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GENOA PARLEY SHOCK I PROOF, SAYS LONDON PAPER
ing a shambles. Therefore we are
thinking of the Russian people and
want to make peace with them, de
fpito the Russian Government.
' The Russian people fought gal
lantly on our side for two years and
Muffered the greatest casualties. They
?u-o not responsible for what lias hap
pened since the revolution. We want
*tn open huttiane policy in Russia, if
The Government can be persuaded to
, iccept the principles guiding all inter
national relationships. I must say the
??* Kussian delegates are making settle
ment difficult. We have told them just
now far we can go: but while they
pursue a policy of Oriental haggling
wo cannot know where they stand."
French Explain Point-are'* Sp?e<'h.
The French insist that M. Poincare
said nothing new, and they call atten
tion to his description of the sacrifices
which France already has made against
its own best opinion to continue the con
ference in the face of the developments
following the Kapallo treaty. They say
r, Jfhat every development at Genoa em
?? . "hasiea the wisdom of French caution in
?ie*illng with the Germans and fhe Bol
sheviki.
They reiteratrTliat the British show a
?sympathy with the Russian people, but
Wlnt out that M. Tchitelierln s letter to
the Pples is proof that the Soviet repre
sentatives believe they have taken the
conduct of the entire conference under
{heir wing.
Dissatisfaction with Russian tactics
was echoed in the British delegation to
night. where it was stated that, with the
?issuraneo of Mr, Lloyd George and ,\j
? Uarthou having reached a thorough
? personal understanding, th.- Russians
will find themselves brought up .short, if
they persist. It is also hinted that the
utrmans are not so happy over the
Rapello treaty, and may be ready to re
pent their alliance with Russia if they
find the world united against them.
Most of the Russian tactics may be.
egarded as a prelude to the applica
tions for a loan. The delegate* still in
sist that their lives or the Soviet Gov
ernment will not bt worth ;i ruble if
they return empty handed.
'Joth I* rench and Hvltls 1 spokesmen
Insist that their delegations are coop
erating keenly, however, to find a way
o bring the conference to suoc'-sg by
? voiding the dilemma outlined. The ex
perts have reported much progress in
the way of restoration of Kuropean
land and water transit facilities, that
?lUbcommlssion making a recommenda
lioh, which undoubtedly will be adopted
that the principles of the Barcelona and
Porta Rosa conventions should be made
applicable to all nations.
This Is the first <mbconnnission to con
< lude its labors ; and the announcement
was made triumphantly, though ho who
made it could not repress a smile, add
% that thoy had decided "to call an
other conference" of the representatives
"f all .European rallwav administra
tions. and conilde the political questions
involved to a committee of the League
of Nations.
Hnssla Hits at Poland.
Genoa, April 3o (Associated Press).
Russia further complicated the Oenoa
, tug of war to-r?lght by sending Poland
.a note announcing that Russia considers
that Poland has violated both its peaco
treaty with Russia, signed at Riga
March 18, 1921, and its Baltic entente
igreement. signed at Riga March 30,
1922, by participating in negotiations at
?Jer.oa questioning. Russia's right to
egotiate treaties.
Th? note is signed by George Tchl
? tcherln. It says:
"In connection with the note which
4-jome of the delegations participating In
tTie Genoa conference forwarded on
April IS to the president of the 0?rman
delegation, and which was published in
th- newspapers of April 19, and also in
connection with the onswer of them:
delegations to the German note of April
22, which was published on the 24th, I
wish to call attention to the following:
"Leaving completely aside the que?
ion whether the considerations n^uch
ed the delegations signatory to the fltst
note to invite Germany to abstain
iien< eforth from participation in the
. onferencc on questions relating to Rus
sia were justified. I think, nevertheless,
these same Considerations should ubilge
?Poland also to refrain from participa
tion, because the treaty concluded by
Russia and Poland nt Riga on March
18, 1921, settled all questions of impor
tance between the ,tfo States under a
form much more concrcte and defln't"
thar, the treaty sinned at" Rapallo by
Russia and Germany on April 1.
"At the same time j cannot refrain
'roni remarking how strange and in
comprehensible it seems that a Govern
ment which recognized do ji?re wtt'ioli.
???servatioos the Soviet Government of
, , **'a nn<1 which concluded a treaty
With it should join in a movement aimed
j~eTr,0^nb 'ts right to make treaties
vith other governments.
