The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19
Conference Might Be influence
In Impending Senate Treaty Ro,v;
Russia DiStruSted by Americans

'ut OF the fiscal degeneration con-
plcuous In France, reaching its
maximum In Germany, but present
IN many other countries. Gntll this
process Is arrested real economic re-
covery in the world is unlikely. IL
can only be arrested when the rights
OF France are considered and the
conditions OF Germany are dealt
with intclligontly. And when the
time comes the fiscal question, the
allied debts. win have to be con-
sidered Just as fully as German
reparatlons.
An Agreeable Move.
Thus ono can say quite frankly
that tho Washington administration
IL in principles totally In sympathy
with the idea of an international
conference to deal with economic
questions. 1t Is ready TO participate
fully in such n conference and to
contribute up to the limit TO make
1t succeed. There IL not tho small
est reluctance 10 share in such a
conference growing out OF any ira
dltional policy of Isolation or in fear
of ontanglements.
ON the other hand. the United
states government feels that IL was
treated with singular lack OF con-
slderation In the calling OF the
Genoa conference. IL regards this
lack OF consideration as the more
surprising in view OF the care which
II had recently taken in seeking and
finding out in advantage the wishes
or those nations which were invited
to the Washington conference. II is
forced to believe that the call for the
Genoa conference represented, as
have said, an effort on the part Of
three prime ministers, two OF whom
have since fallen, to save their do
nestle situations by hastily summon
ing another conference in the hope
that while that conference was in
progress they would continue to hold
office.
Had those who were responsible
for this call asked the opinion of
the United states they would have
been told perfectly frankly that the
United states government did not
feel that 1t could wisely participate
In new international conferences un-
til what had been gained in the
Washington conference had been ac-
cepted by the United States senate
and thus been translated into per-
mament gain. They would have
been told that the United States gov
ernment would find itself seriously
embarrassed in sitting down with
Lenin and Trotsky under the condl-
tions proposed by the agenda OF the
Genoa conference. And they would
have been told further thar tho
United States government viewed the
agenda both in that and other re-
spects as too vague, too extensive
and generally as unsatisfactory.
u. $. Not Consulted.
The opinion of the United States
was not asked. The call for the
Genoa conference was hastily issued
after Washington had had It's first
intimat!on through the cable. Ir
that situation the United States hest
tated TO answer because It was al
one time eager 10 assist in promoting
economic recovery in the world and
wholly unwilling to run the risks in
cident to immediate participation in
such n conference.
Thus the change in ministry In
France and the full of the Bonomi
ministry in Italy, without being per-
haps welcome. did avail 10 rescue
the administration from an awk-
ward position in which 1t had been
placed solely by the total lack OF
consideration Shown II by the three
prime ministers who, at Cannes. and
for reasons which are quite patent,
undertook TO engineer the Genoa
conference.
II there is n Genoa conference be
fore the treaties OF Washington arc
disposed OF Il Is pretty safe fore
cast that the United States will not
attend as an active participant and
not improbably will refrain from
sending any representative at all II,
on the contrary, the Genoa confer
ence Is postponed or even trans
formed, into a discussion of land
armaments, such a Transformation
will be welcomed in Washington
American approval and sympathy
will be unmistakable, and there will
be far greater likelihood OF Ameri-
can participation in n later economic
conference which Washington ex.
poets and hopes TO see take place
not in March or In June. but In Sep
tember or October.
There Is Just one more point which
ought to be made clear. The United
States government sought TO the
limit OF its capabillty to Danish po.
litical questions from the Washing.
ton conference. There were In
reality only two issues TO be dis
cussed there, Limitation OF arma.
ments and the far east. 1t wa,
nevertheless true that even I'm this
restricted agenda there was an op.
portunlty for trading and there was
some trading as between the two
questions.
AS consequence there is a pro.
found conviction here that an eco.
nomic conference, complicated by
political issues, would be unfortunate
and perhaps relatively unfruitful
What is most desired from our point
OF view Is a conference in which po-
litical Issues are excluded and eco.
nomic problems alone considered
And there is a feeling that until Ger.