Evening star., 1922-03-10
LONDON |SAT ODDS
. over U. S. REFUSAL
Failure to Attend Genoa Par
ley Praised and Re-
gretted by Press.

LONDON, March 10. Approval is
given by the London Times, in an edi-
torial this morning. to the American
governments refusal to participate in
the Genoa conference. Although the
declination is alleged to have caused
surprisesfn government circles, the
Times declares it will cause surprise
nowhere else.
Discussing the grounds for the Amer
lean governments objection to taking
part in the conference, the newspaper
says: rejection was the only course
urally and wisely" The Times, which
is strongly anti-bolshevik,> concludes
by condemning the conference.
why" it asks, should we go to
Genoa? Why should the conference
be held at all unless it is expected
that the presence of the British pre-
mier patronizing bolshevism will ap-
peal to certain advanced sections of
the electorate of Great Britain"
Commenting on the American deci-
sion respecting the Genoa conference,
the Daily Mail says:
This country will appreciate the
American governments pain speak
ing and entirely agree with it's con-
clusions. recognizing very clearly that
it does not indicate any intention on
President Harding's part to turn his
back on Europe. A meeting OF
nothing only provide a circus In
which political acrobats can perform
under the limelight."
Seriously Regretted.
The Westminster Gazette thinks
that the refusal is very seriously to
be regretted, saying: I'VE had hoped
against hope that Americas counsels
might have been thrown in the scale
on the side of sanity and peace"
Examining the reasons for the re-
fusal. 1T fails utterly to understand
how the chief causes of economic dis
turbance in Europe can be removed
while Russia is treated as a pariah.
The Morning Post is gratified at the
refusal of the United States. in which
it sees blow to Mr.. Lloyd Georges
political hopes.
1.-The American note has profound
ly modified the whole Genoa outlook"
says the Post, "and has made short
work of the premier's dazzling pro-
gram. Indeed, We cannot see now
what purpose can be served by Mr.
Lloyd Georges attendance at Genoa"
Suggests Balf0ur.
1t suggests that II the conference is
held "Balfour be asked to repeat at
Genoa the serCices he rendered SO
signally at Washington"
Indorsing the notes remarks on
Russia, the paper says: There has
been far too much of the company
promoter in the schemes for recon-
structing Russia at Genoa and else
where"
The Daily News says: "The some
what pontifical refusal of the Amer
lean government to send representa-
tives to Genoa, while not surprising,
is deeply to be regretted
The paper deplores "the stubborn
aloofness of the United States, which
serves only to accentuate the diff
culties of a complex situation.
The austerely superior and coldly re-
mote attitude which America chooses
to maintain toward the nations of Eu-
rope" it continues, "is pose as un-
helpful and unacceptable to Euro
peans as the sycophantic bids for
American sympathy from this side Of
the Atlantic are a subject OF ridicule
and contempt to many Americans. The
sooner these two false attitudes OF
mind are dropped the better it will be
for the fortunes of shattered world.