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Show Land Armament Limit Will Be Suggested by Diplomatist of Britain Llc3'd George Said to Contemplate Submitting Plan for Curtailing Fighting Forces for a Definite Period of Time GENOA, April 12. (By the Associated Associ-ated Press.) Prime Minislrr Lloyd George of Great Britain contemplates suggesting in agreement for limitation of land armaments In Hurope for a definite period, according to an unverified un-verified report, before the adjournment adjourn-ment of the present International economic eco-nomic conference. The "army holiday," holi-day," It Is thought, will 1m patterned after the naval holiday completed at the Washington conference. Disarmament continues to be the most discussed question among the dais lea her- al'hm.sl. .mind frm formal consideration following the In- Itlal tilt between the French and Russian Rus-sian delegations when M. Thltrherln. I soviet foreign minister, endeavored to ( bring It before the conference. i The statement of Ixiuls Barthou. head of the French delegation, to the Associated Press yesterday, explaining i why France cannot discuss disarms- ' ment at Genoa, probably will remain f : the basis of the French attitude on this question, despite the attempts of the Russian delegation or other national na-tional groups to raise the Issue. This Is a purely economic conference." confer-ence." said the French leader last night, again emphasising France's position, po-sition, "and we have simply got to stick to our agenda as America did at Washington, otherwise we will get nowhere." NOT CERTAIN.. Asked If France would be disposed to discuss disarmament at some later conference. M. Barthou replied: "If I wanted to aay the easy, pleasant thing, my answer would be yes, and yet the real answer of Franc is, we don't know. "Don't forgot that we have before us a great army In Russia, and. while Germany certainly Is not a menace at present, we have a menace In the potentially po-tentially great German army of the future. fu-ture. You have perhaps observed the anodyne texture of the German chan-cellor'a chan-cellor'a apeech before the Genoa conference. con-ference. We do not know what Germany Ger-many will do. but I can aay this my latest official reports from Parts do not Indicate that Germany is In a tractable aplrit concerning th vital matters embodied In -th Versatile treaty." M. Barthou emphasised that a disarmament dis-armament program is under consideration consider-ation by the league of nations, which, he said. It would doubtless give proper attention. The report on financial queatlons prepared by the Germans and presented present-ed by Dr. Rathenau to Premier Facta as chairman of the conference, waa transmitted today to Sir Robert Horns, chancellor of the British exchequer, and will be discussed at the afternoon meeting of the financial commission. The report deals especially with a plan for the stabilization of exchange thro.--, an International loan, and alao outlines a proposal for universal monetary mone-tary reform. The report consider the reconstruction of Russia Indispensable Indispen-sable for the successful Issue of sny such reform. COLRAT PRESIDENT. Organization of the economic commission com-mission of the conference wa effected today by the election of M. Colrat. j French under secretary of state, as I president. The commission then took up the question of the formation of a subcommisslon and the apofntment of such a commission, composed of twelve members, was agreed to after considerable debate. The discussion 'was opened by the Hungarian representative, who - suggested sug-gested the formation of four subcom-mlsslons subcom-mlsslons so that the problems regarding regard-ing each of the four principal sections of Europe could be separately considered. consid-ered. Serbia and Holland opposed the Hungarian auggeaWon. Their opposition oppos-ition was regretted by Hungarians, especially es-pecially that of Serbia, sa the Hungarian Hun-garian delegate said the suggestion I was made particularly In the interest I of the Iialkan countries. After Presl-j dent Colrat had expressed tho viewi that such action now would be lnad-i visable. however, Hungary did not : press her suggestions. ' Holland suggested the subeommls-slon subeommls-slon be composed of thirteen delegates in order to give the smaller countries six representatives. The ftritish delegate dele-gate smilingly remarked that thirteen was an unlueky number and it was finally fi-nally decided that the number be fixed ut twelve. The commission on