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RESOLUTIONS ADOIMKD BY mi

SUPRI MI COUNCIL AT CANNES.

JANUARY, 1922, AS mi BASIS OF
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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME
COUNCIL AT CANNES, JANUARY 1922, AS
THE BASIS OF THE GENOA CONFERENCE.

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(a.) Mr. Llnjd C.mryc's Resolnt

THE Supte! .-il agreed -.\\ it- . . held ;it 1 I a.m. nil

Friday, the • . I'1--. t<> neiple tin- I

Resolution proposed by Mr. I,ln\d (imr^.- in ivjanl in an '•
nomic Conference. -oluiion was enn-ideri-d in detail ;it

fcher meeting nl the Sii| nimril held the

3.30 p.m., and was finally appr< • .llows :—

The Allied Po\\er- in conference are unanimoush
opinion th;tt ;in !•'.« <»noniic ;tnd I-'in;inci;j| Conference should
be Pinnnioncd in Fchrn rl\ M:ircli. to which all tlir

Powers of KurofM-. includinjj Germany, ! Austria,

IIiin^Mr '.•iljr;n-i;i <hould !)•• ii

ti\- Tln-\ !vj;ird >in-|i ' MIX!

essential st««p towards the ccononiic n-con-lnict inn <»t (Vntral
and Eastern Eurofx*. and tli- tron<_rlv of opinion that tin-

Prime Ministers of every nation ahoold, if possible, :itteiid
it in fx'rson in <irder that action may I promptly

j»ossihle iifMin it- recnnimendations.

The Allied Powers con-ider that the re^imif >t inn nf ii
national trade throughout Kuropr and the develnpnu-nt of
the resniii'ce< nf all countri- • th«-

volume of productive emplo\ ment and to relieve the •
spread suffering of the European p<* \ united «-fTort hy

the -tron<jer Po\\er- i- n-mtvly the paral\

the European *.\-tem. This effort nm-t include th'
nf all ol. ' n the way of the provision

i redits for the weaker countries and the C
nations in the nMoratior. of normal prosperity.

The Allied Power !.-r that the fundamental

ditionp upon wliich al«-ne thi- effort can be made with hope
of snrresp may be broadly follows : —

1 Nation* can r-laim no ri-jht tn rliet:-'

•dinj! thf^ principle* on whirl) th« 'date

the >i) of ownership, intern

'^rnment h i ton Cation to choo^<

which it firefors in thi« respect.

2 Before, however. forejrtn capital rnn be m< Me

^sjcf a eountr\r. foreign investors must he as-
that th"ir property nnd their rirrht? will he ?
and the fruits of their enterprise secured to them.

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tgreed «t lU meeting, held «i 1 1 * m on
M.fw« hx^nomir mod

l ( onfi-n-iui' -!i.>uii! iMembla OP the 8th M*rrh 19tt.
ct to any later ttdjtirtoirnt

mnrlim bold .»• oo

thai an loviunuo
iuwtng term* : —

iiinl <* thr Aihrd

;.e honour to tnMMDiit to you a copy of •
pamed by the Allied Powers in confrfwi^- mt <*nn*» oo the

In aooordanrt> uitl. this rf*«olatioo and wiib ndef«onr to
M telemm. dated the 8th Jatiuanr. 1929. I

4« ROMM to altrod an
M.-i.il < unference to be opened at Oeooa

. \\iii inform i • .-f th. nainea of yoor
^raU»8 and their ttaJI. and on n*ct*i|4 o(

-vilh (hi

n.i mfonn you nU made in order to

.1 tlirin all neceaaary facilities aod aafe condoct

The Supreme Council, conscious that you recognise the
importance which it attaches to the assurances and guarantees
which it ha- laid down as indispensable to the useful co-op, i
lion oi the Allied Powers \\ith lJu.-Ha in tin- task oi th--
economic and financial reconstruction of Europe, learns with
sati- that you propose to send representativefl with full

powers to take dec

Inritatitm t<> th> l'nitf<i NM/<\ of America.

At its meeting held at 3.30 p.m. on Friday, the 6th January,
1922, the Supreme Council agreed that an invitation •< 'pre-

sented a«t the < '.>' <honld he addressed to the United States

of America.

(e.) Invitations to other Countries.