In this action of Poland my Cov
> rnment is obliged to sec a blow against
the sovereign rights of Russia and a
consequent serious violation, first, of
Tlie treaty of peace concluded at Riga
on March 1. 1921, between Russia, the
i kralne and Poland, and ratified by the
Polish Diet on AprH 3 of the same year,
and. secondly, a violation of the accord
-igned at Riga on March 30. 1922, b~
ween Russia, Poland, Esthonia and
j&ivim., wh?r*by Poland engaged riot
only to work in harmony with Russia
in the Genoa cenferenoe. but also to
strive by every force at the Genoa con
"rence to have the Russian Government
recognized de jure by the States which
Jiave not dohe so.
"Finally, the circumstance that the
Government# signing the reply to the
'Jerman note, among thern Poland, which
belongs neither to the big nor the little
-utente and Is allied to Russia by normal
'?ontractural relations, reserved for them
telves the right not to approve certain
lauses of the Russo-Gertnan treaty,
reates an extraordinary precedent
whereby any third Power can Justiry
.tself In annulling a treaty between two
Powers. By following this precedent
tnssia would have the absolute right
riot to recognize trestles or parts of
treaties disagreeable to her concluded be
tween Poland and other Powers.
"Th? Russian Government, however, is
not disposed to proceed on this path
biased by the Polish move and declares
?ategorlcally that in no ease can K per
mit treaties concluded by Russia to de
pend for Mielr legality on the action of
Powers not signatory."
V. S. RESERVES RIGHTS
AS TO RUSSIAN DEBTS
Ambassador Child Removes
Any Misapprehension.
t?oNPoK, ApWI 2.? i Associated PreM).
?Rlchird WaBhbUrn Child. American
\mba*i?ador to Italy, hn* notified the
<;enoa conference that the United States
reserves all Its right* on the repayment
of war debt* duo from ltussla, say* a
dispatch to the Evening Standard from
tienoa. These debts Include private
fcankera' loans and advances to the
f Kerenuky Government.
?' (N'AniuNdToN. April 2i?,?In declaring
? ilint thi' UnltM Htntes reserves all It#
r ah' rcRurdlriK i>:iymfni of tlx liii?
?a? taking an extra precaution aifninnt
any decision which might be Interpreted
im Involving the Interests of the I'tllted
...
'Express* and 'Chronicle'
Declare Britain Backs
His Course.
J ? .
?DAILY MAIL' BITTER
Asserts Premier's Com
plaint" Is Effort to Hide
Failure.
POINCABE MEANS WAJi
80 Says 'Westminster Gazette,"
Which Asserts England AVill
Not Follow.
Special Cable, to Tub New Yoik Hkkai d
Cop'/iii/ht. toy;, bu The Nnv York Hebaui.
Vfw York llrruld Korean. J
l.onilon, April 33. >
I While tlie Northcliffe press con
tinues its bitter attack on Premier
Lloyd Oeorge. the Exprcat, under the
j heading "Well Done," compliments the
| Premier's complaint about the mis
j representation of his action and gives
him "full and unrestricted support,''
and adds: "The mischievous tittle
tattle with respect to the meetings
with the Bolsheviks which has aroused
such a fury in Paris and elsewhere
cannot be too strongly condemned.
"It is, of course, utterly untrue. Mr.
Lloyd George has pursued a perfectly
honorable and straight forward policy
at the Genoa conference.
"What is more, his policy is one ap
proved by the vast majority of tho
j British nation. When ilr. Lloyd George
j returns and lays the case before Par
l liament he will find himself completely
vindicated, lie will find the nation gla?i
I to give him enthusiastic approval. Hi
! has acted as the ideal spokesman of his
I country."
Declaration of War.
The Daily Mail calls the criticism of
the Times and of the Daily Mail a "dec
1 lotion of war." It a*ys that Mr. Lloyd
[ George is making a "characteristic ef
j fprt to hide his failure" and that he Is
I "flustered by the threatened breakdown
of the conference and in seeking a scape
i goat has decided to lay tho burden of
I his own failure 011 the broad back' of
j the Northcllffe preps."
It adds that Premier Lloyd George's
j prestige has greatly declined since the
opening session, that the truculencc of
1 the Bolsheviks was calculated to test
1 the strength of the Allies and the
| patience of Mr. Lloyd George and that
j when their defiances went unrebuked the
Bolshevlki stood out as the strongest
<-fnr?c there, and so the Germany were
emboldened to throw in their lot" with
them in the face of all the world.