transport also effected organisation by election of Premier Theunya of Belgium aa president. presi-dent. A subcommittee composed of twelve delegates was formed. Strange Fellows Made by Conference GENOA, April 12 By the Associated Associ-ated lress.. Politics is making strange bed fellows in Genoa, or rather. ! economics Is doing fo, if one chooses i to accept the statement, reiterated fifty fif-ty times dally by Its framers. that the Oenoa, conference la not political. It certainly is unusual to find the soviet chief, Thltchcrin. sitting vis a vis with Constantlne IMamandy. Four years ago the bolshevtsts had Dla-mandy Dla-mandy In Jail In Petrogrtid. " At that time be wa. the Rumanian minister accredited to the Kerensky govern-(Cnntinued govern-(Cnntinued on page 4 financial report shows that In one week more than eight million new i paper marks were issued. This inflation infla-tion of currency, which Is most damaging; dam-aging; to European financial stability, stabil-ity, can be traced to uncertainty over reparations. 'Moreover, It will be mott difficult ' to balance budgets without a discus- sion of reparations. "However. I do not wish to prejudge j the conference. It Is too early to fore-! fore-! cast the outcome. Each nation still la feellnc Its way cautiously, await-lng await-lng de-ci-dy1 developments." LAND MINT (Continued from page 1.) ment, and the diplomats of the whole world were stormlnr against the Soviet's So-viet's violation of his diplomatic immunity. im-munity. The sinht of Adolph Joffe and the German chancellor. lr. Wirth, In conversation con-versation recallH .loffre's very sudden expulsion from fieri In four years ago. He was then holshe-v.st ambassador in Berlin, according to the terms of the si I Brest-Litovsk. treaty, but the German j government unceremonloualy loaded I him and his entire staff on a special I train and shipped them back to R.is-I R.is-I sia, alleging they were propagandists and not diplomats. i It also seem- odd for M. Rakovsky i and Premier Bratlano of Rumania to j be sitting together at a conference, called tn tho interests of peace. Rakovsky was an active Rumanian J j socialist at the beginning of the World : ; war, and the Bucharest government In-, In-, terned him. Now he Is president of ' .the Ukrainian republic, federated with' j Moscow. j i Then there in the cordiality with which the British ambassador. Mr. I.loyd George, greets Maxim IJtvlnoff. ! Their attitudes here do not In the lesst suggest the stormy time IJtvin-f IJtvin-f off hsd in Kn gland before he became : Thltcherin's chief assistant in Moscow. But in four years the bolshevtki i have made more treaties than the ; other European states have completed i In thVpast century, so the professional ! diplomats have to admit the Russians : i are no novices, and must be dealt with I accordingly here. i Saar Valley to Enter a Protest GENOA. April 12 (By the Associated Associ-ated Press. Conditions In the 8tar valley, control of which was awarded to France by the treaty of Versailles, are to be called to the. attention of J the economic conference by a delega- . tion composed of prominent financial i and other residents of the Saar. savs the newspaper Cattadlno today. The : FYenrh occupation, the deputation will declare, haa caused a grave slltuatlon. i It also will present "numerous formid-1 formid-1 able accusations ajYlnst the Krem h I troops." i iVanderlip Stands For Reparations ! GENOA. Italy. April 12 (By the 1Tnlted Press). Frank A. Vanderllp. American financier, who Is observing ' the Genoa conference, today declared the conference cannot succeed com-' com-' pletely unless the question of re para -.lion Is discussed here. 1 1 Vanderllp. In his first criticism of i the conference, came to the defense j of the German demand that reparations repara-tions be brought up at Genoa, and de- ctared that many of Europe's Ills j which the parley Is meant to heal are directly traceable to uncertainty on t this Issue. "While It fs Impossible for ma to judgs the prospects at Genoa, be-I be-I cause It is not, even determined yet ' how the conference Is to proceed. I ' am doubtful of Genoa's ability mate 1 rlally to promote a European economic revival without a discussion of reparations' repa-rations' Vanderl'p said. "While I sm not passing upon the wisdom of the statesmen who convened con-vened the conference In barring reparations rep-arations from discussion, the fact remains re-mains that you cannot reconstruct Europe Eu-rope unless Germany aso la reconstructed. recon-structed. Tha most recent German |
