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Show R USSIA VIR TUA LL Y RECOGNIZED I 16 AAA A A a. 'jl JL, a jl .av - E BOLSHEVIK! TO TAKE PART IN WORLD CONFAB Lloyd George Serves Warning Warn-ing Upon Leaders of . Allied Powers MUST HELP SELVES I J Cannes Meeting Seeks Solution Solu-tion of World Industrial . Problems CANNES, Jan- - c ""' Associated Associ-ated Press.) What I- regarded by thei majority of the delegates bore M amounting to recognition of the -.inlet government of Russia was Set ld-cd ld-cd upon by the allied supiimc conn II today when tin- proposal for 811 International financial and economic conference with the participation of Russia and Germany v.ns approved unanimously. CANNES. -Tnn . (By The Asso-j dated Press.) Prime minister Llo I George of Great Britain, addressing ; asV ' he open cession of the allied supreme j round today, warned the allied POW-(rs POW-(rs that they could not look to any. others but themselves to work out the BCOnomic rehabilitation of Europe He nppealcd to the allies to set aside prejudices pre-judices and work together to this snd. , I Mr. Lloyd George declared the allies al-lies had reached a point. Where th( must act decisively and broadly if( the economic structure of Europe m to be saved. It has been BUggestsed, he onlln-l rd, that Great Britain was suggest-j ing this course In order to es ape her obligations but he declared this was1 untrue and that England was pre-I pured to carry' out all her obligation?. Asking permission to speak frankly on the subject of German reparations I Mr. Lloyd Oeorg said. WILL ROT l' OATH FRED This is Impossible unless it can be j i.v tVi eeneral agreement of the al-i- - Falling this the fruits of peace v. in rot ungathered." mmW "The allies." he continued, ''must makt allowances for each other's gJV opinions. Too much has been heard Wl of individual claims and Jnt.i. all allies have just claims It is reCr m. r ognlzed then that all havn suffered fa and sacrificed some. It Is true mor Em than others. All the sacrifices are not 1 recorded in evidences of devastation. mm Although formidable this is the least J part of the havoc and devastation i wrought by the war." Jt The allied supreme council today I approved unanimously the calling of .in lnternatlon.il economic conference, to be participated in by Germany arid Russia. The conference was In session slightly more than two hours. It adjourned ad-journed at 1.15 o'clock after having appointed two commissions, one on leporatlons and the other on economic situation. Both commissions were called to meet at 3:30 p. m. NO DI AL PACT. Prime Minister Lloyd George has decided there fan be no ciuestion at this time of a formal alliance betwet n Franco and Groat Britain, it Is said on good authority hut has held out the prospect of a guarantee to aid Franco if Hhe is again attacked, as in 1914, under certain conditions These are, it in staled, that Frapc to-operate with ''reat Britain in the economic restoration of Europe and onsent to modifications of the Ger-a Ger-a man reparation payments on the basis " of a half billion gold marks in cash and a billion gold marks of the kind instead of two billion marks in cash BKIAND PRESID1 S Premier Brl&nd convened the allied supreme ccunci to consider tnei sures for the economic restoration of Eu-( tope. The meeting was held In the grand salon of the Camus Yacht club George Harvey. American ambassador to Great Britain, who is to act as offl- ial observer for the Inked States at i the conference, told the correspondent correspond-ent that he had no program to place before the allies, ae has been rumored. ru-mored. Ho was non-committal when asked if he would outline the American ies point of the world's economic situation sit-uation If pressed to do so. He walked to the yacht club, and ho was surrounded sur-rounded by a crowd of motion picture men and press photographers. GERMAN DIBAFPODiTED. PARIS, Jan 6. (By The Associated Associat-ed Press.) Disappointed at the fail -1 ure of the allied supreme council to I Invite him to Cannes, Pr Walter Kathenau. Germany's economic ncgo-tiator, ncgo-tiator, who has been In consultation with reparation officials here, pre- j pared to leave for Berlin tonight. |