New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-14

Marshal Wilson, IL Is understood.
tneAns immediate measures to enforce
the treaty unless Germany modines
her attitude.
The German Foreign Secretary said
20 The Associated Press: "The Allies
may, under the treaty, give US an order
concerning coal. If they gave an order
But we do not believe we could. That
would not be voluntary cooperative
arrangement"
In No Position to Resist
Or. Simons said later: 1.-THE Allies
can occupy the Ruhr or other terri
tories. They can send their own agents
They may fix any penalties. We are
not in position to resist"
THE Secretary expressed the attitude
OF the German delegation as it is to-
night. but the Allied ministers hope, be-
fore they taxa further measures, the
Germans may change their decision.
Marshal Foch will leave Paris to-
night, arriving at Spa tomorrow morn
ing. Field Marshal Wilson is not ex-
pected to reach here from England be-
fore tomorrow afternoon or evening.
Tho Supreme Council will meet i'm
mediately after their arrival, the Ger
man delegation remaining here mean
xhile.
sSThe German delegates after the
morning meeting of the Reparations
0ommission, when asked to amplify
their proposal, sent letter to Pre-
Mier Delacroix saying that it would
W impossible for them to be definite
= their proposals until the coal ques-
ton was settled. 1t appears that it is
not 50 much a question of mining coal
. Ia quantity sufficient to give 100000
tons monthly more than Germany of
: fers, but rather the difficulties Of the
German government in financing the
delivery out of their budget.
Germans Have Nothing to Add
DR.. Simons said late tonight that
the Germans had nothing to add to
their coal proposition. He regretted
exceedingly the position taken by the
Allies and said that the Germans must
simply await further action.
= M. Millerand, the French Premier,
regrets that it is not possible for Ger
many to cooperate with the Allies in
the execution of the treaty, but he is
firmly resolved to stand on the posi-
ton now taken.
Premier Lloyd George had no COM
ment to make. He considers the ac-
ton of the Supreme Council speaks for
itself.
In well-informed circles it is the
opinion that if enforcement is under
taken the Ruhr will be surrounded
rather than occupied.
During the day Chancellor Fehren-
bach, the head Of the German delega-
ton, directed the attention Of the Sec
rotary general of the conference to in
cidenSs during the war, in which the
Germans declared they had been vic
tins of aggression by the Allies. The
Chancellor asked for a thorough inves-
tigation of the German allegations.
German and Belgian Clash
Some Of the members of the German
delegation have complained to Chan
cellor Fehrenbach of aggressions of
which they claim to have been the vic
tins since their arrival at Spa.
One Journalist attached to the Ger
man delegation came to blows with
former Belgian officer whose house he
occupied at Spa during the war.
AS the Germans were seated in
cafe last night the orchestra struck up
the British national anthem. When
the Germans began singing in their ma
tive tongue a Belgian civilian ordered
them out. They were elected after
scuffie, in which the journalist suffered
blow over the nose with q cane.
The Belgian ran out Of the cafe as
Herr Won Eckhardt, editor of the Ham
burg "Fremdenblatt," and Herr Stok-
lossa, correspondent of the Wolff
Agency, were passing. Recognizing
them, he struck Stoklossa in the face
with his cane, injuring him so severely
that he was confined to bed TODAY.