The paper says that the neutrals were
furious with Lloyd George and are pre
pared to take Germany's part against
him and his allied clique because of tho
expulsion of Germany, adding: "What
ever happens now the conference can
hardly be anything but a failure. The
i Russians have achieved all they wanted
I and are now quite prepared to withdraw
I and stew in their own economic juice
| until the Powers are compelled to treat
| with Russia on the latter's terms."
Ignore* the Complaint.
The Times ignores Mr Lloyd George's
I complaint, but says: "Day after day it
j becomes dearer that the splendid visions
which the world wan asked to expect a*
the result of th? Genoa conference are
fading away. The Bolshevik* have
proved a little ,too much even for the
patience of their, best friends."
The Chronicle nays that the confer
j, enc? has survived so many crises that
| it Jus 110^ become shock proof and be
lieves that there is a sound basis for
optimism ftecaupe while the extreme
wings of the conference are loath to
settle anything they are still more loath
to break irretrievably away, and that if
the Russians go away empty handed
they could not go anywhere but back to
a veritable task of despair.
It declares that If France left the con
j ferencc she would be morally and polit
ically Isolated, feared and distrusted
us the avowed enemy of peace and would
be left without a sincere friend in Eu
rope and outside and would havye to at
tempt the impossible task of imposing
her policies on the world single handed.
Tlie paper doubtn whether either France
or Russia will "kick over the traces of
the Onoa peace chariot" and odds:
1 "Croat credit will bo given hy history
to th? British and Italian Premiers for
their patience, courage and tact." It
| says that Mr. Lloyd George clayed a
part which no other man living could
i have played.
The Wfiitminater Gazrite thinks that
' Premier Polncare's speech "clearly ends
j the Genoa conference as far a-s France
j Is concerned. ... It is obvious that
they cannot usefully discuss ? n nythlnc
i with the representatives of n St.ata
j whose territor/ they propose to invade
: in Ave weeks' time. . . . The effects
| on this country of f French Invasion
j of the Ruhr Is t subject on Which we
do not care to dilate.
"It would take us back to 1914. wU\
; France, Instead of Germany, as the
power threatening the peaco and life
i of Europe. Oreftt Britain means to bftvj
' peace; France, If Polncare l?-her trus
spokesmen^ means to perpetuate w>r
I It would be folly to obscure the fact
? hat If his speech Is the last word of
France It. also stands for n parting of
the ways between the French people and
ourselves.''
OPERATION ON LENINE.
Itnllet, TronhllnH lllm A eiirs, ex
tracted From Nlilr.
I!t? a, [Atvia, April 25 'Associated
i Pre*).?Premier l,enine of Soviet Hus
! sin. \yas operated on yesterday, says a
| report from Moscow to-day. A bullet,
which had troubled him for three years,
WHt extracted from his side, i Last ac
counts wero that the patient was doing
I well.
AVOHAV orif.TV l> NIIOOTI\r.,
Mrs. Hester Smith of Westbury. L. T..
was convicted of assault in the second
degree yesterday by a Jury at Mlneola.
She will be sentenced Saturday Sirs.
Smith was eintrged with shooting .Tames
Rnnnlster, grain dealer of Westbury,
? ?i\tii* night of ry jaif .t??t|
d him tlint night she was
ve him because he had been
ind a struggle followed.
soled ho had lived nlth her.
f|e.>,
rlo Frfhe tol
, L'oini\to lea
? it irikifl
Uan: U'
RUSSIANS ACT LIKE LIZARDS;
MOVE LIKE ANTS, SAY ALLIES
British See Them Crawling Into Holes and Popping
Out Unexpectedly?Italians Say, "Like Ants They
Wander in Different Directions, but Get There.''
Uenoa. April 25 (Associated Press),? i
Oriental bargaining," is the way the j
British delegation describes th'e tactics j
of the Russian experts.
"The Russians are like so many liz- i
ards," say' the British. "They cratyi
into their holes, then come out In Unex
pected places. It isn't the written pro
posal.-) which are so remarkable, but
the amazing explanations and interpre
tations of these."
"Russian tactics when discussing ai>y
subject may be compared to tho move
ment of an ant," said the Italian aaokes.
man to-day. "The "ant goes slowly
wanders in different directions, but
liinally gftts tehre. The Russians do
likewise: they arc the opposite of Hie
businesslike, straightforward An?lo
Saxons. Therefore great patience and
much time are necessary, but the ulti
mate object will be reached."
