The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
FOUR CORNERS OF EUROPE SETTING
 WITH NEW UNREST
From Paris to Malta Confer ence Are Held, Troops Entrain and Battleships
 Are Putting to Sea
By Associated Press

Paris, June 2o.-Premier Millerand hopes at the Hythe conference. ac- | cording to Marcel Hutin. in the Echo de
 Paris. to induce Premier Lloyd George to accept the payment of Frances welve trillion (12,ooo, o,o0a0o0. .0o0) francs gold debt to England when Ger many pays France in reparations. 1 It is believed, adds NJ. Hutin. that if England accepts such an arrangement for her debt the United States will ac 1 cept from France, for Frances debt of ie.C00,009,000 gold francs maturing in | the United States in October, a similar 1 method of payments, to be made as France collects from Germany.
 Hythe, June 20.-The official commu- E:cation issued this evening says: "The conference this afternoon was occupied with various questions, in- | cluding that of reparations. Further discussions were reserved for the meet 1 ing at Boulogne tomorrow"
 l London, June 20.-Serious develop nIents in the near east east seem, to be the occasion of hurried converting of 1 the Hythe conference with the Greek premier, M. Venizelos according to some l ct the London and Paris papers,, l It is asserted that the British cabi- net has accepted the offer of M. Veni- zclos of the Greek army to assist the British troops against Mustapha Ke- r,aPs nationalist forces. and it is sug gested that the Hythe conference, with She military experts is for the purpose Of arranging details os combined oper- ations.
 r-l,z Ma1f nf ba tra tion of a powerful British fleet in these waters and the dispatch of fresh endorsements to Constantinople, ap- pears to bear out these statements. Malta. June 20.-A battalion of the Essex regiment is under orders to em- bark forthwith on the cruiser Cardiff for Constantinople. All available de- stroyers and the cruiser Blenheim have been ordered to the east.
 Indications are that the entire Medi- telranean fleet. including the first bat tie squadron. is concentrating in the rear and middle east. The American destroyer Dupont. scheduled to come to Malta from the Black sea. is detained in eastern waters.
 Paris, June 20.--It was announced in Greek quarters today that Premier NcnlZeloS. MarSnai fOcn ana rlelu Mdr- shal Sir Henry H.. Wilson. chief of the British imperial staff, held a confer ence after the meeting at Hythe. had discussed the military measure to he taken with view to insuring execu- ton of the Turkish peace treaty. With certain reservations. the an- ncuncement says. it was q ided to ac- cept the proposal made bJ 4. venizelos tta at Greece was ready ts enforce the , Turkish treaty by her own means without asking assistance either from : France or Great Britain.
 Hythe. England. June 30.-While the question of German reparations was the ostensible reason for the hurriedly ar ranged meeting here of the French and British premiers. the Associated Press is authoritativeiy informed that the Turk ish situation thrust itself into the fore front of their discussions today. The experts on the indemnity. after long con- sideration of the matter. were ready to present their advice on this important subject
 The Greek premier. Eliphtherios veni- zelos, however. who was anxious to safe guard the Greek gains through the treaty. appeared upon the scene last night. Ho called on Lloyd-George and M. MilIerand | at this mornings conference. prepared to act in behalf of the allies in. represstns
 tCeAtinuea en Pare Tws)