GENOA CONFERENCE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17418, 31 March 1922, Page 7

GENOA CONFERENCE.

BRITISH GOVERNMENTS POLICY.

VOTE or CONFIDENCE V.'AN TED.

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LONDON, March 29.

In the House of Commons Mr Austen Chamberlain .announced the- resolution which Mr Lloyd George will move on Mondny as follows: — That the House approves of the resolutions passed at Cannes as & basis for the Genoa Conference, and supports tho Government in its endeavour to give effect to them. Mr Chamberlain said he hoped tho House would Icavo tho matter to ho dealt with by the Prime Minister. Ho could not deal adequately with tiho scopo of the Conference by replying to questions. Lord Robert Cecil (Unionist, Hitch in): Are we to understand that tho scope of tho Genoa Conference will he confined to the Cannes resolutions ? Mr Chamberlain declined to supply the information. Lieut.-Codonei Archer-Shee (Unionist, Finsburv): Are wo to understand the Government intends to recognise the murderous anarchists of Moscow ? The Speaker said that such a question tJhC'Uld not be put. LABOUR PARTY'S ATTITUDE. A NO-CONFIDENCE AMENDMENT. (Received March, 30th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 29. In tho House of Commons, the Labour Party tabled an amendment to tjie Government's motion that "whilst approving of tho proposed international conference, the House regrets that tha scope of the proposed discussions at Genoa is so circumscribed that it must fall ehcrt of a settlement of tho political and economic evils which afflict Europe, and is of opinion that the Government has not the confidence of tho country, of is not competent to represent tho countrv." RUSSIAN SOVIET POLICY. STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTER. LONDON, March 29. M. Tchitcherin, Soviet Commissary for Foreign Affairs, has indicated the Russian policy at tho Genoa Conference. He maintains it is possible for Russia to conclude deals by means of leans or concessions of foreign capital without abandoning tho economic foundations of Sovietism. Ho emphasises the claim that tlhe ' agreements made with other Governments must be expressed in a, form completely recognising tho Soviet as the de jure Government of Russia.