Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-14
EADLOCK AT SPA;
/ |OCH AND WILSON
10 ENFORCE TERMS
Ivo Marshals Summoned,
Result of Disagreement
Over Coal Deliveries.
FERN MEASURES UNLESS
FERMAHY ALTERS ATTITUDE
+. Simons Says "Allies Can Do
What They Will; We Are
Not Able to Resist"
iRMANs ARE ASSAULTED
llgians Avcngc Wartime Wrong
and Insult to British Anthem
bS Enppr gnnrn.,li.,.,
FERN MEASURES UNLESS
EERMAHY ALTERS ATTITUDE
|sRMANs ARE ASSAULTED
Flgians Avcngc Wartime Wrong
and Insult to british Anthem
by Enemy Journalists.
tby Associated Press.


SPA, July IA dcadlock has beon
lchch b. the allied representatives
d tho Gcrmans on the coal u,,n.-
H. ana Marshal Foch and Field
'rshaI wilson have again been
nmoncd 10 discuss tho situation.
The allied Prcn!crs, having been
or'ned that the Germans were
idy called meeting for 5:3O
!ock this evening instead OF to-
brow. az planned this morning.
c German reply was not acccp,abl.
q the suinmoning Of Marshal f'och
d Field Marshal W.lson. II Is un-
.stood. means Immediate measures
enforce ,hc treaty unless Germany
'diiics her attitude.
Pleads iIcipIcxsncsx.
The German Foreign Secretary said
the Associated Press. THE allies
~ under the treaty give US an or
concerning coal. II they give an
der. we OF course Will try to sat
II. But we do not believe W..
n. That would not be voluntary.
operative arrangement"
i)r. slmons said later: The allies
occupy the Ruhr or other terri.
r!es. They can send their own
fehts into Germany and probe the
Sua,ton. They may nx any renal
's; We are not In position to re-
st."
The sccro;ary expressed the att-
dc OF the German delegation AS /.
ton!Eht, but the allied ministers
Epe before they take further meas
|cB that the Germans may change
cir decision.
Marsha! Foch will leave Paris to-
ght. arriving at Spa tomorrow
orning. Field Marshal Wilson Is
nrcciy expected TO reach here from
Ins!and before tomorrow afternoon
evening. The supreme council viii
eet Immediately after their arrival,
|'e German delegation r,nain:ng here
eanwhiic.
Nothing To Add To Proposition.
The German delegates after the
|iorning meeting of The reparations
|ommittec. when asked TO amp!ify
|heir. proposal. cent a letter 10 Pre-
bier DeiacroIx, saying 1t would be
fnposs!ble for them TO be definite in
heir proposals until the coal Tucs-
on Was settled II appears that /.
L not so much question OF mining
|oal in n quantity sufficient TO give
100000 tons monthly more than Ger
Iany offers. but rather the difficulties
the German government in hnanc-
|ng the delivery out of their budget
DR.. SimonG said late tonight tha,
he Germans had nothing to add to
heir coal proposition. He regretted
Exceedingly the position taken by the
lilies. and said that the Germans
must simply await further action.
Some OF the members OF the Ger
nan delegation have complained &c
Chancellor Fehrcnbach OF aggressions
'f which they claim TO have been the
rictims since their arrival at Spa
Dne journalist attached to the Ger
nan delegation came TO blows with
b former Belgian officer whose house
ne occupied at Spa during the war
Germans Elected From Cafe.
According to these claims. las,
evening as the Germans were seated
n cafe the orchestra struck up the
British national anthem When the
iermans began singing in their ma
i've tongue Belgian civilian took
offeuse and ordered them out. They
refused TO leave, but were finally
elected after a sharp scuf,le. in which
the same journalist received blow
over the nose with cane.
The Belgian civilian ran out of the
cafe just as Herr Won Ecbhardt, cdi.
tor of the Hamburg Fremdcnblatt
and Herr Stoklossa, correspondent OF
the Wolff Agency. were passing. Rec.
oSnizing them, the civilian struck
Stoklossa in the face with his cane
njuring the correspondent so acvcrcl,
he was confined 10 bed today. II
is understood the delegation will
make representations to the BeiSiar
authorities regarding the affair.