For these reasons the Italian dele
gation considers the wave of pessimism
which spread over conference circles last
nlirht much exaggerated. The Russians,
continued the speaker, eannot help real
izing that any accord would be useless
unless such as to invite the capital of
the world to return to Russia. There
fore, above all. it is in the Interest of
Russia that tho conclusions reached
here should ofTer plenty of guarantiee
especially to former owners of property
in Russia, who would be the first to
letOrn there.
TORIES USE GENOA
TO HIT LLOYD GEORGE
Die Hards Hope to I sc Discord
as Base for Attacking1
premier.
Special cable to Tin New Yo*k Hbuald.
Copyright. I9!J. bn Tub New Vobk Herald.
New Vork IleruW Burnm. I
Loodoa. April 23. I
The reconvening of tho House of Com
mons to-morrow will bo the signal for
tho reopening of the tight on Premier
Lloyd George by the scattered Tory "die
hards," using the troubles at Genoa ai
a new club against the Government.
The malcontents of various parties,
although hopelessly unorganized before
the adjournment for tho Easter holi
days, hope now to f.nd a common ground
for united action.
It is expected that they will proclaim
that tho Prime Minister already has
failed at Genoa and that it is useless
to go on when he is only leading Europe
deeper and deeper into the mire of mis
understanding. Mr. Lloyd George is ex
pected back for the next week end. when
his friends are counting on a full state
ment from him as to what has hap
pened at Genoa, what the prospects are
rind where the blame lies.
It is feared in some quarters that
Premier Poincare's outburst may result
in France withdrawing from the confer
ence, nnd if she does, the Government
followers believe that Mr. Lloyd George
will nsk for another vole of conildence
for tho continuance and completion of
the work already darted. 'I he ( on.li
tionists declare that the Premier hgs
mad* himself indispensable, and now
anticipate that tho Government will be
free to fro on with domestic affairs.
The tremendous home interest in tne
budget program, it is regarded, wi 1
soon quiet complaints Kbout the trend
of Hie Genoa conference. It is reported
that wh'-n Sir Robert Home. <?haneelhwr
of the Exchequer, introduces, the Widget
on Monday he Will advocate that ?
shilling be taken off the income tax
:ind perhaps a few slight reductions be
made ifl 'tl?e lugffr, tea And beer,
which, if they materialize, are almost
certain to Increase greatly the coun
try's confidence in }lie Government.
According to the' Coalition program,
if Mr. Lloyd George is successful at
Genoa a general election will speedilj
be called, otherwise it will be delayed
until conditions are more favorable.
AMERICANS TO AID
EUROPE'S FINANCING
Morgan on German Loan;
Strong on Banks of Issue.
special Dispatch to Tim Nnw Vobk IIoalp.
?w York Herald Buj*a.i. {
Washington, U. C.. April 2-?. S
President Harding let It become known
to-day that the Government has no ob
jection to J. P. Morgan ? acceptance of
membership on the committee appointed
by the Inter-Allied Reparations Com
mission to examine the po.^lbiUtiesofa
German international loan. It was ix
plained at the White Howe and State
Department, however, that Mr Morgan
had not consulted the President or
retary Hughes.
It also was authoritatively sta.ed tlia
the President would be pleased person
ally to have Benjamin Strong. Governor
of the Federal Reserve Bank of the
l'nlted States, take port in the proposeu
European conference of central banks
of issue. An invitation on the part oj
the Bank of England Is on Its way, ?t
is understock.
While Mr. Strong would not have any
authority to speak for the United States
Government, he would be able to fur -
nlsh European bankers with authorita
tive information as to the banking con
ditions In this conntry.
BERLIN DOUBTS LOAN
WOULD SUCCEED HERE
Biuilin. April 25 <Associated Press).
?Speculations regarding ? prospect ve
American loan to Germany occupied
considerable space In the newspapers to
day. but official comment is not forth
coming In the absence of Finance Mln
<ster Hermes, his departmental sccre
taiv Herr Schroeiler, and also other
financial advisers of the Government,
such a" the Hamburg banker. Herr M? 1
chlor. and Karl Bergmann, former 1 n
der Secretary of the Treasury, who are
at Genoa. Berlin official quarters say
they are uninformed of the nature o
nny negotlc.tlo.is. which would be con
ducted at Genoa.
