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Show GENOA CONFAB I DELAY LIKELY I I WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. (By the LM Assoolated Press) Postponement of tm I the assembling of tht- Genoa economic wM conference not fee March 8, probably mwlm I will be lint fane 1 j. it was stated in of- flcial circles, bccuu.se of prolongation WM of the Washington armament confer- wM ence. H Even if all other tactors were favor- MMm able, it was said, it would be practi- mmwM calls impossible to assemble so liirp 1 gathering as that contemplated fof wM Genoa in the six weeks remaining b i..f the tentative date. The difflcul- -9M ty has not been lessened, Italian spokesmen paid by the dolay on th-t part of the I'nlted State lo formally announce their attitude toward tht W9M projected satherini,'. Close connection between the Wash rH Ington conference and thut in Genoa fH was seen by somo delegates who de- tH olaxed there could bo no effective tjwm j.runing ir. I rearrangement of Euro- IH I pean budget?, conoidored a neeessarv tH preliminary to any successful readjust- IH ment of European economic condition" IH until positive steps havo been taken to-I to-I ward reduction of naval armament at least Until such reduction Is assured by Washington conference, lt would b Useless to call a conference In Genoa for economic reconstruction. Anotht-r consideration favoring d'-- IH lay of the Genoa meeting is the ne-cessity ne-cessity of finding accommodations In that mii til i lly. It Is estimated thai WwM 1.. 1 less than 1600 people would be in KH attendant c at the con f eronce, and thr Bff I' .llan government probably would bf E- obliged lo resort to suburban and -nearby towns to secure necessary ac-t ac-t ommodatlons for visitors. |