Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-14
Council of Four Changes
Plans and Definitely Fixes
War Fine.
HAS FIFTY YEARS
IN WHICH TO PAY
Change Made by Council Of Four on
Demand of, British Premier-lndef.
mite Figure Had Been Decided
Upon, to Be Fixed by Commission
France Will Not Yield on Question
Of Rhine Boundary--Japs Lose Out.

Paris, April 14-Alarmed by the re-
suit Of the y-election at Hull last
week. Premier Lloyd George, of Great
Britain. according to the Echo de
Paris, has persuaded the council Of
four to revamp completely the finan-
cial plank to be Incorporated into the
treaty Of peace. Instead Of payment
Of 25,000,00O,Oo0 francs on account and
annual payments to be fixed by COM
mission, it has been decided to fix at
once the amount which Germany will
have to pay within fifty years. This
amount is kept secret but it is indi-
Gated by the newspaper that a figure
Of 100000, ,OOO,O 900 francs (s5O, .OO0,-
e00) has been agreed upora which in
cludes all war damages as well as the
cost of pensions.
Fixing the total sum will have the
merit Of facilitating treasury opera
tions and the carrying out of mutual
measures for assistance among the
allies. The first installment of 25,000,-
100000 francs must be paid within
eighteen months, the newspapers d.
clares.
Cash Payment Of 5000 900 900.
Germany under the peace treaty
must pay $4,000. .0O0, 1000 in cash or the
equivalent in commodities before May
1,l920. She must also issue 100000, 900
OF interest bearing bonds to the allies.
The interest will be either two or
three per cent to 1926 and after that
date will be per cent, according to
present plans.
The bonds will be payable in INSTALL
ments during period Of fifteen years.
They probably will be kept in control
OF central committee so as not to be
marketed in quantities sufficient to
break the price.
Germany must also obligate herself
ITO pay other amounts for damage done,
appropriate to her means, to be deter
mined by a mixed commission of rep
resentatives of the allied and assoc
lated governments and of Germany,
which shall report before May l. 1921.
Japs Are Left Out.
The status Of the American, Jap
anese and French amendments to the
covenant Of the league of nations has
been definitely established so Tar as
the league of nations commission
is concerned. with the American
amendment concerning the Nom
roe doctrine the only one to be given a
place in the covenant by the commits
sion.
The French and Japanese, however,
have both made reservations which en-
title them to renew at a plerary ses-
sion of the peace conference the ques-
tions involved in these amendments, so
that the final decision is still open.
AS to the affairs of the peace con-
ference as a whole they are shaping
themselves now, with the league Of
nations question and nearly all of the
main points in the peace treaty vir-
tualiy disposed of, SO that the date
when the enemy dnega;es shall be
summoned to Versailles has been
tentatively set. The summoning of
the peace congress, as it will be called
instead of peace conference, after
the enemy delegates are admitted will,
according to the present understand
ing, occur between April rs and May
5, and It is considered not improbable
that d definite date may be announced
by Premier Lloyd George when he
speaks before the British house of
commons this coming Wednesday.
France Will Not Yield.
Indications are that the Germans
will be given opportunity to discuss
the peace terms before the congress,
but that no extended discussion will
be permitted, two weeks Deins sus-
gested as the outside limit for the ses-
sions to be 1eld at Versailles. The
sessions it is expected now, will be
attended by President Wilson, who is
said by those close to him to feel the