The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-01
Continental Observers (. Declare
It WiiI,Bes Only j. Fiasco, :: ],
-. .: Like Cannes Meet '2 g
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. H t?i
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- IS SHOWN, In ADVANCE
DVN r- uTnY
Believe Europe Will Go Back
to Old Time Methods 81: :
Handling Its. Affairs !
i .BE,; HENRY WOOD

III EbVT HEINZ "OOD
Omitted Press staff Correspondent
Rome, April : Omitted Press).-
With the date Of the Genoa confer
ence. definitely fixed for April 10,
careful European observers: are con
fidently predicting for p the biggest
fiasco that has ever occurred. .$ls:9-i<*t 3,
Following the complete fizzling out
of the last two: MEETINGS iof the SUI.
preme Council at Paris ands' at Can
mes, it is predictAd that. the Genoa
meeting will giveathe 4ifinal9 Knockout
to all efforts to. strengthen out Che
present European situation bylmeans
of public International conferences,
After that, Europe' wills so back to
the old-time pre-war method Of hand
ling it's affairs by the. regular diplo-
matte route. Atleast afl5big questions
will be settled that yy,Eit5is Believed.
The pessimistic predictions?of Euro
pean observers ares based upon the
following reasons: >Etk%45: tazI.. %*.
Z There has never yet been an inter-
national conference stn1moned where
in there was sd little harmony in 4ad-
vance amongst the powers that were
to participate in t;I:< ~ -, ~, = -.
= There has never been an: interna-
tional conferences wherein the con-
flicting and individual interests of
the states participating were SO great
and their interest: in the ostensible
purposes for which the, conference
was called so little.
European thinkers are inclined to
believe that only the first step: has
been taken toward internationalism;
that the toddling period will last over
at least fifty years and that probably
a century will be necessary before
this international body can get
around without. humping its nose.
The death-wailers of the Genoa
conference sum up the real attitude
of the leading powers towards the
meeting as follows. - +>@% ~
- Italy is really DESTROYS of having
the conference for! two reasons: 1t
will greatly help her: prestige and
tend to establish her position as one
of the big European powers to- have
this conference held in. Italy and UNI
der Italian auspices; it will help Italy
immensely in her efforts to open up
commercial relations with Russia if
she can take the Bolshexiks un:.er her
wing at Genoa. ~ .,.,.
As to France, her, real attitude to-
wards the conference is declared to
be negative. She never was keen for
it, but, for the sake of public opinion
she could not, turn. down Lloyd
Georges play at Cannes for saving
Europe viaAthe Genoa route, -: =.
- England Tor rather Lloyd George's)
fundamental reason for calling the
conference was merely to permit of
an economic reconstruction Of .Eu-
rope that would permit of new Eng
fish markets, resumption of English
trade and industry, and the continued
success of the Lloyd George ministry.
=. Russia has got everything to be
gained by the conference and nothing
to lose-even whether the original
ends for which it was called succeed
or not. It is merely propaganda.
Even if Trotsky, ct al, fail to find at
Genoa the capital and food supplies,
which they ostensibly' demand, they
will have at least taken contact with
the European powers. -? 1t;s aty:>
: The United States will not be- a
party to the conference It ITS un-
official observers don't wear spiked
armor they are likely to get, some
awful cracks on the; head and other,
portions Of the anatomy. in the gen.
eral mix-up which is declared to be
inevitable. ...- :...:::s<{ 4?-..;>t
~A Bulgaria is out for a flat revision
of the treaty. - r.
!; The Little Entente, has fixed up
program all it's own, which will prob
ably have French in return for Little
Entente support of French interests.
Germany's interests and demands
at the conference such as the easing
up on PREPARATIONS, the finding of
foreign capital, the development of
her industry and commerce will clash
with France on every point.
Still, continental observers believe,
it should be some drawing card as
a free-for-all fight. -" -~