The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-25
WILL NOT ENTER
FINANCE PARLEY
Second World Conference
Too Close to Harding
Meeting, u. S. View
SOVIET IN BAD HERE
Uncle Sam Doesn't Fancy Be
ing Placed on Equal Foot
ing With Present Russia

wAsHGNGTON. Jan gi-- TN,
Genoa economic conference. schod
ulcd TO meet ON March and discuss
measures for the economic uu,
financial rehabilitation OF Europe
will, In all probability bo postponed
II was predicted to-day 10y European
delegations attending the armament
conference.
LONDON, Jan - Officials al
the British foricgu offic" expressed
keen disappointment when informed
this afternoon by the lntornntinua|
News Service that tho United Slatct
government Is opposed 10 active
participation I'm tho Genoa confer.
cncc n u g. held before the decision,
of the Washington conference are
finally passed upon by tho American
tenHtc.
WAsHlNGTON. Jan gi.--Presi
dent Harding and his advisers have
Informally conveyed 10 European
statesman ln Washington that the
United states does not look with
lavor at this time on the Genoa eco
uomlc conference. achodulcd for
March s, invitations for which have
already beon Issued by the Italian
government.
This fact led to/ predictions I'm
european quarters today that tho
conference win bo called off or post
ponod until somo later date.
a member OF the Italian delegation
said the conference on March q. ap.
peared "impracticable" at This time
and predicted postponcment.
American Money the Cause?
hA 4 n
impractlcnbility" OF tho meeting
were not made clear, 1t In understood
tho American GOODNESS toward the
parley IN at tho root of the matter
President Harding has discussed d
the Italian invitation with his cahi-
net on several occasions and more
recently with republican senators
The conferees are said to have de-
Neloped marked antaRonism 10 the
plan. This has been communicated ID
TO the European statesmen and IN
return said TO have been communi-
Gated to their governments.
Thc Italian delegates said APP
parently the Genoa conference was
treading too closely on the heels OF
The Washington conference. This is
one of the principal objections
raised by administration officialst
that the Genoa meeting of March
VIII be held before It Is possible tc
view the results of the Washington
conference as whole.
Wants Treaties Ratified.
Discussion between Prcsiden
Harding and hls advisers also has de
veloped a unanimity OF belief thn
the administration should SEQ tn
conference treaties ratified by tn
United States senate before commit
Ting the nation to another inter
national conference.
IL was pointed out to the preslden
by some republican senator's that I
might become embarrassing for tn,
American delegates at Genoa to un
dertake commitments IN the nam,
~ the United States while the atti
tude OF the senate still was in doub
on the results of the last conference
Russia Not ~ Tayoritc.
The agenda and personnel for til,
Genoa meeting also have not beer
entirely 10 Americas liking Their,
~ marked aversion on the part %
some high officials of the admins
tration toward dealing with sovie
Russia as an equal around com
mon conference table. This Is hcl,
10 he particularly 30 To Secretary o
state Hughes and to Secretar,
OF Commerce Hoover. who bcliev
the United states should continu
it's policy OF nonintervcntlou in an,
noncontact with the government q
Lenine and Trotsky II would caus