tion w}?'l
was introduced
at the
outset
nf the
Washinoton
eonference
and
which
g'aMhe
delegates
to
the
Washington
gafPring
an
opportunity
to
ccngen-
trate
discussion
on
something
tathei-
ble
and
constructive.
The
insistencd.
of
the
Soviet
on
foreign
financial
aid.
s
a
necessary
condition
to Russia’s
salvatien,
serves
to
direct
attenticn
to-
warcs
the
United
Statcs,
for
it
seems
to be
reccgnized
that
cffective
succour
{or Dussia
is
impracticable
without
the
rarticipation
of
Americen
capital.
The
Allied
representatives
are
hinting
that
theyf@w
cu'd
like
to
see
Mr.
Wasbburn
Chil®
the United
States
Amlbasszdorto
Ifa]y
attend
the
discussicns
c¢n
Rue-
sian
&ffairs.
The
sentiment
rcgardirg
United States
firencial suppoit
was
sum-
med
up
todzy
ty
Ex-Fresident
Motia
of
Switzerlznd,
whko
said
thet
without
HSsttancevfr(nw
tbe
LUnited
Siates
it
would be
verw ¢if cpit
1 Fricpe
to win
out.
““We
do rot
Gelleve that
o dbioa—-
will forget the ties
binding
her
to
Eu
rope’’, he declared.
Cimultanecusly
wiih
teday’s
developments
bere,
promiierce
was
given
press
despatches
fiem
the
United
States,
asserting
that
jpublc
opinion
there
did not expect
any
assisi-
ance
would be given
Eurove,
until
Eu-
rope put her
house
in order
and really got
to work, settled
the
problem of the
Qer-
man reparations
and
reduc~d
her
ar nies.
Signor
Facta,
Chairman
of the
conter-
ence,
tonight
officially voicad
the
hop 2
of
the
success
of the conference,
which
the Soviet reply of today
is considerod
to
justify.
A commiitee,
of seven experts,
representing
Ggat
DBritain,
France,
Italy, Belgium, ofan, Holland and
Cze-
cho-Slovakia,
wil®@meet
the
Soviet
ex-
perts
tomorrow
to inaugurate
a
practical
diseussion
of
the entire
sitgation.
Ru-
e
mania
was
assigned
a
place
on
she
boaad
of experts.
but withdrew
in favour
of Czecho-Slovakia.
Genoa,
April 21:t.—Sir
Robert
Horne
left
Genoa
for
London
today
for
the
diseussion
of
the
budget
before
Parlia-
ment
at Westminster.
He
promised
his
fellow
conferees
to
immediately
begin
to put into practice
the
financal
princi-
ples tg
have
been
approved
by
the
conference.
The
French
and
Italian
delegates,
speaking
in the
financial
com-
mission,
expressed
their
thanks
to
Sir
Robert for the able direction be had given
to the
work of
the
commission
and
for
the
important
decision
reached
to
have
the bank of England
ca!l
a conference
of
all
the banks
of
issue,
including
in
its
invitation
to the
United
States
reserve
banks.
France,
Italy,
Belgium
and
Spain
deciare
their
desire
to
continue
intensive
werk
for
the
regeneration
of
“eir finances,
gradually
bringing
their
~rency
up to prewar
value.
The
repre-
tatives of Bulgaria,
Hungary.
Poland,
land
and
Letvia
emphasized
their
ial conditions,
pointing out that
ow-
to the great
depreciation
of their cur-
jes
it
was
impossible
for
them
to
o
00.
K
¢
meet
thoir
Jdifficulties
by
{foillowing
the
same
lines
as
the
richer
coun-
tries.
The i.tch
delegates,
discussing
foreign debts,
said
many
of the European
count
- could
not reorganize
their finan-
ces
until
the
foreign
debt
question
had
been
settled
and this
question
ccuid
not
- be soived until United Statcs
cooperation
was
obtained.
Therefore,
he
declared,
it was
necessary
to
induce
the
United
States
to join Furcpe
in
an
internation-
t a) solidarity which
he
said
was justified
not (n'y by
ieasons
of sentiment,
bot
aiso
by
the
true
interests
of
jthe
United
States.
i
-
Genoa, April 22u6. George
Tehiteher-
in,
the Rus
"an Soviet
Foreign Mirister,
gave
the lizlian Spcialists
and
Comix
un-
ists
a
shock
today
by
meeting
King
Victcr Eranuvel
on the King’s visit Lere
ard
acceptirg
His
Najesty’s
invitaticu
to a lunchecn
cn beard
tle Italian drezd-
nocught Cente
Li (avour.
london, April 22rd.— A grant of
5,000
pour.ds,
made
to
lord
Nelson after
the
battle
of 1 afalgar and
extended
to
his
descendants,
is still continued,
the Chan-
cellor
of the Excheguer
told
a questiorer
in the Hcuse f ¢.n n.ons
this afterncen.
The
grant thus far has
cost the
Govern-
ment
585,000 pounds.
London,
April 22nd.—1t is
announced
that
the
Sta
dard
Ci!l Company and
the
British
Cont -olled
Oilfields
Ltd.
have
decided
to
evelop
a
large part of
the
Dunchivace:
cil fields in Venezuela.
