The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-10
ALLIES TO FEED
GERMAN PEOPLE
Will Secure Early Delivery
of the German
Ships
NEUTRAL CREDITS TO
PAY GERMAN FOODS
Economic Commission Trying to Decide
the Relations of the United States
with European Countries-Will Com
plete Work by Saturday.

PARIS, March i0.-The supreme war
council has reached decision whereby
the negotiations interrupted at Spa will
be Immediately resumed at another
point, probably somewhere in Belgium.
The agreement provides method for
securing delivery Of the German mer-
chant ships and the furnishing of an
adequate food supply to Germany until
the next harvest. The method of pay
lrent, it is understood, will be by cred
its through neutral countries and by
utilizing foreign securities held by
Germany.
The American peace commissioners, In
pursuance OF Their effort to hasten the
conclusion of preliminary treaty OF
peace, have found themselves in n pO-
sition where they} must take sides on
the conflicting views of the British and
the French in regard to the reparation
to be exacted from Germanyy supon
which the whole settlement hinges.
The British feel that in order to Sc
cure the great sum of money TO be dc.
manded of the Germans the latter must
be enabled to receive at the earliest pos
sible moment food and raw materials
and even credits with which to start
business again, so that out of the pro
ceeds of the business they might pay
their dehts.
The French do not believe that I'll,
German business interests should be per
mitted to get back into their pre-war ae
tivity until the stricken business inter
estS of France and Belgium have a
least caught up with them. They fea
that otherwise Germany viii be able I,
regain possession sof the worlds mar
ket in her old lines.
The Americans,S it was understood
had decided finally to adhere to tn
British position. which appeared Hkel,
TO he the one to be adopted.
The supreme economic. commission j
now trying to decide what shall I've tn
relations between the United States an,
the allies and the recent enemy state
after the war. In this connection tn
American delegation is pointing to tn
nledge ~iven in the acceptance of Pres
dent Wilson 5 l4points by the allie
when the armistice was concluded, tina
there would be no discrimination j
tariffs or other trade arrangements n
DtNNeti any OF the HillOnS Al TN
same time it is urged that in the allot
ment of raw materials preference
should be given TO Belgium and Franc,
Another question under considerable
is the relations between the former q
cmy states and neutral states, and wha
measure of control should be exercise
~ the entente in the matter, still al
other question is 10 what extent,
at all, the Germans should be permitte
TO continue after the war the system
eartels, or combinations of producer
through which fhey mastered Il
worlds trade in certain lines, espec
ally in chemicals,potaSh and sugar
The economic commission plans
complete its work by the 18th so tn;
the fruits Of its labors may be inclu
ed, rs far as it is necessary, in Il
preliminary peace treaty to be offor'
Germany As it also has to deal wi
the complicated problem Of maintai
ing the parity of international exchan;