Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-04-20

LLOYD GEORGE has ready for
H presentation 10 the conference a
mutual guaranty pact. Il variation of
Article y of the League Of Nations
covenant. by which wars In Europe
would be prohibited for ten years.
He thinks that II this were adopted.
with n penalty clause that all other
nations should unite against any pow.
er invading or wantonly attacking
another. the soviet Red army could
he disbanded. and the little entente
and eventually France could reduce
the size of their land forces Franee
and Poland claim they must main.
tain large armies TO meet the threat
of Russia against the Poles. though
IL is generally understood the French
really have In mind action against
Germany In case the PREPARATIONS are
NOT paid. The delegates from the IT.
tie entente, though not entirely salts
fed with the form Of this plan. II Is
said will support IL on two conditions
That their right under existing treaties
10 invade Hungary In case Of an at
tempted Hapsburg restoration be In
tegrally maintained. and that the
s%ignatory nations agree to help one
another by force of arms against any
one who breaks the pact. II was ex-
pected that both France and Great
Britain would support them In the
first condition but hat the latter
would oppose the second. because she
wished TO model the pact on the Wash
ington treaty In order to please
America and because the British are
not willing to engage TO send troops
TO the continent.
Up to this time the Germans haven't
had much TO say In the conference,
but Ia the first meeting of the COM
mittee on finance Herr Hermas,- Ger
man minister Of finance, started some
thing of a row by abiding to the
PREPARATIONS. Picard OF France angrily
ehjeeted- Ihn5
word. OF course. however, the Ger
expect The subject win have to
be handled by the conference ulti-
and In this they are supported
by Premier Branting OF Sweden, who
really is spokesman for the neutral
He declares fatty that the
OF the entente with it's former
enemies must be revised and he also
approves Of TchitCherln's disarma- Z
proposals. asserting that this is l
he biggest thing rfore the confer !
nee. Russia says der budget is COW {
red by the revenues n that her G
Irmy viii soon he reduced from I
100000 TO 100000. Her representa- Q
I've on the finance committee insisted
talking disarmament. b
= ENATOR FRANCE OF Maryland a
, has Informed the statesmen In q
that he Is pressing In the SEN u
te a resolution for representation OF
he United States In the conference, (
nd asks -ia+ita4
on TO Washington. 1t is stated In u
he capital that the attitude Of the ~
ADMINISTRATION on his matter has not u
Among the unofficial Amer =
observers In Genoa Is Frank Van =
arlip, and ii is likely his advice VIII 10
; sought by the committee on III
nance He said In an Interview: st
The question OF the revision OF the -
Preparations Is extremely vital r.
European reconstruction and there =
re 1t is regrettabIe that the confer -
&c refuses TO discuss IL. In fact.
is doubtful whether the conference :"
II result in much unless the repara- -
- nAA It u 80
Germany as well as the -
her nations on an economic basis.
d surely Germany will remain In a
Hstate unless her Preparations matt
3 are definitely settled here" /
tPAN, while negotiating an agree on
ments with the Chita government vt
the Far East-an agreement which wt
reported 10 have been already de,
ned-Is ruthlessly supporting the lee
sdiyosfOk government. to the ex- On,
L OF fighting the Chita forces con fra
ually. The latter have been driven In
Of the neutral zone between them lv
! the VlsdIyostok territory and the Sc.
and yIadiyostok troops have ger
we'd far 10 the north. The japanese ito,
IS is Insisfenf on evacuation of
but the military party refuses. r.
s for shantung the chances that NJ
will ever recover that province sac
Japan are fading. The Chinese Uri
distracted with their civil war. to
those who know conditions can arrt
no way In which Chlna can raise a {
price which Japan exscts for the the
of the S4fassfrng Developments psFa
the Kiau-Chau leased territory. sem
s VIII arnounf 10 about 100000 , com