The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-06-29
ENTENTE TO MEET
GERMANS AISRA:
DATE SE',l[|tFJUlY 5
Allie. Hope at La.'ttS ;ttts Put Ar
End to Bargaining" Over
Treaty Of Paace
By Charles McCann

Omitted Press Staff COrrAspO
= London, June Is. (By Mail. Spa,
where entente and German delegates
will meet for the first time ION q base
of equality, probably Will. be the
last inter-allied conclavesof major
proportions, dealing with$the Versail-
les peace treaty. The tentative date
set was July 5. ,..tttTf
International developments, since
the San Reno conference, have been
such that Premier Lloyd George is ex-
enely.aanxiOus that Spa shall wind
|up bargaining" in SO far as the Ger
man treaty is concerned! Since the
Italian cabinet crisis and the Frank
fort occupation it has become evident
that cooperative action among the
allies is scheduled to,sbe more and
more difficult. Economic and COM
mercial rivalry between the European
countries, regardless OF past affilia-
tions, will again develop. Individual
action, except in the case of Turkey
and Hungary, with whom treaties
have yet to be concluded, will enable
each country to mend its own
fences" Y
While, according to officials close
to Lloyd George, the German dele
cation at Spa will be met. as equals
and will be permitted toipresent their
with the distinct understanding that
the peace treaty is not to be modified
in any way.
1.-THE meeting can be compared to
conference between two litigants,
one of whom has secured a legal judg-
ment against the other. Both agree
that the judgment is valid and just.
The matter to be discussed is, How
it can best be collected.55s This was
the analogy drawn by a, British Off
cial who will play an important part
at Spa. ~
well-informed officials, swill be re-
quested to make the ,tfst overtures.
Millerand and Lloyd George, it is be-
lieved, have already decided upon
maximum and mininilnl.4 demands.
Should the German estimate of their
ability to pay fall Within these limits,
the conference will rapidly come to a
close. On the other hand, IL Germ
any's offer is below the estimate of
the entente, her delegates will be CIV
en- an opportunity to- advance argu-
ments and proofs inffaEor of their
claims. ',.I.
Advance preparationnas,< j 1t Spa for
the entertainment Of the visitors have
been completed. The British delega-
ton will be located at the Hotel Bal
moral, while PremieEs Lloyd George
will be the private guest Of Baron de
Crahwez, burgomeisteriso lot Spa. The
French mission will stay AT the Grand
Hotel Britannique; the American
mission, if it appears, at the Hotel
Rossette, and the Italian, Belgian and
japanese missions at private houses.
The conference meets at the Chateau
de Ida Fraineuse, the residence Of NJ.
Pelzer-Craux. &S,,s
Failure Of the United,states to par
ticipate at Spa will bEa great set
back for the entente" The French
hope Of Immediate payment" is
based upon the possibility of capital
izing Germany's reparatfon promises
and disposing of the German bonds in
the United States ana Britain. Con-
siderable wealth is in pirate hands
in France, but French Investors, after
their experience with Russian war
bonds. are loath to sink. any consider
able amount in German' promises to
pay. Fnit"
According to American officials
here, it is extremely UNLIKELY that the
United States will participate. At
least, neither Ambassador Davis nor
Ambassador Wallace at, Paris has
planned to go to Spa. nv;
Unless all indications fall, Spa has
possibilities Of proving even less pro-
fitable than several previous confer
ences have been. Ma
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