Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-18 | Page 1 | Confab at the Hague Seems near Climax

CONFAB AT THE HAGUE SEEMS NEAR CLIMAX Russians Furious Over Manner Man-ner in Which They Were Called to Meeting THE HAGI'E, July 3 8. (By tho Associated Press) At a plenary session ses-sion of the non-Russian delegate! at Tho Hague conference today, It was decided to grant tho Hussian request for a Joint meeting on the distinct conditions con-ditions It would be only for the purpose pur-pose of presenting new proposs THE HAGUE. July I S ( By The Associated Press). Every delegate to the Russian conference, now slightly-more slightly-more than a month old. awoke today with tho feeling that things were approaching ap-proaching a climax. The Hussian representatives were openly furious at the manor In which they were summoned to present new proposals today before the joint sub-commission sub-commission on private property and sat' up until an early hour trying to decide whether to attend today's meeting meet-ing at all They are displeased at the European exports refusal to ar-rnngo ar-rnngo a general meeting of all th leaders to discuss together all the problems before the conference, and declared that nothing could be accomplished accom-plished by holding such detached negotiations. ne-gotiations. 1LS KITTLE FAITH. Tho French delegation has little faith In the attempt to re-open the conference, insisting that m. Lltvih- off's letter of Monday contains nothing noth-ing new. Thoy insist that his letter roans that the Russians will not reft re-ft ore confiscated property and will not talk compensation until they are sure how much, money they are going go-ing to get from abroad. Some delegates arc openly accusing tho Russians of seeking to sow discord dis-cord among the non-Russians. with tho Idea afterward of fishing, to their own profit, In the troubled waters thus created. The Russian delegates rpfused to attend today's meeting of the Joint sub-commission on private property r Instead thoy sent a letter lo the conference con-ference saying they would attend a meeting of tho whole confeerncc or a meeting of the chairmen of the three sub-commlsslons. but would not deal separately with any single sub-co,-mlsslon. ATTITUDE CRITICISED A full meeting of the non-Russian delegates was called for 4 p. m., to decide on the- actlqn to be taken In view of tho Russian attitude In the letter to President Patyn of the conference con-ference declining to attend today's meeting. Maxim Lltvlnoff, head of the fckivlet delegation, strongly crltlelsod tho attitude taken by the European representatives In their Invitation to the meeting as being in violation of Quality of rights, because t Imposed conditions absolutely unacceptable. Lltvlnoff declared failure to arrange i general meeting would mean tho ruin not only of the work of Tho Hague conference, but of the Genoa :onferenoo as well and would destroy :he hope of millions of men In all the " souotrlea of RSurope "