The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-28
ALLIED CHIEFS
CANNOT AGREE
Entente Conference at Paris
AbandOns Session for Today.
German ReparatiOns Issue on
Which Premiers Split.
DEADLOCK HALTS ALL WORK
French Demand Immediate De-
cisiOnABritish Hold Back.
Italians and Beigians Line Up
Behind Lloyd George.

Paris, Jan. 2S.-An agreement on
German reparations must be reached
today or allied negotiations will be
broken off, Premier Lloyd George of
Great Britain threatened.
Lloyd George was unmoved by the
plea of the French premier, BRAND.
that alteration of the French demand
for immediate fixation of Germany's
indemnity would cause the collapse
of his cabinet.
An unknown French soldier today
momentarily reunited allied diplomats
whose conference here was threatened
with disruption.
The allied officials, Joined by Am
bassador Wallace of the United States,
stood together at the Arch of Tri-
umph, where the body of an unknown
warrior was buried.
Premier Lloyd George of Great Bri-
tain who had threatened to leave the
allied council meeting if France did
not show a compromising spirit, was
greatly moved by the ceremonies.
"Nivi la France!" he shouted.
The divergence of views of the
members of the allied supreme coun-
Gil regarding German reparations
caused an interruption of the confer
ence today, and in some Quarters it is
ItSdIueu DIS HI QdHS6I up.
The session of the council which
was to have begun at 4:3O o'clock this
afternoon was abandoned.
BRAND Has New Plan.
Premier BRAND, in an effort to ef-
feet an agreement regarding German
reparations, has proposed a new plan
to the allied premier, L'Intransigeant
declared today.
According to the newspaper, Bri-
g, Il l-A 4,
debt for forty-two years and exact
from her a total of 269,00O, O,0Oo
gold marks (normally $67,250, 200, 0,000)
in this way:
Five yearly payments of 100000
600 marks; five yearly payments OF
6,000,000.000 marks and thirty-two
yearly payments of 7,000,O00,0O
marks.
In addition. the newspaper stated
BRAND proposed a special tax on Ger
man exports.
Must End Parley.
1t was indicated by Premier LloyG
George yesterday that the whole rep.
arations question could not be solved
at the present meeting All that coul(
be accomplished, he said, would bt
the fixing of the amount of Germany.
debt and the way it should be paid
Later, he asserted, allied and German
delegates would meet for a final dis
cussion of the settlement.
NJ. Doumer, French minister, and NJ
BRAND were not convinced by tn
British prime minister's arguments
| altho the views of Mr.. Lloyd Georg,
/ appeared to be favored by the Italian
and Belgian representatives.
| NJ. BRAND declared after yesterday
meeting that the reparations question
must be settled "once and for all be
fore Saturday, night" and indicated h
would not retreat from his stand tha
the total amount of Germany indem
mites should not be fixed and tha
payment should be made under tn
annuity plan.
/ Belgium Has Own Views.
| At this forenoon's meeting of tn
ieXpert committee considering tn
amount and method of the German
Preparations payments, M. Jasper, th
Belgian foreign minister, set forth Bel
gium viewpoint.
He urged that Germany be com
PEELED to pay a maximum of from fiv
Ito six billion gold marks annually. TIL
committee was expected to reach it
decision today and draw up resolu
tions to be presented to the suprem
cOuncil before the day was over.