The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-15
CONFERENCE
At CENOAIN
LAST THROES
Proposal Made to
Adjourn to Meet
With U. S. Later
at the Hague
ny HENRY WOOn

GENOA. May lo.--Ihe political
rnhcommisSion OF the Genoa confer.
enee today sent a reply 20 the latest
Russian note. proposing that tho
Genoa parley adjourn until June
when delegations from the allies and
Russia viii meet az The Hague
The United States has been for.
nally invited TO Join The Hague con.
ference, the Russians were informed.
The conference. having filled to
achieve its main Objects the United
States has been invited to assist the
allies In reaching agreement with
Russia.
The formal Invitation &c the Amer
lean government to participate in a
conference on Russian ~ ohiems at
The Hague on June IS was delivered
20 Ambassador Child yesterday and
forwarded 70 Washington tos'ays
The suggestion that the United
States Re invited came nom Europe.
The idea seemed 60 ne that the Rus
sian negotiations he.c had broken
down because Russia wanted credits
and the allies could lot supply these
In sufficient quantity.
The United States - 30 te invited
IN order that she may supply these
credits.
The plan for The Hague II for the
allies ard the United States TO meet
and appoint single somnritfec OF tx.
perts on Russia. IN whose hands the
entire problem Of REALTORS and cred
its can he played.
Meanwhile the Genoa conference L.
20 be adjourned II will be wound
up with pienary session Ibis week.
and the commissions appointed not
by the conference. but hy Individual
governments win meet 1T tho Meth.
erlands capital next month.
This Is the plan. The Russians.
who blocked all efforts AZ agreement
here. have not agreed 20 II. The po-
liticai subcnmmisSion was to NEE, to-
day 20 approve II. but the soviet dei.-
cation. which has expressed it's dis.
approval OF the scheme. held the pow
er to prevent this last effort at agree
ment.
There are two versions OF what II
20 be done at The Hague. The issued
probably viii be fought out in the po-
iisical commission.
Great Britain proposed that the al.
lies appoints commissions 10 meet
with the Russians at The Hague. AFT
er spending a month In consideration
Of the difficulties in the path OF a
Russian settlement.
The French had a different version
OF what had been decided upon. They
declared the allies and America
should meet June IS, and then. ~ II
was so decided. the Russians should
be told later in the month 20 hear
the verdict. Thus Lloyd George won
half battle. for the French agreed
10 treat with the Russians at The
Hague under these conditions. on
the other hand. the French insistencr
that America Join and that the allies
and the United States arrange every
thing beforehand. was not nj all
Lloyd Georges idea. and certainly
not Tchitcherin's.
The soviet leader declared the
proposition unacceptable.
Another feature Of the plan for ad-
lo1ftttu+tt 70 Inc ttak1r vas tHfh "ti
nations would agree to make no sep
arate agreement with Russia In the
Interim
This was found highly objection
able by Tchitchsrin. Out of the
Genoa conference. which practically
came to an end when the political
subcommission failed TO reach an
agreement SATURDAY on the Russian
reply. Lloyd George may produce his
non-aKEressfon pact
The allied heads yesterday agreed
this would be a good thing for the
conference 20 adopt. II would be a
temporary truce on the basis Of Ell.
isting borders. But formal agreement
By the subcommlssion where the al
lied delegates speak for their govern.
ment. was still TO come.