GENOA MEETING.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17420, 3 April 1922, Page 7

GENOA MEETING.

— : —> GREAT INTEREST IN RUSSIA. BEST DIPLOMATISTS TO ATTEND. (Bt Ca'oie—Press Association—Copyright) (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) COPENHAGEN", March. 31. In spite of the conflicting reports about his health. Lenin is alleged to havo made an important speech at tr.e All-Russian Congress in Moscow en "Wednesday. He said the most important thing for Russia was not the Genua, Conference, but the continuance of the new economic policy to strengthen the relations with the peasants. Russia was greatly interested in Genoa, and would be represented, by some of her best diplomatists. Ho predicted that if the other countries were not too obstinate, Russia would achieve her purpose, but if too great obstacles were put before* the delegates they might withdraw from the- Conference.

HOSTAGES SEIZED. (Received April 2nd, 11.5 p.m.) RIGA, April 1. ' The Petrograd police havo arrested many foreigners, who will be held as hostages for the safety of tho Russian delegates at the Genoa Conference. DURATION OF CONFERENCE. LONDON, March 31. The Genoa Conference is expected to last two months. There will he IuOO delegates and 700 journalists, including a Chinese correspondent of a. newspaper 2200 years old. A LABOUR RESOLUTION. (Received April 2nd, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 1. The Speaker lias given priority to tJie Labour amendment in the Genoa debate in the House of Commons on Monday. The amendment reads as follows:—"That, whilst approving of tho proposed international conference, tho House regrets that the scope of the proposed discussiou -at Genoa is so circumscribed that it must fall short of a, settlement of the political and economic evils which afflict Europe, and is of opinion that tho Government has not tho confidence of the country, or is not competent to represent the country." A FRENCH DECLARATION. (Received April 2nd, 11.5 p.m.) PARIS, April 1. During a debate in tho Chamber of Deputies M. Poincaro said, neither directly nor indirectly will France permit any revision of tho Versailles Treaty to be raised at Genoa. The British military pact was defective in two essentials, (1) there was no provision for French reciprocity, (2) the duration of a decade was insufficient. Negotiations on these points were proceeding with Great Britain.