New-York tribune., 1922-05-19
80 Nations
Bar W ar for
Eight Months

A'AVAatAAC
tcsntinucd from psqe one,
ana France. The two great powers
same nearer TO parting of the wavs
ran ever before, but the fireworks
ceased and the end of the Genoa con
ference tnds the Entente, if not where
I was when the sessions started still
firm reality. 'N'''
France Feared Rreak-up
Inc separate treaty between Ger
many and Russia signed at Rapallo
confirmed Frances original opinion
mat Genoa would be the test block on
when the treaties which bind the En-
,ente I, would be tried to the limit The
ir'oane correspondent is informed
thst az one moment in the conference
the Paris government feared at am
tlme 1T might receive news that Eng
land was either preparing to or had
actually scrapped the Entente and
loined Russo German combination or
mad broken the Little Entente away
from France. Premier Poincare then
hurriedly recalled Louis Barthou. chief
Of the delegates here, but Barthou con-
vinced The Paris Cabinet that Llovd
George had no real intention of break
ing UP the Entente. He simply was
working might and main to make the
Genoa conference success. Barthou
told his Cabinet colleagues. and this
process had carried hin, perilouslv
near the edge.
At another moment when France and
Belgium took their isolated stand on
the private property question and an
! other break seemed near, it was the
I Little Entente, Italy and some of the
neutrels that stepped in and saved the
day. Luckily the Russian note refus
ing to accept the conditions laid down
by the Western powers took off of
Frances shoulders the onus of wreck
ing the conference and the Russians
GOT this burden.
French Policy Broadened
Another result of the Genoa confer
ence mas been to bring Frances Euro
pean policy out of its old narrow chan
neis that eventually would have led to
isolation, into broader program die
tated by a clearer conception of
Europe's needs developed at Genoa.
Responsible Frenchmen admitted this
much today and agreed that France
would be compelled to adopt con.
structlTe and positive European prog
ram. which does not involve constant
threats to occupy the Ruhr valley or
desert the Entente on the issue of col
lecting Germany's debts.
Although no separate agreements can
be signed with the Bolsheviki while the
Hague negotiations are in progress. the
Germans have let it be known that
their treaty with Russia is going to be
put into effect as quickly as possible.
and the diplomatic representatives will
be exchanged as soon as the necessary
arrangements have been completed
"hlle the powers are agreeing not to
recognize Russia or have commercial
intercourse with her. the Germans are
going to establish themselves in the
Russian trade and lay plans for the
future.
Inc Germans were not called upon
20 adhere to ANYTHING agreed on to-
day, but is expected that the full Ber-
lin delegation will be present at the
PlennrS session tomorrow and il is
not impossible that Chancellor Wirth
or Foreign Minister Rathenau NAV saw
something cm0arra ssing.
1T was announced tonight that Pre-
m1er Facta, of italy. would make the
opening speech at the session, after
which several other delegates would
speak briefly. Lloyd George will be
one of the last to address the gather
lng at his own request, and it is un-
derstood that his remarks will not be
prepared in advance, but will take the
torn rather of an extemporaneou ap-
peal for peace and assurance to doubt
ers or questioners of the solution to be
found at The Hague
GENOA. May 1s By The Associated
Pressl-1he possibility Of partjcipa-
ton by the United States in The
Hague gathering Wss the snhiec+ If
two conferences today between Rich
ard Washburn Child, American Ambas-
sador, and Allied leaders. After the
first meeting Sir Edward Grigg, secre-
tary to Lloyd George, announced on
behalf of the British delegation that
further advices had been received from
the United States government and that
it did not seem likely that the United
Safes would take part in The Hague
meeting, at least until the scope cf
that gathering was better understood.
Child Revises Hope
But after Ambassador Child had con-
ferred with Lloyd George second
time hope was expressed among all the
delegations that the United States fn-
ally would decide to participate.
Asked to explain the British dele
gates statement. Mr.. Child told the
correspondent he had conferred with
Foreign Minister Schanzer of Italy,
Prime Minister Lloyd George being
present, and had amplifed the Ameri
can position concerning the Hague
meeting, already explained in the note
of Secretary of State Hughes The OBJ
Ject, said the Ambassador. was more
fully to explain the attitude Of the
United States, in order to make it
clear beyond the possibility of doubt.