The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-23
GERMANS ACCEDE To
DEMANDS OF ALLIES
Accept Internationally VI
timatum For Coal
Deliveries.

Spa, Belgium, July 16.-The Ger.
mans have again signed uncondition-
ally on the dotted line.
After a four-hour session with the
allied statesmen, in the course of
which the peace of Europe-and the
world-trembled continually in the
balance, the Teuton delegates affix-
ed their signatures to the allied ulti-
matum regarding coal deliveries. The
ceremony took place at S:45 o'clock
this evening
When the Germans arrived for the
conference this afternoon, Foreign
Minister Won Simon started to make
speech. Premier Millerand inter-
rupted him, saying:
That's enough"
The French premier then whisper
ed something to Mr.. Lloyd George,
who rose ana addressed the German
spokesman: At
"There is little room off there on
the right where we have been having
tea in the afternoon. | Suggest you
gentlemen retire there and when you
are ready to give an answer-yes'
or mo- you may return
The entire German delegation adj
journed to the little ROOM" from
which they emerged later with the
unconditional eyes -
Menace OF Occupation Below sigma
ture Line
The German representatives sign
ed the coal protocol, drawn up by the
allied representatives at S:45 O'Clock
tonight, thereby settling one of the
most difficult questions which has
come up in the present discussions
signatures were affixed to THE docu-
ment after a four-hour session at the
Villa Fraineuse, one hour of which
was spent by the Germans in a cabi-
act consultation in an adjoining
room.
There was a conflict over intro
duction in the protocol of the menace
of occupation of additional German
territory after October Is next, if
German coal deliveries were not up to
the stipulated quantity 100000
tons, by that date The allies decid-
ed to drop this clause of the protocol
below the signature line.
Object To Preamble.
Then the Germans objected to the
preamble, which declared that the
decisions set forth in the document
had been taken in common accord by
the allied and German delegations |
The Germans contended it was not by
common accord, but by the sole will 4
Of the allies, that any further occupa-
ton would occur AT this juncture |
Dr. Fehrenbach, the German chancel-
Tor sent for three Of his cabinet coll
leagues, who were at the German .
headquarters, and called a cabinet /
meeting. An hour before Chancellor
Fehrenbach and Foreign Minister
Simon appeared at the conference
room. After an explanatory speech
oy Dr. Simon, all the delegates signed
he protocol.
Before the arrival of the German
delegates today the allied premiers
their. consideration of the
of reparations due from
Germany. AS finally adopted the
operations will be made on the fol-
owing basis: France, So per cent;
treat Britain. 22 per cent; Italy 10
Ter cent; Belgium, s per cent and {
.apap and Portugal, each three
ourths of per cent. The remain
ng 6 Y per cent will be divided be-
ween Serbia, Rumania and Poland ,
Besides the 8 per cent Belgium is ;
o receive, she will retain the priority
light to 2.50O,00O,0OO marks, from
yhich will be paid sum loaned Bel
ium by the allies.
The proposed changes in the pro-
DcOl submitted by the Germans were
'r the most part purely technical and t
ERE rejected, except an amendment c
} Article 1, by which the allies ac- /
epted an additional provision that |
he deliveries of coal SHOULD be aver b
ged in order to take into account
GODS in the Rhine region. Section 2 2
so was amended to allow a premium
five marks per ton on all deliv-
ries by land or sea.