Word: genoa
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tomorrow". M. Barthon is reported to have said after reading the latest Russian billet-doux, "tomorrow we will be packing our trunks or buying bathing suits." At present the choice of the French delegation is not know it does not greatly matter. The Genoa conference seems no nearer its supposed aim, the economic reconstruction of Europe, than when it heard Mr. Lloyd-George's first optimistic speech...
...Frank Vanderlip, who has been on the scene of action since the start, writing to the New York "World" declared that he was daily more thankful that the United States was not represented at the Conference. More recently, that everyone at Genoa is actuated by "a selfish nationalism shaped by domestic political necessities." True, but like most true facts it is not new; and historian will say that selfish nationalism had been the characteristic of European nations for some time. It is cropping out again now because the Genoa meeting is the largest since that at Paris, in which...
...does not matter what the French or the Russians or the Little Entente or any of the rest to at Genoa; except that it is more pleasant to buy bathing suits (and use them) than to swelter over trunk-packing...
...still the civilized nations, turning from Genoa for a moment, ask "What next?" Washington critics have declared that Wu's victory is for the benefit of China; and the General's continued assurances that his sole aim is to put China's house in order give color to the belief. The President, Hsu Shih, is to remain in office until the end of his term; nor has Wu taken any steps toward entering Peking. His announced policy is only to call a constitutional convention uniting north and south China, and to put the Government on its feet...
...these conditions? They have constantly refused to acknowledge their debts, and their financial situation is such that there seems to be little hope for any immediate economical reconstruction. Then, too, there is the question of the communistic confiscation of property--one of the most difficult problems that the Genoa conference is now facing. It is beyond reason to expect American shippers to reestablish trade relations with Russia with the Bolshevist blockade still in operation. Russia has nothing to offer, her credit is no good, and the risk incurred by the shipper is too great...