Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-31
Document Signed by SUI
premc Council Delivered
to Hun Envoy.
ALLIES CONFIRM TIER
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS
Hope Grave Situation" Will
Not Be Created by Failure
to Meet Obligations.
HOLD MEETING IN LONDON
central Power Delegates VIII Re
Invited There Latter Part
Of February,
Lny Assoclatedr rress1

by Associated Press
PAiiIS. Jan. 3O.-The docutnen,
signed by the supreme councn Of
IA" allies las; night. ny which the
r"phia'ions and disarmament dcci-
lions OF the allies VIII to conveyed
10 i.rinnny, was delivered today To
'har!cs Bergman. German under
secretary OF state for the treasury
and head of the German delegation
10 Paris with "a letter of ,ransmi,tal
marked "connden,iai" The letter.
wi'h two notes ON rcparattons and
disarmament, totals 2,5oo words.
The letter OF ,ransmittal. which
lo dated january 30 reads:
Sir: The allied conference which
met IN Paris from the 2Ith TO the
2'th 81 January. 1921. has taken
nc following decisions:
Il A. regards the disarmament Of
Germany. the ali!cd governments
nave approved Tho conclusions for
nulateh IN tina, document, also at.
'ached hereto
Question "f Preparations.
AS regards the question OF
operations. the allied governments
hav. unanimously approved the pro-
posais formulated in tina: document.
also attached hereto.
3. The allied governments nave
on former occasions and again t.,day.
Il consentIng 20 fresh delays IN the
matter o! disarmament, had due re-
gard TO the difficulties that surround
The German government In the cxccu-
t!on o. the OBLIGATIONS which have
resulted from the treaty Of Yer
sa!l!es They have formed the hope
;hat the German government will no,
place the allies who confirm their
previous decisions. under the neccs-
sity OF envisaging the grave s!'u-
alton which wlil be- created IL Ger.
many persists in failing 10 meet her
legations.
-. qualified delegates Of the Ger
man government, will he iav!;cd 10 a
meeting in London NJ the end OF Feb
rIary with delegates OF the allied
governments"
The reparations note bears the
tile "am agreement between the al
He'd powers for the settlement az Ger
tain Questions relating 10 cxccu; on
of The treaty Of Versailles"
The note reads:
Text Of Note.
article For the purpose oi sat
styling the obligations imposed upon
her by Articles 23l and go o! the
treaty of Versailles, Germany shall
irrespective Of the restitution she is
10 make under Article 23S and OF any
other obligation under the treaty.
pay:
II. Fixed annuit!es payable half
yearly in equal parts, as follows:
,a) Two annmi,ics of 2O0O. 900. coo
gold marks from May !. ia2l. to May
J. 1923; sb) three annui,ics OF 3.0O0.-
100000 gold marks from May /, 1923
to May l. 1926: tc) three annuitics
Of i.oo0,O0000o gold marks from May
!. 1926. 10 May /. 1929; cd three an
nuitics Of 5000. 100000 gold marks
from May /. 1929. 10 May l, 1892;
Ce) thirty-onc annuitics OF 5000. o0o
600 gold marks from May /, 1892, TO
May /. 1868.
"2. Forty-onc annuitics running
from May !. 1921. equal in amount
to IL per cent ad va!orem of German
exports. payable in gold two months
after the close OF each half year"
In order To insure complete full
nllmcnt Of paragraph above, Ger
many will give to the rcparation COM
mission every facility for verifying
the amount of the German exports
and for tho establishment OF the SUI
pervlsion necessary for this purpose.
article 2.-Thc German govern
nlent will transmit forthwith to the
rcparations commission notes to
bearer. payable a. the dates specified
ia article l. paragraph |. OF the pres
ent agreement.
Both of these notes shall be equiv
alent to each of the half yearly sums
payable under said paragraph. :.
instructions shall be given to the
repa ration commission with a view To
facilitating realization by the DOW
ers which SO demand. the share 20 he
attributed to them in accordance
with the agreements In force between
them.
Article 3.-Germany shall be at
liberty at any time to make pay
m.nts i'm advance on account OF the
fixed portion Of the sum owing
advance payments shall be ap-
piled In the reduction OF the fixed
annuities provided for I'm the first
paragraph OF article I. For this pur-
pose annuities shall be discounted 1T
the rate OF s per cent until May !,
1928; per cent from May ], 1929. to
May /. 1925; 5 per cent from May /,
1925.
article Sin pursuance of article
24S or the treaty Of Versailles all the
assets and revenues of the empire
and OF the German states shall be
applicable to insure complete legis-
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