New-York tribune., 1919-12-18
Allies Asked to Accept I'm
finished Units Instead of
Docks and Tugs for the
Scapa Flow Reparation
Austrian Relief Planned
Supreme Council Decides
$7O,OOO,OOO viii Bc Re-
uuired TO Feed Nation

PARIS. Dec. 17.-Gcrman claims in
connection with settlement of peace
terms details were again before the
Supreme Council to-day. In dealing
with these the council reached a unan-
imous agreement to permit the Ger
mans to collect their customs duties
in gold.
In further discussion of the ques-
tion of compensation for sinking the
German warships at Scapa Flow a dis
crepancy was developed between the
estimates of the Reparations Commit
tee and those of the German experts
regarding the total Of mercantile tom
mage and floating docks available for
reparation purposes at German ports.
This discrepancy amounted TO about
100000 tons. The original Allied de-
mand was for 100000 tons.
The Allied and the German naval cx-
perts met again this afternoon to dis
cuss the Scapa Flow question. The
Germans are semi-officially reported
as having first asked reduction in
the quantity OF the dock material de-
manded by the Allies, and to have
made a second proposition to the eff
feet that they should deliver to the
Allies units of shipping construction
now under way instead of the material
referred to in the protocol
Austria Needs $7O,OO0,C0O
After further consideration to-day
of Austria's requirements for the re-
lief of her distressing food conditions
the council decided that it would be
necessary to furnish relief to the
amount Of $10,000,000 at the least the
relief to go forward at the rate Of
$9.500 600 monthly.
Belief was expressed by the Austrian
delegation that the total sum necessary
would reach 500 100000, which is the
amount Chancellor Renner yesterday
asked the council to lend to Austria.
The council to-day. presided over by
Jules Cambon. and with Ambassador
Wallace representing the United
States, heard a report from Louis
Loucheur. the French Minister of Re-
construction, with regard to Austria 8
needs. 1t was stated afterward that
measures had been agreed upon for
remedying the situation. The cXccu-
tion of these measures, it was added.
entailed participation Of the United
States, whose adherence to the agree
ment was awaited.
1t has become known that the rep
resentatives of the Allied and asso-
ciated powers have insisted further
upon the necessity Of American CO.
operation in the relief Of Austria. Am
bassador Wallace was unable to enter
into any undertaking for the United
States without instructions from his
government, but he has cabled to
Washington setting forth urgently the
need of taking measures in Austra's
aid.
Austrian Integrity Promised
DR.. Renner received letter from
the Supreme Council this morning,
signed by Clemenceau, confirming yes
terday's decision of the Supreme Coun-
Gil to maintain integrally the territory
of the Aus ran Republic as defined in
the treaty of ST. Germain.
The letter refers to the movements
tending toward the separation from the
Austrian Republic of Vorarlberg Salz-
burg, Tyrol and western Hungary, and
declares the success of such movements
in any of these territories wou d in
yolve complete disinte~ration of Aus