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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.