Tokio,
Awril
22nd.—<The
Prince
o 8
Waies
said .arewell
to Tokio today.
leav
ing
Japan.
At
Yokohuma
the
Royal
visitor
officiated
at the unveiling of
the
Allied
War
Memorial
erected
by
the
foreign
residants
of the
eity
in
honour
of the
men
from foreign communities
1n
Ja:
.21
daring
the
war,
The
cer
ony of unveiling was attended
by
a
lare.
gathering.
Admiral
Baron
Kato
represented
the Navy
and
Minister
of
War Yamanashi
the
Army.
From
Yoko-
hama
ithe Prince
of Wales
entrained
fur
fujisawa
enroute
for
Bnoshima
and
Kamakara,
London,
April
23rd.—A
Reuter
des-
pateh
trom Athens says it has been
learn-
ed from Serbian
official
scurces
that the
disaster
was
exagerated.
'The
number
of vietims
was
not
large,
and there
was
no question
of foul play.
New Orleans, L.A., April 23rd.-A break
in the Mississippi River
levels
at Myrtle
Grove,
30
miles
south
of
New Orleans,
today
flooded
more
than
6,000
acres
cf
sugar
cane plantations,
with an estitnated
damage
of $1,000,000.
Every
effort
to
close the breach
so
far
has
been
unsuc-
cessfni
Genoa,
April 23rd.—Auother
erisis
in
the
Ecenomic
Cunierence
was
passed
tonight when the Germanr
delegation
an-
nounced,
after
a long sestiop
of its
dele-
gates
and frequent communications
with
Russians
and
Italians,
that the
Germans
would
not reply
to the
note
of
the
ten
powers
stipalating
that
the
siglatorizs
expressly
reserve
for
their
Govts.
the
right
to dee'are
null
and
veid auy clause
in
the Busso-Cerman
treaty
which
may
be
reccgnized
as
ccpntrary
to
existing
treaties.
The
Germans
also
decided
to
settle
ty private negotiations
the
differ-
ences
betwezn
M. Barthou,
head
of the
French
delegation,
and
the
Geiman
Charceilor,
Dr.
Wirth,
which
arose
throuch
M.
Barthou’s
written
charge
that
the Germars
kad
made
vrtruthiul
statencrnts.
Promier
Facta
and Foreign
Minister
Scharzer
of the Italian
delega-
tion, are
helieved
to have been
respensi-
ble for tlis peaceful settlement,
of what
threatened
to
ke
2
tLepeless
barrier
to
real
pregress
in the
conference
cn econo
7ie
and financial work.,
Both
Germany
and
Russia
were
very unwilling to con-
cede
the right of the powers
signatory
to
he
Versailles Treaty
to limit the
trealy
making powers
of Russia
ard
Germany,
and for
a time,
Mr.
lloyd Gecrge,
the
presiding
cofficer of
the
confererce
and
Signor Facta
were
confrented
by
a
seri-
cus
situation.
Mr.
Llcyd
George
de
clared
that if the British
public began
to
feel that cooperation
with the Allics
wec
tending
to the perpetvation
of feuds
in
Furope,
the English point
of view wculd
immediately
change.
He
felt
in
dut)
bound
to make it plain that the
Britisl
Empire
was set
on peace
and determined
to
surmount
all obstacles.
Mr. Barthcu
expressed
his
approval
of
Mr.
Llovd
George’s
words
and
gave
&ssurances
that
the French
delegation
was
animat-
ed
by the same
motives
as the
British.
The
note
apparently
was
acceptable
all the
ten
powers
which
assistec
in
_paration.
The
ten
powers
also
-
sidered
the
French
refusal
to sit
.ch
the
Russian
experts
until
an
exjy
ina-
tion
was offered of the
Rtssian reply
to
the
London
experts
repoert
on
Kussian
reconstruction
which
seemingly
was
in
cor flict with M.
Tehitcherin’s
note
stat-
ing
to the
conference
that the
Russians
worhi
be willing to
accept
as
a basis
for
further
negotiations.
A letter from
the
Russians
was read
explaining that their
old
position has
been
superseded
by
M.
Teitcherin’s
note, and M. Barthou agreed
to
permit
the French
expert
to sit
with
the Liussian
experts
this afternoon.
Hatboro,
Pa.
April 23rd.—Two
men,
were burned
to death
at the war Minister
Flying Field late today
when their plane
burst
into flar es
at an
altitude of about
750 feet
and crashed
to
earth.
The
vie-
tims.
Chailes
Vandervere,
pilot,
and
Harry L. Schaeffer
of Philadelphia,a
pas-
senger,
were burned beyond
recognition.
More than
one
huncred
spectators
wit-
nessed
the accident.
London, April 23rd.—Lord
Mountbat-
ten, youngest
son
of Princess
Beatrice
ard
the late Prince
Henry
of Battenberg
and brother of Queen
Victoria of
Spain,
died
today.
Lord
Mountbatten
under-
went
an operation
on Saturday
and failed
o rally.
Ue
was 33 years old,
and
serv-
ed throughout
the European
war.