Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-16
AMERICA INVITED
To HELP EUROPE
SOLVE RUSS TANCLE
Formal Invitation Delivered
to United States to Partici-
pate in Conference at The
HAGUE

GENOA, May 15.-The Genoa con-
ference having failed to achieve it's
main object, the United States has
been invited to assist the allies in
reaching agreement with Russia.
Formal invitation to the American
government to participate in a con-
ference on Russian problems at The
Hague on June Is was delivered to
Ambassador Child yesterday and for
warded to Washington today.
GENOA, May 15.-By the Asso.
ciated Press.IFrance has appealed
to the United States to participate
in the proposed international COM
mission to investigate the Russian
dor, Richf Nashburn Child, in
formed the Associated Press Satllr-
day that such proposal had been
submitted to him by the French dele
cation.
The ambassador understood that
the F'rnnCh proposal suggests that
the United States, If the invitation
is accepted, would have a dominant
voice in the action Of the commits
sion, but would not be bound by\he
acceptance to any decisions of the
commission which she did not APP
prove.
If the United States accepts,
France would agree TO the Russians
being represented in the commission.
No Solution Reached
Premier Lloyd George and M.
Barthou were in private conference
for two hours this afternoon, APP
parently without reaching an agree
ment for solving the Anglo-French
deadlock on the plans to continue
the discussions of the Russian prob
lem. The subcommission on Rus
sian affairs also met and argued
for more than three hours without
definite results.
Mr.. Lloyd George will have a con-
ference at his villa tomorrow morn
ing with Baron Hayashi, M. Barthou,
M. Jaspar and Signor SchanZer in
an effort to reach compromise.
After the meeting of the subcom-
mission, Sir Edward Grigg, secre-
tary to the British prime minister,
said there had been progress but
gave no definite explanation of it's
nature. The French and British
| delegations were asserted to be well
on the road to an agreement, but
nothing definite was reached. Ac-
| counts Of meeting by members Of
other delegations, however, give lit
| tie indication that a compromise is
any nearer.
One Point of Agreement
The Russians have announced
that they will not accept any plan
excluding them from the discussions.
| On one thing all the delegations
agree, the inviting powers, the lit
| tie entente, and the Baltic entente
as we'll as the neutrals, namely, that
somehow the United States must be
| induced to participate in the mixed
commission.
M. Colrat, French under secre-
| tary of state, informed the Associat-
ed Press that he still felt confident
of an accord. France still is I'M
willing to have Russians sit with
the mixed commission discussing
| Russian finances, but suggestions
have been made that special COM
mission of Russian experts be form
ed, which may be called in by the
mixed commission when it desires
information.
Again the Russians declare that
they will not accept any such plan,
as that would not be dealing with
them on equality basis and it is diff
ficult for the delegates to find any
plan appealing to both the French
and British and yet not offensive to
Afternoon Meeting
The afternoon meeting of the sub
commission was chiefly an exposi-
ton of the views of the powers
which had not entered into the dis
cussion at the morning session.
Japan, Poland, Switzerland and
Sweden, as well as France, and
Great Britain, set forth their views.
Viscount Ishii supported the Brit
ish position that the Russians should
participate in the mixed commits
sion. He regarded the task of the
Genoa conference as too important
to be lightly abandoned, since it
really concerned the reconstruction
not only Of Europe but the whole
world. He finally expressed the hope
that the British and French would
agree on some method of procedure.
M. Motta, ex-president of /Switz-
erland, preferred that the mixed
commission should be named by the
conference but it might be possible
to have the governments participate
ing in the conference name the com.
mission outside of the regular ses-
sions. He favored having the Rus
slams participate, and said that
Switzerland was enthusiastic about
the proposed truce and expressed
the hope that the truce would be a
preliminary to lasting peace pact.