The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-03
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plans for naval pressure upon Ger.
many.
The supreme council Of the allies
met at eleven o'clock this morning to
receive the report of the financial e1-
perts who are working out details of
the guarantees to be demanded Of Ger
many for the payment of reparations.
and also to hear the views of military
and naval experts on the measures &c
be taken II Germany fails to comply
with the terms Of the allied ultimatum
Besides the premiers. the foreign
ministers and the finance ministers
and their assistants, there were pres
ent Marshal Foch, Field Marshal Viii
son. General Nollet, chief Of the
French military mission in Berlin; Ad
miral Beatty and Admiral Grasset
chief of the general staff of the
French navy.
Experts Report
The committee of experts, at this
mornings session, reported on the
plan worked out concerning the guar
antees to be demanded of Germany
for the payment of reparations and
| the council viii consider it this after
| noon. Occupation OF the Ruhr coal
basin. in the event such action should
become necessary, was considered by
| the council with the military repre-,
| sentatives of the allies The council
then adjourned until o'clock this
afternoon. 1t is expected the council
will finish it's labors today.
Four suggestions were examined by
the council this morning. namely.
blackade of the German ports, par
tial blockade, demonstration without
-
receipts in German ports. Sir Gordon
Howard, for Great Britain, and NJ
Fromageot, famous international legal
member of the French foreign office
| gave their judgment as to the right OF
the allies in relation to neutral coun-
tries. The unanimous opinion was
| that nothing further should be done
at present concerning naval action
until the views of the Washington
government were learned, and only as
| an additional means of compulsion in
| the event that occupation of the Ruhr
| if carried out should not prove suffi-
| cient to cause surrender by Ger
many.
| BERLIN. May 3.-The note Of Sec
/ rotary Hughes to the German govern
ment replying to the German counter
| proposals on reparations was deliv,
| cred to DR.. Simons. the German for
| eign minister, at 1870 this morning
| by Loring Dressed the American com
missioner.
FRENCH MILITARY HEADQUAR-
| TIERS, Mayence.-The plans for the
occupation of the Ruhr valley, elabo-
rated by the French general staff, pro
vides for the exclusive use of white
| troops, it was announced here today
| PARIS, May 3.-Admiral Ora ssett,
chief of the general staff of the
| French navy, left for London last
night. He will attend today's session
of the supreme allied council, and to-
gether with allied military and naval
authorities will arrange for the part
France will play in the naval demon
| stration against Germany should Der
lin reject the allied terms.
The Echo de Paris declared this
morning that plans for the blockade
OF Hamburg. Bremen. Iaback and
Stettin had already been prepared,
The French warships chosen to par.
ticipate in the operations will. the
newspaper said. be commanded by
Admiral Bagot-Duvauroux. com,
mandant of the port of TouIon. who
has been summoned to this city to
confer with M. Quista, minister of
marine.
Conclusions Satisfy
This mornings newspapers ex-
fpressed liveliest satisfaction over the
conclusions reached by the supreme
council in London yesterday, deciar-
ing the result was a triumph for Pre-
mier BRAND. The question of guar
antees appeared TO be the only doubt
full point in the situation.
''If the Fehrenbach cabinet resigns.
said the Figaro, land is replaced BY
a ministry simply charged with the
duty of avoiding penalties. the allies
will find themselves, as at the mo.
ment the Versailles treaty was signed,
confronted with politicians of the type
of Herman, Mueller and DR.. Bell, who
will not engage Germany seriously
The whole question remains what
pledges and what security will assure
the execution of the undertaking en-.
tered into by the German govern
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