Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-04-21
T LLOYD GEORGE has ready for

7 LLOYD con mas Feduy III
IL presentation to the conference a
mutual guaranty pact, a variation OF
Article X of the League of Nations
covenant, by which vars in Europe
would be prohibited for ten years.
He thinks that if this were adopted,
with a penalty clause that all other
nations should unite against any pow
err invading or wantonly attacking
another. the soviet Red army could
be disbanded, and the little entente
and eventually France could reduce
the size of their land forces. France
and Poland claim they must main
tain large armies to meet the threat
of Russia against the Poles, though
it is generally understood the French
really have in mind action against
Germany in case the PREPARATIONS are
not paid. The delegates from the lit
tie entente, though not entirely salts
fed with the form of this plan, 1t is
said will support it on two conditions:
That their right under existing treaties
to invade Hungary in case of an at
tempted Hapsburg restoration be in
tegrally maintained, and that the
~signatory nations agree to help one
another by force of arms against any
one who breaks the pact. 1t was ex-
pected that both France and Great
Britain would support them in the
first condition but that the latter
would oppose the second, because she
wished to model the pact on the Wash
ington treaty In order to please
America and because the British are
not willing to engage to send troops
to the continent.
Up to this time the Germans haven't
had much to say in the conference,
but In the first meeting of the COM
mittee on finance Herr Hermas, Ger
man minister of finance, started some
thing of a row by alluding to the
Preparations. Picard of France angrily
objected to even the mention of the
word. Of course, however, the Ger
mans expect the subject will have to
be handled by the conference ulti-
mately, and In this they are supported
by Premier Branting of Sweden, who
really is spokesman for the neutral
nations. He declares fatty that the
treaties Of the entente with its former
enemies must be revised; and he also
approves of Tchitcherin's disarma-
ment proposals., asserting that this is
the biggest thing before the confer
ence. Russia says her budget is GOV.
cred by the revenues and that her
army will soon be reduced from
100000 to 100000. Her representa-
tive on the finance committee insisted
on talking disarmament.
Q ENATOR FRANCE Of Maryland
~ has informed the statesmen in
Genoa that he is pressing in the sen
ate a resolution for representation Of
the United States in the conference
and asks them to renew their invita-
ton to Washington. 1t is stated IL
the capital that the attitude of the
administration on his matter has no
changed. Among the unofficial Amer
lean observers in Genoa is Frank Van
derlip, and it is likely his advice viii
be sought by the committee OF
finance. He said in an interview:
1.-THE question of the revision Of thu
German PREPARATIONS is extremely vita
to European reconstruction and there
fore it is regrettable that the confer
ence refuses to discuss it. In fact
1t is doubtful whether the ~conferenc,
will result in much unless the repara
tons are discussed. 1t is necessary t
reconstruct Germany as well as tn
other nations on an economic basis
and surely Germany will remain in
bad state unless her reparations mat
tiers are definitely settled here"
APAN, while negotiating an agree
ment with the Chita government
of the Far East-an agreement whic
is reported to have been alread
signed-is ruthlessly supporting til
V~ladivostok government, to the OK
tent Of fighting the Chita forces col
tinually. The latter have been drive
out of the neutral zone between thei
and the Vladivostok territory and tn
japanese and Vladivostok troops hay
moved far to the north. The Japanes
press is insistent on evacuation {
Siberia, but the military party refuse
AS for Shantung, the chances TIL;
China will yer recover that PROVING
from Japan are fading. The Chimes
are distracted with their civil We
and those who know conditions ca
see no way In which China can rails
the price which Japan exacts for IL
return Of the Shantung development
and the Kiau-Chau leased territoi'
This will amount to about $4,000.