Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-28
Peace Treaty Which Will; Be Discussed at London
During the Coming Week Has Been the Subject Of
ALarge Number of Conferences Among Statesmen

stands, was the result Of months Of
labor and discussion. It has been de-
Tended and assailed ever since it was
signed. and nobody appears to be sat-
isfed with it, not eve its authors.
For that reason 1t has been the sub
ject Of q large number of informal
and formal discussions In the course
of which changing viewpoints were
urged and accepted. At the confer
ences nearly all of the vital points Of
the treaty have been gone over, but
much work still remains to be done
although 1t seems almost inevitable
that at least the reparations terms
May 4.
First Conference.
The first conference subsequent to
the ratification Of h peace treaty was
opened in London February IA, last
year. The questions of Furnishing the
war criminals of Germany: the occu-
patton of the left bank Of the Rhine,
and the disarmament of the German
armies were gone into very fully while
Allied relations to Russia also took
up a great deal Of the time Of this
meeting.
Second Conference.
On April 10, last year, the confer
ence of San Reno was opened, chiefly
for the purpose of discussing the de-
livery Of German coal to the Allied
powers.
At San Reno it was pointed out
made no signal effort to fulfill its
treaty obligations, and. methods by
which it would become possible to
compel enforcement were adopted.
A feature Of the San Reno confer
ence was that Raymond Poincare,
president of the commission on repair
atoms, retired from hat Office, not
quite voluntarily. it was said. HE
reminds me too much Of Shylock," q
British diplomatist was quoted as say
ing. Poincare's withdrawal may. or
may not, have been a consequence of
the attitude of France in occupying,
without prior discussion with her as
sociates, the cities of Main, Darmstadt
and Hanau in spite Of the reluctance
Of Millerand.
Third and Fourth Conferences.
In view of the fact that a number
of issues were left open when the
San Reno meeting adjourned, it was
agreed that another meeting was to
be held at Spa. But preliminary
conferences were held at Hythe on
May Is and again or June 20. The
world is still waiting for details Of
tI4e6c ulSCuSSlOnS, OUT from Wn6N
could be learned. Allied statesmen
Rid-quite f1rmly-the foundation for
later conferences.
Unofficial reports on the Hythe dis
cussions are to the effect that the
Allies agreed that Germany was able
to pay 100, coo, 900, 900 gold marks,
and that France was to receive about
so per cent of this amount.
! Fifth Conference.
On June 20, a conference was held
at Boulogne where details pertaining
to the war Indemnity and the German
disarmament were adjusted for pre-
sentation at the Spa conference. Up
to that time it appears that the foun-
dalton for the Spa meeting while cor
crete enough, was not considered sui
fciently comprehensive.
Sixth Conference
And 80 it was decided to call an
other Conferences sort Of dress re-
hearsal for the Spa drama-at. Brus-
sells. This meeting was held on July
2 and sand . common ground of un-
dexstandinK was finally found BY the
FAllies EVtfyththg was III readiness
1 for the opening Of what was then
thought would be the grand finale
of the conferences.
Seventh Conferences.
On July s. the. Spa conference I'M