Evening star., 1922-06-16
HOLLAND bALKED
|NEFF0RT TO KEEP
SESSIONS SECRET
Van Karnebeek Shows White
Flag When Police Bar Cor
respondents Again.
SMALL NATIONS AGAIN
SHOW DISSATISFACTION
Resent Domination by Powers.
Delegates Decide on Scheme of
Russian Commission.
BY the Associated Press.

AuSSldu VUumloSIOA'
BY the Associated Press
THE HAGUE. June 16.-Foreign
Minister Van karnebeek of Holland dis
played the white flag to the newspaper
men today, and the Carnegie Peace
Palace, seat of the international con-
ference on Russian affairs. capitulated
20 the worlds press without a renewal
of yesterdays battle for the admission
of the correspondents here to report
the sessions.
4 half-hundred correspondents from
all over the world presented their press
crede ntials at the palace gates before
the l ! o'clock session today. The press
cannot be admitted" was the announce
ment made by the soldiers and police
men guarding the gates. This was
quickly followed. however. by the ap-
pearance of an enlissary from the palace
begging the journalists to have patience,
and announcing that plans were being
perfected to care for the newspaper men,
Conference Over Night.
There apparently was great anxiety
lest yesterdays onslaught by the cor
-
was sought to exclude them. be repeated
today. and the press secretary of the
British legation, former London cor
respondent, interceded with Minister
Van Karnebeek, who has the arrange
tnents in charge.
There had been long conferences
over night regarding the attitude to
oe Adopted toward the press. Finally
ord n
hat preSSroomS were being prepared
m the palace. which would be ready
N the afternoon.
Knrnebeek Opens Session.
Jonkheer Van Karnebeek opened this
mornings session of the conference
with another address expressing the
nope that the outcome of the gather
ing would be satisfactory. NJ. Gather
of Belgium, spoke on the plans for
the organization of the conference,
which he said would probably be
formed into one large committee or
commission. with three sub-commis-
sions, on which the inviting powers
and Holland would be represented. to-
Sether with five other powers to be
designated by the conference.
There were indications that the
smaller powers, as had been the case
at other conferences. were dissa tlsned
with what they regarded as tne
monopolizatlon of authority by the
large powers. and the anticipation
that they would protest any plan by
tie great powers to railroad through
an organization project which would
tend to shut out the lesser nations
proved correct.
Switzerland Their Spokesman.
Switzerland voiced the feeling that
the smaller nations should have
larger representation on the subcom-
missions and carried through an
amendment to have the membership
of each commission increased to thir-
teen, from eleven, as arranged yester-
day at private meeting of the
council of the big six
The conference. in the absence of
the dominating political figures who
guided the courses of the interna-
Tional gatherings at Genoa and WASH
ington, seems destined to bring into
the limelight another and younger
group of leaders as representing the
great powers.
They include Sir Philip Lloyd
Graeme of England. NJ. Benoist.
France; Baron Avezzano. Italy; NJ.
Sato. Japan: NJ. Gather. Belgium. and
VI. Van Karnebeek. Holland. and al
10 shape the course of the conference.
Decide on Main scheme.
At their initial private meeting last
night they decided upon the scheme
OF a main Russian commission, with
three subcommissions which would
give detailed study to the technical
questions of credits. debts and treat
ment of private property owned by
foreigners in Russia, which must
later be negotiated with the Russians.
The details of this project were to be
submitted to today's session of the
conference.
Each subcommission will consist of
eleven members, including one each
from the inviting powers, Great Brit
ain, France, Italy and Japan. together
with Holland. The emaining places
on each subcommission will be filled
in accordance with the interests of
the various other countries in the
questions with which these bodies
will deal.