Referring t<> the reports from Ne"
York to the effect that .!. P. Morgan is
inclined to view the prospects of a loan
optimistically, the Drufchu Allpemiina
7,eiliino, Herr Stinnes's organ, observes
Mint ti ls Is good news, but that many
weighty considerations militate agnlns'
the success of a loan, such as "impos
sible reparation demands, French chau
vinism and tho uncertainty Of the O-jnoa
conference, which would make a politi
cal Issue of the loan," all of which. adds
the pa tier, do not warrant great hopes.
The strength Of the marlc in AV all
Street, according to this paper, doubt
less Indicates tho general American
feeling on the subject.
RYAN FRYeDOF~BLAME
FOR DEATH OF WIFE
PamU, April 25?The Investigating
magistrate decided to-dny that there was
no > ase for proceedings against Thomas
Stewart Ryan, the American newspaper
writer. In eonticetlon with the death of
his wife.
Mrs. Ryan, professionally known ns
Miss Audrey Crelsrhton, violinist. whose
home was In California. iH?*l hw*- .lami
,ir\ If* after having swallowed severn'
poison tablets, and Ryan wo* held tem
porarily pending an Investigation He
was release! on Ijoll shortly
Asks British Public Not to Be
lieve ?Times' and 'Daily
Mail.'
liu.No.v. April 23.?Premiei Lloyd
George to-day requested the British
press to appeal to the British public to
disbeliov. anything it reads in the Lon
don Times or the London Daily Mail
concerning the Genoa conference. The
Premier asserted that the Vatiy Mail
had printed a statement that lie had
conferred secretly with Leonid Krassine,
one of the Russian delegates, and prom
ised to wipe out the Russian war debts.
This and many other statements, which
Mr. Lloyd George alleges were untrue,
have appeared, he declared, in tho Lon
don Times and the Oailii Mail and have
misled tho British uf.d l"*ncn 'J,b}{c\hc
Mr. Lloyd George said that it Un
charges made against him by the
Tunes and Vail were presented In Par
liament he would answer them and gi\e
the British public the full truth. ie
efforts of the British to get the Irench
U. understand the British attitude to
ward Russia have, in the opinion f the
Hritish delegates*, been greatly hampered
by a hostile press.
The French public, continued Mr.
Lloyd George, is apparently convinced
that the Russo-German treaty Is in soma
wav the outcome of the Genoa confej -
ence, and this belief is being fostered
by the press nnfriendly to the confei -
1? the belief of the British delega
tion that If the comparatively Prosper
ous countries leave Germany ?"d R. s
sia in isolation and misery they de
velop o fierce friendship which " 111 bo
directed against the whole of the west.
The British delegates, therefore. sa>
thev will have nothing to do with a,
policy which may bring about such re
sults. While the British announce that
thev are not afraid of a German or a
Russian menace, they aro determined to
do their utmost to prevent Kurope from
being ?tWned into a shambles; conse
quently they want, if possible, to make
peace "with Russia regardless of the
character of its Govei nment.
One of the British delegates urged
that hope for a settlement of the Rus
sian question should not be abandoned,
a-* the allied experts are drafting a re
port which will state cxactly what the
allied*terms arc. The Russian experts
probably will be called into the meeting
to-morrow.
The British delegation Is seeking an
open and human policy toward Russia,
so the British spokesman said, and if
Great Britain can persuade the Russian
Government to accept tho traditional
condition's of international intercourse
between civilized peoples, Britain hoped
to toe able to better the conditions of
the unhappy and starving Russian
masses, which could not be held re
sponsible for what had happened In
Russia since the revolution.
FRENCH SEE LITTLE
HOPE OF PEACE PACT
Lloyd George's International
Scheme Lacks Appeal.
Paris. April 25 < Associated Press) .?
The conviction grows in French political
circles that there Is little or no chance
of an agreement being concluded at
Genoa with the Soviet, at least so far
as the French delegation is concerned.
As to Premier Lloyd George's plan for
an international pact it is contended
that such a paet would have no real
object Article X. of the covenant of thc
League of Nations is considered suffi
cient to cover all purposes for the prea
' "Arguing that Lloyd George's proposed
pact of non-aggression is premature t<ie
Trmpg, to-day asks "tVhat's the good
of remaining at Genoa? '
The Tempit questions the value of any
Russian Soviet signature promising to
respect tho Rumanian frontier, which
Includes Bessarabia, or of a German
signature accepting as definite th<i
boundaries laid down In the treaty or
Versailles, notably those of Poland.
