The New York herald., 1922-02-03
DELAY PREFERRED
Wants Allies Attitude
Determined Before
Taking Part in
Farley
FOREIGN OFFICE VIEW
Resignation of italian Cab
met May Cause Postpone
ment Paris Desires.
SOCIALISTS ALSO CHANGE
Anti Bolshevist Group Urge
Recognition Of Soviet to
Reform 1t.
BY LAURENCE HILLS.

BY LAURENCE HILLS.
Special Cable TO THE NEw York HrsAIp.
Copyright, 1922, by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Paris, Feb. g..
France accepted the Genoa confer.
ence at Cannes and also the general
program. Therefore there can be no
question Of her acceptance now to
attend the conference. nor is there
a need to reply to the official invita-
tion Of the Italian Government.
This authoritative announcement
was made to-day by the French For.
eign Office to set at rest the many
rumors growing out of Frances non
reply. 1t bears out the statement
made to THE New YORK HERALD cor.
respondent fortnight ago by Depu
Francois Arago of the National BIZ
in the Chamber, Immediately folio
! ing Poincare's succession in the Pre-
miership following Brands resign
ton.
To-day's statement coming at q
time of evident confusion and doubt
regarding the Genoa meeting is Gig
nificant as indicating the Frer ca
Governments desire to absolve~ iteslf
from the accusation made in per
sistent rumors Of deliberately try rr
to Illustrate the Genoa conference
through withholding its reply to
Italian note and delaying converso
tions regarding the preliminary Y
rangements. These conversations, IL
appears, France already has begun
in London, not in an effort to impose
conditions upon which she will at.
tend but merely to obtain greater pre-
cision as to the attitude to be adopted
toward the former enemy states and
Russia before the conference as
sembles.
With this statement of the Foreign
aOfice some of the uncertainty sur
rounding the Genoa conference has
been removed, but new factor en-.
tered to-day in the sudden resigna-
tion of the Italian Cabinet, thus put.
ting any new Government in Italy In
position analogous to that OF the
Poincare Government aud opening
the possibility that the Italian Gov
ernment itself may cause postpone
ment.
Would Like postponcmeDt.
The French Government, though
indicating clearly to-day that IL
would go to Genoa without further
conditions, would like to see the con.
ference postponed, apparently, unless
satisfactory agreement can be
reached in few weeks with Italy
and England on the points France Is
now bringing up, but on the other
hand Premier Lloyd George Is re-
ported to be insistent on adherence
to the original date.
Led by the Socialists. there has
beena growth of opinion here in the
last few days in favor of the confer.
ence, and even against the postpone.
ment idea. II is noteworthy that the
anti-Bolshevist Socialists are now
urging France to go TO Genoa pre-.
pared to give full recognition to the
Soviets, contendIng that refusal 10
do SO will only increase the hold OF
the Soviets on the Russian National
lists, while IL given new contact with
the outside world Russia's interior
social order gradually will be won
away from Bolshevism.
Appeals 60 Business.
Lenhe's personal acceptance and
the plcuary powers given the Soviet
delegation are being used TO fortify
this argument, which is appealing
even to the conservative French
business interests. and the growing
opinion seems to have been respons,
BILE for to.day's announcement. whdh
Is already being attacked by some OF
the conservative newspapers as show.
ing decided change OF front by Pre-
micr Poincare.
There seems little doubt now that
the Genoa Conference. with or with.
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