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...debasement of the currency, Lenin's "strategic retreat" towards capitalism in 1921, and the position and operations of the American Relief Commission. Neither does he go into certain outstanding features of the foreign relations of the Soviets, such as their unholy alliance with Mustache Kemal, their position at the Genoa Conference, the Treaty of Rapailo, and their presence at Lasagna. These are serious defects, and tand to justify the conolusion reaolied above cannoning the focus point of the author's interest...
...speech at Genoa (1922) Mr. George, speaking to some Anglo-American journalists, chose as his subject the difficulties attending pre-War and post-War debt settlements with the Soviet Government. He spoke for about 20 minutes and throughout his speech he used golfing metaphors. The Allies were " bunkered " for the moment. A skillfully used "niblick " would put them " on the green." He expected to "hole out" in a few days. Tchicherin had momentarily laid the conference a " stymie," et cetera...
...Railway car loading in Italy has increased until it exceeds the pre-War average. The total freight tonnage from July, 1922, to May, 1923, amounted to 39,000,000 tons- an increase of 16% over the previous year. The traffic in the port of Genoa in the first eight months of 1923 amounted to 4,000,000 tons-a considerable increase over...
Because Cristobal Colon (sometimes known as Christoforo Colombo, or Christopher Columbus), son of Domenico Colombo, a wool comber of Genoa, planted his Green Cross and the royal banner of Spain on San Salvador, one twelfth of October, 431 years ago, there will be celebrations throughout this hemisphere next Friday. On that day the Pan-American International Women's Committee will hold conferences in the capitals of practically every Republic of both the Americas...
...Government of Fiume resigned in despair, and Italy appointed General Giardimo, third in command of the Italian Army, Military Governor of the Free State. Signer Attilio Depoli, ex-head of the Fiumian Government, said, in his note to the Italian Government announcing his resignation, that " Fiume had hoped the Genoa Conference would arrange a settlement of the situation under which Flume's desire to be allowed to exist as an Italian city would be recognized." He continued that Fiumian aspirations had been thwarted by the Santa Margherita Convention and that the long delay in settling the status of Fiume...