I QiexoA, April 23 (Associated Press).
Uoyd -George, and the Italian For
I elgn .Minister. Signor Schanxer, had a
long conversation to-day concerning the
I "non-aggression" pact. The scheme has
I been Intrusted to Hlgnor Selaloia. a
leading authority on International law1,
to prepare a report.
NO ALIEN AUTOMOBILES
ALLOWED BY CZECHS
Special Permits Required for
More Than Two Days' Use.
! pp,, ;al Cable to Tnr New Yosk Bsbaid.
j Copyright, 1911. bv Tub Nr.w Yo*k Beralu.
Sew York Hers Hi Bnrenn,)
* Purls. April 2.1. (
j Tourists Intending to bring th'lr mo
tors to linrope must make special ar
rangements If they wish to spend more
than forty-eight hours in ? 'seeno-Sro
vakla. Orders have Just been issued l>.V
the Prague Government prohibiting anv
foreign car remaining In f'*ech territory,
and even residents are not permitted to
own < ars not mad/ In Csscho-Slovakls.
Special permits, however, may *>e ob
tained of the Government for period*
I not exceeding four weeks.
j Csech automobile plants, like the Lnu
rln and Xlemcnt In Esselsdorf and
? Prague, are reported as behind the
j ukase, as a protest against the growth
I of the Hteyr nnd I?Rlmler business in the
' niccesslon *tot"s of the Austro-Hungail
iin empire. .
r?M M> A*HIIIN(i?
It to. If tt l? Mverltr.'O In tlir U'( surf
t'ouii'i coinnin* of Torte llvtfciu
4 -a**
Believe France Will .Not
Hesitate to Carry Out
Military Program.
ENTENTE ENDANGERED
Find Time Ripe for Eng
land to Act Against 'Dis
turber of Peace.'
FOR PASSIVE RESISTANCE
Paris Says Poincare Intended
Merely to Make Policy
Clear.
Special Czble to The Nmv Yohk H?bali>
Copyright, MS,', by The New Yobk Hbh.u.d.
?n York Ilrrald Bureau. )
Merlin. April 85. j
The Germans have weighed every!
word of Premier Poineare's speech,
particularly" that part dealing with pos-!
sible sanctions (penalties) should Ger
many not fulfill the conditions of the!
last note of the Reparations Commis
sion. That France reserves the right
to take independent action and will
keep the weapons at hand which the!
Versailles treaty accords her Is looked I
upon by tho conservative press as a
tentative French declaration of war'
against Germany. "The storm gath
ers, and probably France will not hes
itate this time to carry out her long
announced program of military meas
ures in the Ruhr Valley," is the tenor
of most comment.
But the Germans expcct that tins1
i time Great Britain will not support
France in her purpose. One paper!
says that "Poincare's present policy
leads straight toward breaking up the|
Entente."
The Tag asserts that "France stands
to-day isolated before the world. The
time has come for Kngland and other
Powers to use vigorous measures against
this disturber of tho peace of the world."
The Socialist press sees Caesarian
megalomania in Paris. TUB New Yoisk
Hkrald correspondent Intevlewed a
number of prominent Germans to-day
and found the characteristic attitude to
ward reparations to be one of passive re
sistance. True, the friends of Chancellor
Wirth make a maximum fulfillment of
peace terms their program, and indi
vidual Germans say the Government will
do all within reason. Yet they do not,
give much close thinking to exactly I
what l)r. Wirth will do, but spend their !
energy discussing the moral obligations
of reparation in general.
For Pnmiltc It??*l*tnne^.
They look for outside political events !
to turn in their favor. AIho, there is a
growing passive resistenoc toward the
catastrophic policy which the French
would impose. Hugo Stinnes and the
big industrial party which lie and
Gustav Streseman lead, which opposed
it a year ago before the 1-ondon ulti
matum, takes the same position to-day.
"bet the French come and see how
much they can salvage," is their cry
A prominent German financier who
prepared part of the German brief for
the Genoa conference said: "Germany
cannot and should not promise to ful
fill the impending reparations demands.
British economists and even Lord
d'Aberdeen (British envoy to Berlin), j
advise us against making sacrifices for
reparations which would hinder our ^
capacity to produce goods."
