Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-11
GERNANY WILL SIT
At ALLIES MEET
Make It Plain They Expect to
Push Own Demands.
TEUToN PREMlERs BALkY
Heads 81 Several States Urge Rejec-
ton OF the Entente Fieures-5er-
lin Denies Report of Peace
overtures to U. S.

Berlin, Feb. 9.--The German govern
ment has accepted the invitation to
participate in the allied conference on
Preparations in London March 1, 1t was
announced.
The government. in sending its az
ceptance, sets forth its superstition
that the negotiations viii include dis
cussion of the German counter-propos-
ais. 8
Premiers Urge Resistance.
Munich. Bavaria, Feb. 9.-Premiers
/ of the various German states have
agreed to urge the Berlin government
to refuse compliance with the allied
demands as formulated by the SUI
preme council in Paris two weeks ago. |
This became known here when Doc |
| tor Kahf, premier of LaHaria, returned
from Berlin, where he took part in the
conference of federal premiers on Ger
many's attitude regarding the allied
note.
Official denial IS made at Berlin of
report that Germany had offered, |
through the American mission, terms
for arranging peace with the United
States. The Berlin newspapers print
ed the denial Of the government, and
at the headquarters of the American I
commission the statement was made
that no information had been received
Of such proposal on the part of Ger
many.
Anpora Delegates off for Rome.
Constantinonle, Feb 9.--The dele
gates Of the Angora nationalist gov-i
ernment to the forthcoming conference I
In London on Near Eastern ques-
lions will be Mouktar Bey, nationalist 4
foreign minister; Djellaledin Arif +
Bey and A. Rustem Bey, former Turk /
ish ambassador TO the United States, /
who IS now one of the nationalist lead-t
ers.
These three are proceeding to
Rome, where they will confer with
other nationalists.
The delegates of the Constantine i
pie government probably will be Tew-
fix pasha. the grand vizer; Sefa Bey, i
the foreign minister, and Nabi Bey,
who was one of the Turkish delegates
to the peace conference with the al |
! lies in France.
French Refuse to Lose 1ope.
| Paris, Feb. 9.-Charles Laurent,
French ambassador to Germany, had
long conversation with Premier Bri-
and.
Newspapers declare they discussed /
the situation created in Germany by !
the decisions of the supreme allied /
council, and L'0euvre understands NJ. /,
Laurent believes that the more mod |
crate minds of the Berlin cabinet viii !,
eventually prevail
There are only 23,000000.O00 francs
| normal value, sc. 435. 000,O00) IN gold |
available in the world, it was pointed !
out In the chamber of deputies by |
Louis Loucheur, minister of liberated !
regions, in answering an interpella- |
tion by Louis Klotz, former minister !
of finance, with regard to the German
PREPARATIONS agreement recently
reached by the allies.
Then" asked NJ. Loucheur, "how
can France collect 216,000 100000
francs ts42.21o,00o,0Oo) in gold imme- !
diately2"
1--WE have followed the hest course. =,
added the minister. THE payment
of annuities by Germany is the only
solution, and we have chosen that.
Let the parliament decide the right |
of It."
Faces Two Huge Debts.
FTs,a,.a hos l1aor, ,,.,,1l, ALI -.
many's bankruptcy. II is generally
realized that Frances finances are
hardly less desperate owing to the
large sums Of money which must be /
found continually for the restoration
of the devastated regions. France has
an internal debt of more than 100000 !,
100000 paper francs (normally $40,-
000,000,o00) and a foreign debt of
nearly 40,000,000000 gold francs (SS.-
000000,0o0l. How either of these
debts is ever going to be reduced no.
body can now foretel.
The 1927 budget calls for the ex-
penditure of some 1900 100000 francs
| NORMALLY 100000 O0ol. Of which 16.-
000,00a.000 francs (normaJly $1,000
0o0.00o) are for the devastated re-
gions
The taxes have 'been quadrupled
since 1914 and are heavy burden on
the country. Nevertheless, the total
tax receipts are only little more than
200o0,00o000 fianes (normally $4,-
o00000e00l Where the other %
000,000000 francs tnorfnally $1,000
000,0oO) necessary before the end of
/ tho year will he found nobody knows