Evening star., 1922-04-12
RUSSIANS AMAZED
BY ALL|EDSCHEME
TOREFORM SOVIET
Proposals of Experts Sent to
Genoa Would Ruin Com
munism, They Say.
LLOYD GEORGE EXPECTED
TO ADVOCATE ARMY CUTS
Reported Planning Program With
Land Armament Reduction
as Its Aim.
BY the Associated Press

| By the Associated Press
| GENOA, April 1.-THE Russian So
Wet delegation to the economic con-
| ference is staggered and amazed at
the sweeping political changes in the
| soviet government suggested in the
| report of the allied experts on Rus
| STA. now before the subcommission in
| trusted with formulating plans for
Russian reconstruction.
Lenin, Trotsky. Chitcherin and other
of the bolshevik leaders have repeat
| edly said that the recognition of
Russia's old debts would be a subject
| for negotiations looking toward the
| recognition of the soviet republic.
| The demands embodied in the report
| for general recognition of the rights
of personal property and better pro-
lection for foreigners contemplate
changes in the soviet government.
however. which would in the opinion
of the Russian delegation. as ex-
pressed today, wipe out communism
| utterly and impair the sovereignty OF
| the Russian government.
Lloyd George Plans Action.
Prime Minister Lloyd George OF
| Great Britain contemplates sug-
gesting an agreement for limita-
| ton of land ornaments in Europe for
definite period. according to an un-
verified report, before the adjournment
of the present international economic
conference. The army holiday" 1t is
thought, will be patterned after the
naval holiday completed at the Wash
ineton conference.
| Disarmament continues to be the most
| discussed question among the delegates
| here. although barred from formal con-
| sideration following the initial tilt be-
4 tween the French and Russian delega-
| tions when NJ. Chitcherin, soviet foreign.
! minister, endeavored to bring it before
| the conference.
French View Unchanged.
The statement of Louis Barthou, head
of the French delegation. to the Asso-
sciated Press yesterday, explaining why
France cannot discuss disarmament at
Genoa will probably remain the basis
| of the French attitude on this Ques-
ton, despite the attempts Of the Rus
sian delegation or other national groups
to raise the issue.
| This is a purely economic confer
ence" said the French leader last
night, again emphasizing Frances
position, "and We have simply got TO
stick to our agenda as America did
at Washington; otherwise We will get
| nowhere"
| Asked if France would be disposed
| to discuss disarmament at some later
| conference, NJ Barthou replied: "1f
| I wanted to say the easy, pleasant
| thing. my answer would be yes, and
yet the real answer Of France is, we
don't know.
Cites Army in Russia.
Don't forget that we have before
US q great army in Russia, and, while
| Germany certainly is not a menace at
present. we have a menace in the
potentially great German army Of the
future. You have perhaps observed
| the anodyne texture of the German
| chancellor's speech before the Genoa
| conference We do not know what
! Germany will do, but 1 can say this
my latest official reports from Paris
do not indicate that Germany is in
i a tractable spirit concerning the vital
matters embodied in the Versailles
| treaty"
NJ. Barthou emphasized that a dis
armament program is now under con-
sideration by the league of nations.
| which. he said, would doubtless
| give 1t proper attention.
Chftcherin Asks Interpretation.
George Chitcherin. head of the Rus
sian delegation, has asked Signor
! Schanzer, as chairman of the prin-
cipal subcommission, for exact inter-
pretat ton of several points in the plan
| for the restoration of Russia handed
| to him yesterday.
| NJ rhitcberin 6aSirec Snerif1callv q n
explanation of that part Of the report
dealing with the guarantees to be ex-
| tended to foreigners in Russia, re-
| countries foreigners are treated like
/ citizens of the countries in which
| they reside.
| Only eleven copies of the report
which was prepared by the allied ex-
perts at their meeting in London have
| been made for the members OF the
subcommission examining 1t.
| Article III of the report declares
| that the soviet should assume re-
sponsibility for all material damage
suffered by foreigners in consequence
1 of the acts or negligence OF the soviet
| or its predecessors.
Russians Digesting Views.
The Russian experts are carefully
digesting the recommendations of the
| London experts, but the document is
! 80 long ana So INV OlNco llidt tHS NUS
SLAMS may ask for more time to con-
/ slider 1t.
AS the report has not received the
| formal approval of the powers which
I convoked the Genoa conference, IT is
| held in some quarters to be merely
the basis for the opening of negotia-
| tions. They declare il may be far
| from the minimum the allies will ac-
cept from Russia in exchange for
recognition.
| Maxim Livinoff Of the Russian dele
! cation, after attending this morning
| the meeting of the financial COM
| mission at which the financial sec
| tfons of the London experts report
| were discussed, declined to comment
on the document
ave cannot understand many of the
sections of the report" he said, "and
have asked for explanations. AS the
| report is unofficial and has not been
] adopted by any government, comment
| on it is useless. At our request the
meeting of the subcommission in
| which the report will be discussed
1 in detail has been postponed from
| Thursday to Friday, when we hope to
have it better digested."
Heads Economic Commission.
| Organization of the economic com
mission of the conference was eff
fected today by the election OF d.
Colrat, French undersecretary of
state. as president. The commission
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