegation has been forced isi
cnuclude Il separate agreement vii
Russia by the refusal of the met.
hers Of the delegations of the inyii
ing powers uu consider grievOus d.I
ticu,r~ which the proposals forino-
! lu1eC by their experts III London
would have created for GERMANY.
The undersigned representatives
OF The inviting powers have ma!:'
Inquiries of ihe members Of the.
respective delegations and find nn
shadow of Justification for This s,a e
/ ueIt; ON various occasions mem
bars nf The German delegation have
mel and talked with members Of litt
DELEGATIONS of the inviting powers.
buI never has il been suggested thai
he London proposals afforded no
basis for discussion in the confer.
encr and thar The German delega
To-: WIS about 10 conclude Sepas
Dc treaty with Russia.
''ihr allegation that fhe infornia:
, 1;~,.~>"n> with The Russians on the
subfIci Of recognition of debts eX-
/ posed The delegation TO the risk 81;
bong confronted With a scheme uu-
&, rptabIe to Germany, but already
approved by a majority of the mem
! rt..~ Of the commission is equally
+ UIfnunQed. No scheme would, or
! COuld. have been accepted by the
conference without the fullest OPP
portunity for discussion in compe.
/ tent committees and subcommittee
| and in these Germany has been rep
resented on q footing with the OH,
er powers.
A misconceptiOn of the scope .!
the experts proposals or misun-
! Outstanding OF the Informal CONVEX
! sationS with the Russians might
we'll have justified request for fnli
! discussion in the committees OF The.
conference. They thn provide no
! Justification for the action which is
/ now being taken, and the under.
! signed can only regret that your note
| should have attempted in this way 10
! impose on the other powers the re-
! sp"nsibility for Il proceeding so con-
trary 10 the spirit of loyal co-opara
( ton. which Is essential TO the restor.
alton Of Europe.
| 'rhe undersigned expressly reserve
for their governments the rights to
| declare null and void any clauses in
| tie Russo-German treaty which may
| l." recognized as contrary to existing
treatieS. The incident may now lie
| regarded as closed
| Please accept, Mr.. President. The
assurance of our. high consideration. .
! The note is signed by the represen-
talive> Of the big and little entei.ta
ana Portugal.
! y review of the first fortnight of thp
| economic conference shows to what
extent political considerations seem
ingly have completely oyershadoweti
| the economic problem for which lhe.
| conference was cOnyoked.
The German-Russian treaty threw
| III" whole conference into an atInoS-
| phere Of doubt and suspicion and Re
| awakened all the old fears of the Eu.
| ropean states that secret alliances
were being formulated, endangerino
tht peace Of Europe. France led in
| the movement of rebellion against the
political cremation of the conclavc
| because France plainly fears a Ger
man-kusslan economic rapproche-
mcnt means the beginning of a mill
| tarF alliance between the two mos
nopulnuS countries of Europe.