Genoa Conference.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1922, Page 3

Genoa Conference.

AUSTRALIAN' AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. GENOA TRUCK. GENOA, May 19. The truce will not be a signed document. Each delegation, at Friday’s session, will make a solemit declaration faithfully to observe it. PACT approved: (Received this day at 8.30 a.in.) GENOA, .May 19. At the Plenary session, tne heads of the delegation accepted the nonaggression truce, all rising and making an adherence thereto, as Signor Facta called the roll pf nations. Japan, Belgium and France promised to .ask their Government to accept the pact. Facta said all Governments are considered as having accepted the pact, which was thus adopted.

A CONFERENCE SENSATION. (Received this day at 8.30 a-.m.) GENOA, May 19. Tehitcherin created a sensation, while Facta was about to move the adoption of the economy report. Tehitcherin accused Colrnt (Chairman of the l-abour Commission) with barring Russians from the Commission, despite the tact that Russians had the only Government in the world based on a labour mganisatiou. Tehitcherin objected that the report did not contain a single line ot legislation for the protection of workmen and the eight hour law had not lieen made obligatory on the world. Tehitcherin declared the general mipression of the report is that the delejrntion in drawing it up, lacked courage to do what was necessary to restore Col rat responded. He hotly denied that Russians were excluded from tip Commission, which waft a small body, and they had good reasons not to include Russians. He did not think Tehitcherin qualified to give lessons, cOnsideri-tlg the chaotic conditions ot lih

country- , ~ M Rathenau discussing tlie Economy report admitted the important result.-: wore obtained at Genoa, but lie relieved it was a mistake to believe the crisis wher»froni the world had been suffering, had been solved. " bile tryjmr to keep within the Scope of the conference agenda, I! a then an pointed out a few principles without which world peace could not he restored. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) GENOA, May 19. Rathenau added that the total debt 6f the different countries was toft big i'flr these countries. Creditors were misfile to discover how much they will receive and debtors how much they have to pav. There was no country except that Great Republic, which owes no one and to whom everybody owes money wMch can balance the budget, or is able to stabilise exchanges. The country which owed money to others should tie able to pay in goods, not in gold, otherwise tlie problem of the re-estab-lishment of trade would be impossible, 'Abovo all, confidence would riot lie restored until n true peace was re-estab-lished. Until now demobilisation had not even lieen proceeded with to any great extent. Rathenau was warmly

applauded.