The Washington herald., 1922-05-12
Note Unacceptable, and
France Will Quit Sub
Commission.
DELEGATES HINT
GENOA SUSPENSION
Paris Premier Says His
ENJOYS Will Remain
Professionally.

PARIS, May 1.-THE Russian 80
ply to the allied economic prop~s-
ais Is utterly uHaccer table" ami l.
extremely likely to rduse an 49,
,nediase rupture with the FreGIh
Premier POincare declared VIXEN
shown the press version Of the So.
Wet answer.
The Soviet reply. he SAID, he
made ii impossible for the Fre7rh
delegation at Genoa to participate
in further work of the Russian suc-
commission" lie added that tire
French delegation will remain pIO
vis.Irally at the conference bec"GsC
such economic questions as trans
portation are still to be considered.
War rumOrs are afioat' evC.y-
where in Pals. The mounting
vague inauietude has reached =
pitch where the ominOus words ia
-uerre' are mentioned openlp. the
Russo O-Gerinan Easter treaty. tie
alleged text Of which was published
here today, stating secret clauses
and military terms Cf the Mus"o-
vite-Teuton alliance. has raised The
excitement to a seethIng pitch.
Hint ParIey Suspension.
GENOA, May 11.-Appointnent of
a new commission to work out &.
settlement with Russia. the Genoa
conference to adjourn or suspend
its sittings until this commission
concludes an agreement with the
Soviets, is being suggested inf
mally in French circles hcIe a. a
way out of the impasse which the
Russian reply has caused
The French are limiting that
Lloyd George may agree to sor.1e
SuCh Ian. This suggestion conteE-
plates the Dre1k-up of the Gt sva
conference. at least until the D..
posed Russian commission could cre-
ate a program and obtain the ac-
ceptance of the Soviets.
british rsuh Continue.
GENOA. Nay 1I.-Though plainly
disappointed at the Russian reply
to the allied economic proposals,
Lloyd George is ready to use ii as
the basis of further discussion,
thereby hoping to keep the disinte-
grating conference together until
he can force acceptance to some
tangible agreement.
France, on the other hand, is dis
gusted and angry and is making no
secret of her feelings here. She
already vehemently is protesting
against the tone of the Russian an
swer, and especially the Soviet ref
erences to the French revolution as
a precedent for its policy for confs-
cation This part of the reply was
particularly offensive to the French
who possibly suspect the willy Boil
sheviks put it in out of a malicious
sense of humor.
Await Word from Paris.
The French delegation is await
ing instructions from Paris on the
question of Withdrawing from the
conference. They have indicated
all along that they would quit
Genoa fatty unless Russia made a
categorical acceptance. arguing the
further discussion would be use
less. But the French viewpoint may
have changed in the last few days.
The British. it is learned author
itatively do not regard the Russian
answer as entirely satisfactory. but
they are willing to adopt il as the
basis Of further discussion, and they
especially see no reason why the
conference should be abandoned,
pointing out that the discussion of
other problems. including the Lloyd
George nonaggression pact, could go
ahead.
VIII Reply to Russia.
1T is evident that the Russians
want peace" one authoritative Brit
ish spokesman said. The reply is
not fully satisfactory. but il does
offer a good basis for debate, there is
no reason why we should not start
a discussion of the different prob
lens still waiting. including the
nonaggression pact"
The Russian document. the Brit
lsh say, needs a reply, and prob
ably very effective one" They
describe the preamble as an empty
polemic done in the usual Bolshe-
visit manner. This practice of in
jectins rhetorical displays of such
character in their diplomatic docu-
ments makes negotiation with them
almost impossible. some Of the
British declare.
VIII Discuss Answer.
Many pages of the reply Are
worth no more than paper rou-
bles," as one spokesman put IL.
The last portion of the note
means that Russia has been asked
to undertake serious Liabilities, an,
therefore. before accepting them,
she wants to know what credits
will be given her before she ex-
changes them against the liabili-
ties" IL was explained.
While some OF the delegations
probably will favor breaking or
negotiations at once, the British
say that the Russian expression OF
Willingness to enter a nonagres-
sion pact necessitates a reply. They
VIII lose no time in getting started
on the allied reply AMI rlau To-
mold several informal sessions TOR
the purpose Of talking oyeI' the ma
ture Of the reply.
Credit Question to Fore.
The Russian reply begins wita
the statement that the allied MEM
orsnoum Is in itself a retrogres-
SION from the agreement as to eco
nomlc aid for Russia reached at
Genoa April 20. and from the Lon
oon experts report. and also de-
parts from the limitations marked
out at the Cannes conference, where
the agenda for Genoa was pre-
pared.
The Russian request for consid-