New-York tribune., 1922-05-19
N Powers Except Ger.
+, many Pledged TO Nom
Aggression Agreement
sough, by Lloyd George
uone o( i. :. Aid
Revived by Child
Ambassador Confers With
Leaders; Genoa Failure
Charged TO Red Policy
Bv Wilbur Forrest
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crsoA, May -, The economic CON
t,se. finished it's work TO-DAY and
+. delegations began preparations for
t.nsr,ure Tor home Immediately after
h.norrow's plcnary session. All the
sovsrs except France, Belgium and
Germany we're represented in the hnal
r.s.ins Of the political sub-commis-
,ior which adopted the eight-montts'
ssn-aggression truce agreement ar
,,,ssd Yesterday and formally ap-
s,ored the plan to meet again at Tho
parus June /, for final settlement Of
.he Russian tangle.
Under the truce agreement tine
Nirsy powers pledged themselves to re-
tp.et one anot'lcr's frontiers from now
vrtil next January &c and to refrain
during that time from concluding sepa-
fss agreements With Russia. The d .lc-
nses soemnly agreed to ask their re-
Eestive governments to ratify the .ruce
q Il stands. France and Belgium al
,.sdy have agreed to refer the matter
b their ministries. Germany alone
4 net TO be bound by the pact. bu.
srdsr the Treaty of Versailles It's mill
u,y movements are restricted.
Child Confers With Leaders
Considerable helated discussion of
lie possibility that the United States
ealld be induced to come to The Hague
rought no definite indication that
there had been any change in the atti-
mde Of tho United States government.
lsbassador Richard Washburn Child
ta!srred with the Allied leaders, and
L'hsaEh the British indicated that
eg did not regard American partici
risn as possible, other delegates kept
y heir hopes
lie French have been in close touch
VII seAmbassador Child, and the result
tAese conversations has been to
s ts;s France more and NOR ersssse}
lkAmerican pclic}. ,his, as under
rNM here, is founded on the belief
Aas It IL useless to let communist
p,nsiples dominate or becloud the
nssssty for the reconstruction of
Has.A This is the line of thought
s.she french delegates which, if they
tBtr 81 The Hague, they can be ex
ptied to follow there. Whether
France goes to the meeting in Holland
!sa question that must be decided by
tte Chamber of Deputies in Paris. 1t
will be far more difficult question to
decide than the ratification of the
truce. which is expected without diff
Guilty.
The delegates transacted little bust
ftss to-day. confinins themselves most
y to sort of post-mortem discussion
Of the conference. Most of them
seemed to believe that the truce ar
Iangement and the fixing of date for
fuTther study of the Russian question
ssyed the situation and justified the
siS weeks spent here, because of the
general belief that the greatest dan
gers to European peace have been at
least temporarily forestaIled. More
ever. the conference undoubtedly has
made the western powers as we'll as
Nssia see more clearly just what is
hesnt and what is involved by recon-
ttruction.
Blame Reds and United States
There is tendency among the dele
yates to pass the blame for the con.
serence's failure to attain its chief end
o. NltU RUSSIA on
the gulf existing between the
communist and cspltslistic theories of
economics: Secondary blame is laid
On the refusal Of the United States to
Ese part in the past or the future
1'seusslons as now proposed.
All the delegates are taking some
{1mtort IN the age-worn phrase that
~ Is an Ill wind that blows nobody
sood' They feel that the Genoa ses-
r;ahs have clarified national policies in
europe better tran before.
Moreover, they point out that the
.tanierence has demonstrated that the
.llles have no intention of letting diff
.s'ences .ees Of opinion now wreck the en-
irnte Im! cordlae that carried the Western
s. "alss through the war. The fiery
s'!em'cs Of few weeks ago threate ned
=. solidarity of this organization
Glsn both Germany and Russia sought
"af"e wedge between Great Britain
Continued on mage three)