The New York herald., 1922-04-17
GENOA DELEGATES
REST. OVER EASTER
Showers Spoil Excursions That
Were Planned for Noted
Visitors.

Special Gable TO THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, By THE NEW YORK HERALD.
GENOA, April 16.-caster brought a
lull in the work of the conference.
Premier Lloyd George aftsr attending
services at the English church looked
in at the Catholic cathedral, being at
tracted by what he had heard about
the fine choir and organ. People assem-
bled on the steps of the church and
cheered Justify as the Prime Minister
left. Even the Bolsheviks observed
Easter. as owing to the reform calendar
the. Russian Easter coincidci with the
western Easter. Tomorrow also will be
a holiday.
The Italians considerably arranged
excursions to beauty spots along the
coast for the delegates and journalists
but the excursions were spoiled by un-
usual showers. This breathing space Is
a Godsend to the journalists as well as
the delegates who took part in the ex-
haustive conversations the last two
days.
Yesterdays conversations at Mr..
Lloyd Georges villa ended tamely and
will be resumed Tuesday. Despite the
fact that M. Rakovsky said that the
Russians were plenipotentiaries, Tchit-
cherin yesterday wanted to refer mat
ters to Moscow. Everybody agreed, but
the French commented on the delay that
would be caused il all delegates thus
referred frequently to the home Gov
ernment. The members of the political
commission who are not engaged in
these Lloyd Georgian conversations de-
clare that they also could elucidate
various points raised in the Lloyd
Georgian conversations, the Germans
being especially competent to discuss
a.. to- e.. flxa
private property confiscated in Russia,
as they held much.
The question of private property Is
thorny and complicated. For example,
foreign mine owners whose mines have
been flooded will want compensation,
but. the Russians say that they will not
give compensation, but will grant con-
cession for new. mine. Confiscated
factories may now form link In
chain Of Soviet factories and cannot be
removed. The nationalized railways
also form a difficulty. The Russians
may refuse to return them.
The Russian delegates have plenipo-
tentiary powers signed by Kalenin and
not Lenine. which has caused some quesr
tions to be asked by the commission
charged with the verification of the Gre
dentials OF the delegates. Kalenin. how
ever. is the president OF the Central
Executive Committee of the Soviet,
which committee constitutes according
to the Bolshevik law the true central
governmental authority from which the
council. peopled with commissars OF
which Lenine is President, derives its
existence.
The Bolshevihs made a smart attempt
to prove the Allies were responsible
through intervention and blockade for
the present plight OF Russia and that
therefore instead of Russia paying Eu-
rope Russia should be paid huge COM
pensation by Europe. The Allies replied
BY pointing to the losses caused them
by prolongation of the war owing to the
Brest-Litovsk peace. A Russian mora
torium for five years was suggested
The Russians also are trying to put in
intervention compensation claims against
the allied claims for confiscated private
property. The result of Yesterdays CON
versations shows that there are no in
superable obstacles to the recognition OF
prewar debts. The question is how and
when they are to be paid
Rakovsltys explanations are taking a
curious turn, horrifying to italian Com
munists. but satisfactory to the non-
Bolsheviki Rakovsky says: There are
Communists in Russia, but no commun-
ISM" and tries to prove that Russia
is a peaceful normal and perfectly re-
spectacle bourgeoise Government. desir-
ing only a bourgeois economic peace"
Rakovsky has also distributed bro
chure. entitled, individual and Pro-
perietoriai Rights Of the Citizens of the
Soviet Russian Republic. This work
gives frightful picture Of Russia
present misery and an Italian publicist
who read il said IL might have been
written by a Czarist or a Frenchman
as an awful warning Of the ruin wrought;
in Russia by Bolshevism.
This brochure said that Russia re-
turned to the regime of bourgeois capl-
talst economy in March. 1921. that right
Of private property was restored. the
foreigners can get all the concessions
they want and that their safety is care
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