The following lists >ho\\ the countries to be invited to tin-
Genoa Conference in accordance with the decision of the Supreme
Council taken at its meeting held at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday, the
10th January, 1922 :—

I. The following countries to be entitled to. appoint delegates
\\ ithout limit : —

1. The Allied Powers represented at the Cannes Conference.

2. United States of America.

3. Germany.

4. Russia.

II The following countries to be entitled to appoint two dele-
gates each : —

5. The various dominions 14. Poland.

of the British Km 15. Czecho-Slovakia.

pire. 16. Latvia.

6. Spain. 17. Austria.

7. Portugal. 18< Hungary.
s 2<*iJ»y. 19. Rouznania.

20. Jugo-Slavia.
10. Denmark. 01 Greece

II. Finland. £' ^

12. Switzerland.

13. Esthonia.

III. The following country to be entitled to appoint one repre-
sentative : —

24. Luxemburg.

The following outline agenda was approved by the Supreme

< ouncil : —

1. Examination of the methods of putting into practice the
principles con: in the resolution reached at

on the 6th January, 1922.

The establishment of European peace on a firm basis.
3. Essential conditions for re-establishment of confidence
without injury to existing treaties.

tibjerts.

4>stniru
(«.) Organisation of public and private credit

lies and guarmntoes (or the .n.j..-n and
I -ort of commercial produ
(6j lx*gal guanuiteet for the re nslsbltshmem ul

• ..|.\n^'iit-

<JOMii.

A.inu ...:. and pcMtiioo of foragnm in
t be conduct of b urinate.

(/.) Technical miitince lo
tion.
6. Tninsp.

(g.) Detailed Agenda and Resolutions.

s meeiiiiy held at HAM ,.n i i.Uv.
the > 1922, appointed the K» Comn

ure the detailed agenda and draft mutation* (or the iteoom

'am \ ^count Davitfnoo.

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Italy Siguor Jung.

Japan . M. Tokugawa.

I'rets Notice.

A Ministerial Committee issued to the prets on the .
Januan, 1922, a notice explaining the object* and
procedure of the Genoa Conference. This preei notice m
Appendix to this paper.

1 1 . — LVTKK *apoiuTKMi.

(a.) Resolution of th> nu Conn

The following is the text of a resolution ps^cd by the Supreme

at its meeting held at 6.15 P.M. on Tueedtj, the 10th
January, 1922 : —

The »ve* the establishment •** so

lntoniation.il « oration with affiliated National CoqwcB-

is for the purpose of the economic reconstruction « :
and the co-operation of all nations in the rafcvmtion of
and agrees that a Cnmmttta* thall be
immediately constituted, composed of two British, two
talian, two Belgian mptesent stilus «nd a

mese representative, \\ith pouer to add repre-entaii\c-

..1 other

. examine ti t in d. tad ;

M\ oecea iimmaix investigations ;

r. pro < ' d \\ itii tii,

Jinn and affiliated <

to its begiinni!. • »ii ..! i In ihlc

in.. in. -lit :

i IK, it to the • < ooference on tin- i

made ;

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in. ill- concerned ..I to llic (n-noa ( Olitricncc \\lildl.
in then \i.-\\. air likrh i tin- piirposes of tin-

( 'orjH>ration or ot tin < M-IIO.-I ( on£0p

iiniciil- i«-|.i, •-< ii!«(l on tin- ( oiim-il undertake to
|no\idc iiiiiiM-diatcl\ in cijual >liarcs t];».niMi tm the \\ork ol
the O^.ini-in^ Committee, and to give all the -ii|.(»ort and
assistance in their f>o\\er to the Or^aniMiin Committee and
to the < 01 poiat ion when tonm d

!'n hinnnirij Mrftiny <>t flu < )ni<ini*/i«/ Commit!

Thr Supreme ( omieil at it ^ held at J J a . n i . on l-'i i

the 13th .Januar\ . I'.I-J-J. came to the following decision : —

Ti imiiiiarx meeting of the ( )i^;iiu-inc Committee

:ie International Corf »orat ion lor the re-estahlishment ol
hett«-r economic (-onditioiis in Kuroj)e should he held in
London in eitfht or ten days' time, in vital ion> to be issued h\
the British repreM-ntatives. The name> of the n i
lives (Belgium. France. Italy and Briti-h Empire, two eaeh.
and Japan one1 to he oommunicated to the Briii-h Secretary
± Whitehall (iaid<-n^. London, S.\\.l.

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