The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-05-18
GENOA MEETING
IS NEARING END
SLAM PROPOSED TO ADJOURN
ECONOMIC FARLEY TO RE-
CONVENE AT THE HAGUE
a.ve Believed to Be An Effort to
induce the United States Govern
ment TO Participate In
Further Meetings

Genoa.-The Genoa economic con.
,erence will be reconvened on June
Is at The Hague n discuss Russian
cuestions, II the plan agreed to Sun.
day afternoon at private conference
Of the inviting powers be accepted by
The subcommlsslon on Russian affairs.
The decision to postpone action rel.
alive to Russia is prompted largely
BIZ the desire OF the European powers
10 induce the United States to partl.
clpate. and apparently is merely a
means of dissolving the Genoa con-
ference without admitting that the
differences between France and Great
Britain regarding treatment of Rus.
sian problems cannot be reconcIied
In Genoa.
Sir Edward Grlgg announced that
this compromise plan suggested by
Premier Lloyd George had been &C.
cepted by the inviting powers and will
be passed on by the subcommIssion
on Russian affairs.
Only vague details are given az TO
how the proposed commission or com.
missions to discuss the Russian cues
Ito Will be formed at The Hague, and
the entire scheme seems to he still
IN the twilight zone, awaiting Amer.
ica's decision whether she will help
Europe straighten out the tangle.
Sir Edward added that all the DOW.
ers attending the Genoa conference
will be asked to send representatives
to The Hague, where they will ngree
upon members OF the commission who
are to sit with the Russian represen.
tatiyes.
Present at the meeting at Mr.. Lloyd
Georges villa in addition TO the Brit.
fish prime minister, were NJ. Barthou.
OF France, Foreign Minister Schan.
ger, Italy; Viscount Ishli, Japan, and
NJ. Jaspar. Belgium. After the moril-
Ing session Mr.. Lloyd George said that
considerable progress had been made
toward effecting compromise Of the
commission or commissions proposed
by the consideration Of Russian fin.
ances.
AT the conclusion of the afternoon
session 1t was announced that the
meeting had satisfactorily settled all
business submitted" 1t was agreed to
ascertain whether the United States
was inclined to participate In the COM
mission and that no separate agree
ments should be concluded with Russia
pending the work OF the commission
which must report within three
months.
A proposal for a nonaggression truce
on a reciprocal basis during the labors
OF the commission also was adopted.
In his statement on the proposed
mixed commission. Sir Edward Grigg
explained that 1t was practically I'm.
possible for all the powers in the con-
ference to have representatives conse.
quently they would designate limited
number to handle Russian affairs Just
as was done at Genoa, and that the
Russians doubtless would be allow cd
more members In their panel than any
"'ner power would have In the mixed
panel.
In the meantime truce will opernte
ana all the nations are to refrain from
making separate agreements with Rus
sia.
The economic conference seemingly
VIII last only a few days longer. Sew.
sral delegates declared Sunday that
'nis week would probably bring 1t TO
a close.
-Four months will be the maximum
time Of the truce suggested in con-
nectlon with Russian affairs. The pro-
posed plan Of The Hague meeting pro-
"des that a decision must be rendered
within three months of June 2026, and
an additional month will be allowed
within which the powers may reject
OF ratlfy the decision. Consequently
october 20 will be the extreme limit OF
the truce.