Evening star., 1922-05-28
GERMANS HOAXED
ON GENOA PACTS
Harden Says Berlin DipIo-
mats Were InsuIted at the
Big ..'Circus."
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN.
Germany's Foremost Publicist.

BERLIN. May 27.-The future his
torian. reading the British and Ger
man newspapers. will conclude that
the Genoa conference, although not
fulfilling all hopes. was an event OF
cumulative Importance. Why is this
written. printed and read, when every
Englishman knows that the Lloyd
George hammer missed the nailhead
this time? In Germany lies exceeding
any circulated during the war sue
ceeded in hiding the fact that the
German government was accused by
nine goverpments in two official let
ters and many angry speeches Of dis
loyal and dishonest behavior; was ex-
cluded from the more important dis
cusSions; was not invited to The
Hague conference of experts; and
that nearly two hundred officials,
with the lira costing 16 marks. en-
Joyed an aimless spring holiday on
the Riviera without doing the sem
blance of useful work.
AS representatives Of no great ma
tion ever before have been insulted
| in this way, only extraordinary Skill
| on the one hand and stupid indiffer-
ence on the other were necessary to
| make the people believe their dele
cation played an important role and
at the end were highly esteemed.
This effort was successful and en-
abled this absurd comedy to be turn
ed into a world historical event.
Vast Money COnsumed.
resented mostly by individuals
| who are becoming more and more
accustomed to spending a large
part OF every year in beautifully situ-
ated conference places with sumptu-
| Gus living = these. with reporters
oh ,ot
worth reporting, swallowed noun
tains of money. Who, then, would
confess that the whole show was no
better than a stack Of wet fireworks?
such confession would show the peo-
pie that The Hague meeting will be
superfiuous. Enough already is known
about Russian conditions and rAe
DolsheVik mentality-as Hoover's re-
cent speech plainly showed-to judge
whether Credit should be granted
Dutch cooks; but The Hague, as the
name Implies. is to be the hedge
which hides political failures, taking
for granted that the United States.
which some regard as Greater Nor
gania. is so eager, for continental
som with dollars and Europe will be
turned into policeless paradise.
II nothing is accomplished in the
Carnegiel peace palace. the ministers
might go to some fashionable bath
ing place and put the world in order
during lunch and bless the people at
dinner.
All this would be impossible II the
truth were known about Genoa
When Voltaire wrote. And that's
how history is written" nobody i'm
agined what new poison-gas weapons
official lies would have at their COM
mand two centuries later. Today,
when homecoming delegations are
credited in the papers with huge
success and an extraordinary increase
of German prestige" the dollar is
worth thirty marks more than before
the conference; meanwhile the pur-
chase value of the mark Is falling,
and whether it will rise depends not
on parliamentary oratory but on the
Paris reparations loan negotiations.
The Genoa gathering received much
greater, attention here than the
Washington conference.
Greatest Show Since Barnums,
What's the difference between the
two? Washington was a quiet, i'm
partial discussion of state affairs.
Genoa was the greatest show since
Barnum's. At the former there was
clear program. the greater part
of which was accomplished. At the
latter there was confusion and a mist
of words wherein no urgent Euro
pean question was solved. 1t is clear
to every business man that ruined
and starving Russia can get capital
and credit only If old debts are
recognized and private property guar
anteed. Lloyd George was under the
delusion he could decoy the Russians
from the communist trenches, tame
them, and, without Offering capital,
parade them before his distrustful
English constituents. When he per-
ceived this was pure illusion he tried
in an anti-war pact to pose before
the old. and particularly before the
new, world as protector of peace
and trade. When Poincare declared
France also wanted peace. but did not
believe trade could be obtained
through compromises with those who
refused to recognize property rights,
the. white e-hairsd gentleman from
Wales could do nothing but switch
on the lights in the lighthouse near
The Hague. There is no real mate
rial for conference in that mass of
quarrels and election tricks. Thirty
governments had opportunity to pre-
home but hotel, restaurant and tele-
graph receipts. The Russians have
only been emboldened in their de-
mands for the naturalization of fof-
eign properties since their hopes for
gold were crushed.
And Germany? She has the Rapallo
treaty, which insures absolutely
nothing. 1t brings resumption OF
diplomatic relations, but arouses dan
gerous illusions in the nation. Minis
terial speeches point to the danger
from increased alcoholic consumption.
but that's not ALL Brandy. beer and
lies have produced q state Of intoxica- |
tion. I'VE and the Russians-200 mill |
lion souls"
If this makes Genoa a "world's his |
torical event"-and I, myself, see no |
other result--everybody who wishes |
brighter days for Germany and de- |
sires German intelligence used in !
world organisation must oppose it.
MEMPHIS MAN GAINS |