Herr Stinness Berlin paper, the
Allgemcinc ZcMmifj, asserts. "The
French would make us helpless crip- j
pies. The French will stand alone in
favor of sanctions, and it is better to I
) let them go ahead. Germany must j
make the refusal now which she should
have made two years ago."
All circles arc encouraged in the att!
j tude of passive resistance by tho Kran
I co-British disfcord over the Kusso
German treaty.
I'ltinenre'ii Policy < lear.
Paris, April ?S (Associated Press).?
Premier Poincare has not udopted any
plan for the further military occupation
of Germany in case nf a default in the
' German reparation payments on ilay 31,
? it was asserted in official circles to-day.
! The Premier's speech yesterday, in which
' he declared France would, if necessary,
i undertake alone to see that the Treaty
I of Versailles was executed in case of a
j default, is said to have been intended
; 10 make the Government's policy clear
and put an end to the criticism that
j Prance was persisting in an obscure at
! tltude.
There Is plenty of time to consider
j what should best be done to oblige Ger- j
I many to respect her engagements, it is
pointed out, but M. Poincare desired
I to ilear the ground right now before
) action at Genoa on Prime Minister
Lloyd George's plan to commit all Ku
ropo to a policy of hands off other peo
ple's territories tinder all circumstances. |
The sentiment expressed by Premier
Poincare in his declarations of yester- !
day at Bar-le-Duc were echoed through
out France by loading public men at
I the sessions of the general councils of
j the departments.
DENTAL DRILL BREAKS;
WOMAN GETS LOCKJAW
Trenton, April 25.?Mr*. Frank Win
; dor of 48."i Cuylcr avoiiue, this city, is
i in the Polyclinic Hospital, Philadelphia,
i undergoing treatment us a result of n
broken noedlfl having lo<1gfd In her Jaw
while seated In a dentist's eflair here a
i fey.' days ago. She is said to be in a
I serious condition. Her husband, Frank
Winder, chief of the inspection division j
of t'lie Trenton Water Department, Is j
with her.
.Mrs. Winder was having a tooth filled j
Wh?n a lieedle in tho dentist's drill I
f-nripped off and lodned in her Jaw. Hf- I
forts to dislodge It were unavailing and
she was sent to the hospital. Meantime j
her Jaws became locked, and It was
necessary to resort to artificial feeding.
CIRCUS MAN III KM IV I 'If ASH.
PlTTSBfno, Kan.. April 25.-- One man#
j was killed and several others Injured
| when a St. I.ouis and Snn Francisco
passenger train crashed Into a circus
train Ht Clirnrd early to-day. A misun
derstanding of orders Is believed to hive
Ubeen responsible for ?!??? collision. Tin
tiiuii killed was Picas Hart of Wapoj?
known ns 'TuPlor" nineU-le,'' nn old ."If
"tis ?-*r'oyse. ?
Hamburg Find* Traces
of a German Landru
Special Cable to Tub New Yoik 11sual?
CopirrioM, 1912, by Tub New Yosk Hnui.u.
??? York Ili-mld Unreali, )
Krrlln, April 2.V I
THE stock brokers of Hamburg
were impelled to pause and
meditate the transitory na
ture of thia world's glories when
masons repairing the lexfchango
building unearthed human skulls
in the courtyard. Thirty-five cra
niums, seeming to indicate the ac
tivity of a German Landru, who
had chosen the stock exchango as
the place best adapted to finish off
his victims, wore found. ^
SOVIETS OUTLINE
THEIR POSITION
Ready to Acccpt Financial
Obligations of Its Pre-\Y;tr
Predecessors.
Ge\*oa, April 25 (Associated Press).??
All the delegates to economic confer
ence, except the Russians, to-day con
sidered the counter proposals* of the
Soviet delegation, which, besides ask
ing for recognition dc jure of the Soviet
Republic and a large loun to be granted
to Russia, contain, according to the
Socialist /newspaper Javoro, which is
generally/ well informed about Russian
matters, 'the following propositions:
The Russian Soviet Government is
ready to recognizo financial obligations
entered into by its predecessors before
August, 1914, towards foreign Powers
and their nationals. This concession
also is extended to all those who became
legal possessors of said securities before
March, 1917. This provision, however,
does not apply to States which have ter
ritorial questions pending with Russia
The Russian Soviet Government also
is ready to recognize financial engage
ments entered Into beforo Auguxt, 1914,
by all Russian authorities, provincial or
local, but does not recognize engage
ments entered Into by Russian authori
ties who at tho conclusion of this agree
ment aro not under the control of the
Soviets.
