Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-04-11

dIxuduiCllto udu hAuAS aiSui
impossible.
London, April 10.-The cores
pondent of the London Times at
Genoa, writing of the disagreement
between Chitcherin and Barthou
over the disarmament, says that
Premier Lloyd George, in answering
the Russian Soviet delegate, insist
ed that the conference would be a
failure unless it led ultimate to dis
armament but urged that before
disarmament came there. must be
peace and peace basis at Genoa.
Mr.. Lloyd George begged Chitcher-
in to confine himself to the agenda
and not press for an extension of
the Genoa conference.
III you superadd to our proposals"
he declared, you will wreck the
conference"
Turning to the delegates the
British prime minister exclaimed:
IF Mr.. NJ. Chitcherln removes the
load line OF our conferenccship, he
will sink it and it would point out
that he might be among the
drowned.
1--WE may have a rough time
ahead, and we don't want to be over
loaded
The matters on the agenda, con-
tinued Mr.. Lloyd George, were
enormously important, and it would
be criminal TO destroy the hope of
millions of people by endeavoring to
soive> more problems than could
possibly be managed.
Let NJ Chitcherin finish this voy-
age" he advised, land go home with
all he can carry; then we will well
come him OF another voyage when
we know what sort of a passenger he
Is'
President Tacta seconded Mr.,
Lloyd Georges appeal not to wreck
the conference: he considered 1t
would be wise not to carry the dis
cussion further. Before these words
could be translated. Mr.. Barthou
protested-"I want to know-yes or
no. Have all the delegations here ac-
cepted the Cannes resolution? if not
we cannot continue the discussion.
If they have. we'll and good
The correspondent adds:
Thus the incident closed. though
not very satisfactory. Signor Facta
reiterated that he thought the dis
cussion should end. and NJ. Barthou
made a discontented sign Of assent"
The incident occurred. according
to the correspondent, when the Sow
let foreign minister, following Facta,
Lloyd George, Barthou, Wirth and
the spokesman of Japan and Bel
gium, welcomed Mr.. Lloyd Georges
assurance that the members of the
conference We're met on absolutely
equal terms. announced the Bolshe-
Wiki acceptance of the Cannes reso-
luton and add that in some respects
1.-The Russian government" would de-
sire to go beyond the Cannes resolu-
ton. NJ. Chitcherin said that Russia
would support any proposals to avoid
a new war or designed to tighten the
burden of armaments. but must de-
mand as Indispensable. Il guarantee
against attacks from the outside,
and also demand financial reciproc-
ity.
speech was so clear and SO disquiet-
ing that when he sat down NJ. Bar
thou took exception to the speech.
IN. Chitcherin has announced his
intention of Introducing the question
of disarmament, which is not on the
agenda." declared NJ. Barthou. land
[ say simply, but clearly. that when
and if Russia wants to examine this
question she will be faced not only
by the reserve of France. but with
her protest and an absolute. final and
decisive refusal. to discuss it,
NJ. Barthou pointed out that in an
earlier speech he was conciliatory.
but there were times when he must
say no. He was convinced that the
Italian delegation would support
him, insisting that no one could eS-
cape the Cannes resolution directly
or indirectly.
Chitckeri listened in silence to
the translation of the speech. He
rose again and explained that he did
not know the conference program
officially but only through newspa-
pers. The agenda presumably was
provisional; lie was only asking for
information and was willing to bow
before the collective decision of the
conference.
He quoted NJ BRAND at the Wash
ington conference regarding Russia S
armament. and said:
''For us this is capital question.
but we are here in n conciliatory
spirit and will therefore do as the
conference desires"
Mr.. Lloyd George spoke after NJ.
Chitcherin. Signor Facta said lie
considered the Cannes resolutions are
clear as the two best languages, Eng
lish and French. could make them
and concluded with final appeal.