The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-10
NATIONS Open
GENOA 'PARLEY;;
SEEK STABILITY
Conference Formally Opened
Economic Congress Her.
aided as Most Important
Since Versailles Meeting.
CHILD TO HAVE SEAT

(By Associated Press)
GENOA, April 10.-Nations of four
continents, in this ancient and vener-
able city of Genoa, today began eff
forts to restore to the world normal
conditions. The conference was for
mally opened this afternoon in the
historic palace of st. George by
Premier Facta, of Italy
All plans had been completed today
for this great economic congress which
was generally regarded by competent
judges as the most important and
significant assembly since the Yer
sailles peace conference.
Representatives of 33 states were
prepared to take steps that it was
hoped would lead to the economic re-
construction of Europe, the conference
particularly to be concerned with
plans for rebuilding central Europe
and rehabilitating Russia, which was
admitted by many delegates, to be a
subject of supreme Importance by it
self, perhaps the most far-reaching
question which the congress shall be
called on to solve.
Child Has Seat.
The ambassador from the United
States, Richard Washburn Child, was
to take his seat today in section re-
served for eminent visitors. He was
to attend all the open meetings but
will not be present at any conferences
of committees, at which the actual i'm
portant work of the conference will be
completed.
The palace of ST. George was built
in 1860 by Frate Olivero, and was the
first official residence of the captains
of the people, then the seat of the
celebrated company and bank of st.
George.
Great throngs on Palm Sunday Wis
tied this scene of today's conference
and found scores of assistants engag-
ed in Carrying plants and flowers to
relieve the somewhat sombre and
lonely aspect of the auditorium
Thousands of interested Genoese
gathered along the water front seek
ing advantageous positions from
which 20 observe foreign diplomats
and distinguished statesmen upon
their arrival.
Harbor BustIes
In the Bay of Genoa itself screeches
of small tugboats and the more i'm
pressive and deep-throated whistles
of more important boats seemed to
breathe life into the modern CONNER
cial city of Genoa, where vessels sail
to markets on all seven seas.
Lively scenes surrounding the open
ing of the congress, intensified by the
activity of this busy port of commerce
! impressed observers as fitting back
| ground for congress whose serious
mission is the restoration of economic
! health to the suffering and sorely tried
/ Europe.
| A complete list of the nations an6
! states represented, with number o.
| their delegates follows:
| South Africa, four: Albania. four;
Austria, six; Australia. fourteen; Bel
| GUM, fourteen; Bulgaria, fifteen; Can
ada, thirty; Czecho-Slovakia. 80; Den
mark, 10; Esthonia, 26; Finland. Z
! France, so; Germany. so; Great Brit
| ain, 128; Greece. %; Ireland, 6: Italy
! 6: Latvia, 6; Lithuania, Z; Lukem
burg, 4 Norway. s; New Zealand, 16
! Holland, 16; Poland, 40; Portugal, 9
| Rumania, %; Russia, II: Jugo-Slavia
II; San Marino, 16; Spain. 16; Swe
den 10; Switzerland, 8, and Hungary Z
Prime Minister Lloyd George O
Great Britain, who was the chief NOV
ing force behind the call for the con
! ference. emphasized on the eve of tn,
gathering the vital necessity there wa
for Europe and the world grapplin,
earnestly with the problems confront
ing the conferees. While declining t,
make a prediction as to what woult
be accomplished, he declared:
"One thing is certain; we have COM
here to work with all energy an,
earnestness and not to waste time il
amusement. | am sure all the dele
cations are. in accord on one poinl
and that is to reach an agreemen
which will prevent renewal of intel
national conflicts, thus re-establishin
general peace and reciprocal conf
dence between the states on basi
of economic prosperity"
AS for the French delegation it wa
declared in its behalf it had come i
an open spirit to do all possible to az
complish the task set for the COZ
ference. This is the first time the 4
lies have gathered in such confei
ence since the war with the nation
which were their enemies in tha
struggle and others which RENAME
outside the conflict.