' The Russian Soviet Government is
ready to give foreigners tho use of tlicir
properties, which have been nationalized
or requisitioned, whenever possible, ac
cording to the fundamental laws of the
Soviet republic, jiamely, the granting to
foreigners of concessions for participat
ing in commercial companies or trurfls
for a definite number of years and on
conditions which would be determined
specially for each ease.
The Soviets also ask that arrears In
Interest as well as tho Interest on their
debts of any kind be annulled until th'j
moratorium is over. The Russian ex
perts further nsk that the Powers re
turn to the Soviets all Russian proper
ties existing abroad, even Jewels, de
posits in banks, ships, landed property,
etc., as well as all financial obliga
tions of their nationals toward Russia,
permitting necessary investigations of
their banks. The thirty years' mora
torium would begin from the day of
the signing of thf present agreement.
After reading th? Russian proposals
M. Cattler, one o: the Belgian experts,
remarked: "It is curious that the So
viets, who refuse to hand over prop
erties belonging to our nationals in Rus
sia, should be the ones to insist upon
<he return of Russian private properties
which wo hold."
To this remark Christian Rakovsky,
Premier of the Ukraine, immediately re
plied: "It is Just because you have
not nationalized your property that we
ask for restitution. If you also were
to turn communist we would not have
any further claim upon you."
M. Cattler, who thought he saw a flaw
in M. Rakovsky's argument, retorted:
"Suopcse there was a Belgian bank in
which were deposited 2,000,000 rubles by
the Czar and at a branch of tho same
Belgian bank at Moscow there were de
posited 2,000,000 Belgian francs. Do
you mean to tell me you would claim
restitution of tho 2,000,(>00 rubles and
refuse to give up tho 2,000,000 Belgian
francs?"
"Precisely. That's it," retorted Ra
kovsky.
ISADORA DUNCAN
BARRED FROM FRANCE
Feared She and Another
Dancer Have Soviet Virus.
Special Cable to The Nsw Yobk UiauLc
Copyright, 1921, bit Tim New York Hfjialu.
New York Herald llur.nu. )
1'iirU, April S3. I
Isadora Duncan, tlic dancer, who is in
Moscow, will find a French vise refused
her if she tries to come back to Paris
before (lie Soviet Government is offi
cially recognized. Tiik New York
Herald correspondent learned to-day
that the French Government has ex
tended the ban to all dancers, writers
and actors who have become contam
inated by contact wttli the Bolshevik!
while guests of the Moscow .Soviet.
The first victim of this ruling Is Mile.
Olga Spessiva. who is now in London,
although there Is a Job waiting for her
\vlth Merge de Diaghlleff's ballet at the
Paris Opera. Though ?he professes not
to be a Bolshevist, the French have
learned that she not only accepted a sub
sidy while dancing in Petrograd and
Moscow, but also presided at a banquet
of the Hed Internationale In the latter
city. Diaghlieff asked for a special vise,
personally guaranteeing the danseuse's
character, but met with a prompt re
fusal.
Mile. Spessiva toured America tinder
Diaghlieff as a child dancer anil several
years before the war received .a French
medal from the hands of the then Presi
dent Poincare.
READY TO TRY MORSE
IF DEMURRER FAILS
Department of Justice Wants
Quick Action.
tipeital Ui.ipatrh f,> Tub New Yosk Hnuto.
New York Herald Hurt-nil. )
Washington, 1>. C\. April 8.1. (
It wa? announeed to-dny that If tho
court overrules the demurrer filed by
Charles W. Murgo In tfie Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia attacking
the validity of the indictment found
against him.In connection with his war
contracts the Department of Jtistico will
seek to have the case set for immediate
trial.
The court will hear arguments on the
demurrer April 29 and may announce
its decision soon afterward.
The Attorney-Ocneral said thro de
partment was ready to proceed without
delay if the court upholds the Indict
ment.
KVOTT WI1.R05 Kl > O AID.
Former sheriff David II. Knott has
lien appointed vice-chairman of the New
Norli city committee of the Woodrtw
Wilson Foundation, it wa* announced
yesterday at national headquarters of
Mif foundation. Mr. Knott Is to serve
? i!li * Thomas W, Churchill, the ?:<.<
bairmnn. rnonlinating the committer
if sll horwfh".
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