Evening star., 1921-08-14
BARRIER ON rhine
TO END SEPT. Is
IF GERMANY PAYS
Supreme Council Decides to
Lift Bar, But Keeps Con-
troll of Three Cities.
U. S. TO BE REPRESENTED
ON ALLIED COMMISSION
BRAND Sarcastic in Opposing Civ
. ing Up Towns in Ruhr-Har-
vey Takes Active Part.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, August 13.-The lifting Of
the economic barrier of the Rhineland
on September Is. providing Germany
pays up the amounts she undertook
to pay under the London ultimatum
and agrees to remove the boycott
against French goods. was decided
upon at the final session Of the allied
supreme council today. It was de-
cided. however. to maintain the occu-
patton Of Ruhrort. Duisburg and
Dusseldorf until the next meeting Of
the council. which. 1t is understood.
will be held previous to the Wash
that time Premier BRAND consented
the question Of the occupation of the
right bank Of the Rhine should be
reconsidered.
With the question Of the disposition
Of Upper Silesia out of its hands. the
council went to work today on the
other matters which it had to take
reached after M. BRAND. as president
Of the council. replied to attacks made
by Lord Curzon. the British foreign
secretary. and Sir Robert Stevenson
Horne, chancellor of the British ex-
chequer, against what was termed
the present expensive system of ad-
ministering the treaty. especially as
concerned occupation of the Ruhr re-
gion.
Irritating to German Pride.
This. Lord Curzon said. 'fs very
costly and also irritating to German
national sentiment and pride"
The chancellor Of the British ex-
chequer argued that continuance Of
the present system impoverished every
one Of the interested powers. and that
means ought to be examined fer reduce
ing the cost as the high expense meant
less reparations. ss.z.1 - ,-rz,,,-. ri.
1t was agreed to create IN inter.
allied commissions of fnanoiAi experts.
on which the United States would
be represented. to study ways and
means whereby a reduction in oecu-
patton costs might be devised.
The French premier. in q long
speech. indulged In soma sarcastic
utterances regarding Lord Curzon's
reference to. German national senti-
ment. He opposed strongly discon-
tinuance of occupation of the three
Ruhr cities.
Fears wirth May Eall.
'The French government" declared
M. BRAND. has no intention what
soever of hurting Germany's national
sentiment or maintaining occupation
Of the Ruhr cities indefinitely. But
there also is the national sentiment
Of France to be taken into account.
Occupation Of Duisburg. Ruhrort
and Dusseldorf was decided jointly
by France. England. Italy and Bel
gium. because Of the repeated fail-
ures of the German government to
fulnll its obligations under the ver-
sailles treaty"
He was convinced that the Wirth
government now was making all ef-
forts to live up to the undertakings
entered upon after the London ulti-
matum, but added:
1.-The Wirth government may fall.
another with more reactionary ten
denotes may be formed. and another
crisis reached between France and
Germany"
Ambassador Harvey Active.
The matter, however, was not so
pressing. NJ. BRAND concluded. that
1t might not be postponed until the
next meeting of the council. All the
delegations agreed to this sugges-
tion.
Marshal Foch's military commit
tee. after 1t had been decided to
maintain military control in Ger
many. was intrusted with the task
Of deciding how such control was to
be exercised-whether by commits
sions on the spot. as now is the case,
or otherwise.
Ambassador Harvey took q more
active part in the three hours meet
ing of the council this morning than
at any session since the delibera-
tions were started. being asked for
his opinion or taking part IN the
discussion of practically every ques-
tion brought up. as America was df-
rectly interested, especially in the
Russian and Austrian situations.
Decides on Russian Relief.
At this session the council decided
upon the makeup of the interna-
tional famine relief commission,
which will deal with the famine sit
uation in Russia. This commission
will not be merely interallied, but
Sweden. Denmark, Norway and other
neutral countries will be usksd to
join. The nucleus Nill be formed by
the entente countries and the United
States. each to appoint three dele
gates.
Concerning the diplomatic situa-
tion created by the Undertaking to
feed famine-stricken Russia, it was
agreed the commission will have alb
solutely an unofiicial character, and
that such conversations as are en-
gagged In with the soviets must be
limited strictly to humanitarian
questions. The manner In which con-
tact with the soviet government is
to be made was not decided.
Financial aid for Austria was. con-
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