Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-04
Germans VIII Meet Allies
Reparations Demands,
Is Belief
EXPECT NEW OFFER
Penalties to be Inflicted-Means Con-
troll of Coal-Custom Houses on
Rhine-Germans Sit StOhdly.

London, March 4.-Lloyd George
presented to the Germans yesterday
| the Allied ultimatum, giving them un
| til Monday noon to meet the allied
Preparations terms or submit to penal
ties which will paralyze their trade
IN the. Khineand and put Germany'S
| economic life under control Of the En-
tente powers.
There is every prospect that the
German delegates here will bring for
ward new offer. The British Premie?
made them a clear opening for such
overtures when, in his long address to
! the delegates at the st. James'S Pal
ace, he said that the Supreme Coun-
ell would have listened had the Ger
mans raised sincere objections to some
of the Allied demands. If, for instance,
he explained, they had wished modifi-
cation of the number of years in
which to pay, or substitution Of some
new proposal for the y per cent ex-
port tax, the Allies would have con-
sidered their suggestions. Instead, he
recalled, they had made an absurdly
small offer that was not worthy of at
tention.
DR.. Walter Simons, German Fore;gn
Minister, replying briefly to Mr.. Lloyd
George, promised to examine the ult;-
natum handed him by the British Pre-
mier, but said, he desired to point op.
| his belief that the Allies had misun-
lerstood the terms Germany Offered.
The conference adjourned immediate
y. The Germans, returning to Their
hotel, transmitted the Allied note to
Berlin, where the next step will De
taken by the German Government.
The penalties which the Ataes will
:nflict- unless agreement is reached
Monday, as outlined by Lloyd George,
are:
The occupation by Allied troops Of
Duisburg,. Ruhrort, land .Duesssldarf,
in the Rhine Valley. "
The imposition in various. countries.
| through permission of their Parii1-
ments, of tax on Germaansdt goods.
The payment of all duties collected
10Y uhe German customs serv1ce into
the reparaton fund.
The Allied occupation Of the Rhine
cities of Duisburg, Ruhrort and Dues
:eldorf wouid involve Allied control CT
all German coal production. Premier
BRAND told the Tribune correspondent.
last night that the Allied powers paa
to place heavy duty on every ton
Of Geraman coal passing through the
Allied frontier Gordon.
Thus we would impose not only
simple military sanctions" said the
French Premier, "out military sane
tions with an economic value. Through
Duisburg and Ruhrort passes all the
traffic from the Ruhr Valley to North
Germany and the neutral countries Of
Holland and Scandinavia. Through Dus
seldorf passes all traffic from the
| Ruhr to South Germany and the Cen
trail Europe, except fer perhaps !
tenth part which goes by rail overland.
that part, also will be neglected.
The tax on German manufactured
goods would be collected in different
countries by the withholding ef share
of the retail price and the transmits
SON of this share to the reparatlons
fund. Economic experts attached to
the Allied delegations explain that the
| money collected in each country, would
be put in the national treasury and
| then credited 70 that country's share
of Gsrman reparations money.
! The moneys collected from the Gus
toms service would be on the oasis Of
the present German tariff schedules.
| A line of customs houses would be as.
tablished temporarily along the Raine
and at the boundaries Of the hritlse-
head areas. A tariff would be collect
ed on goods either entering oT leaving
the country.
The Germans arrived early for this
mornings session. Dr. Simans looked
particularly pale, weary and despoTd-
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