Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-19
Reparations Commission to
Seize Holdings Unless In
struCtions Are Followed.
LLOYD GEORGE TO MEET
WITH BRAND To CONFER
German Government Would Have
to Get Authority From Allies
to Dispose of Reserve.

Ey the Associated Press
PARIS, April I9-The allied repara-
tions commission announced today
that it had given Germany until April
90 to transfer the gold holdings OF the
reichsbank. the German lInperlai
bank, 10 the Coblenz and Cologne
branches of the bank. If Germany
refuses to comply with the ultimatum.
the commission, ii states. VIII requiie
the immediate delivery of the Solo
TO the commission itself
In the event of the transfer OF the
gold to the branches named, the sum
may continue to figure as part OF the
balance of the reichsbank. the COM
mission explains. but the German gov
ernment would have no right to dis-
pose of it without obtaining previous
authority from the commission 10 90
so.
The British prime minister, MI
Lloyd George, and Premier BRAND
have agreed to confer before the next
meeting of the supreme council OF the
allies. but the time and place of the
conference has not yet been determln-
ed. il was announced today.
The details of the meeting will de-
pend largely on the ability of Mr..
Lloyd George to absent himself from
London.
Protests Customs Regime.
The new customs regime estab-
Iished in the occupied territory OF
Germany, under the interallied Rhine
land commissions ordinance of Apr.
=. constitutes new and fragrant
violation of the Versailles treaty.
says a note transmitted by the Ger
man government to the council OF
mbasSadorS here.
Germany has given up the idea of
finding an intermediary to TRANSMIT:
her reparations offers. according to
the latest reliable information reach
ing Paris. The German governmen,
and communicate them Wednesday
o. Thursday either directly to the
allies or to the reparations commits
SION. They will be published in Ber-
Ian Immediately after their delivery
The proposals. it is understood. are
a repetition of those upon which the
German delegation finally decided in
London on March Z.
Preparations Problem Up.
A mixed military and civil gen
eral staf" made up of Marshal Foch.
-.!aj. Gen. L. A. l.. Buat and Cen WeYS
Sand and Louis Loucheur, minister
of liberated regions: Paul. Tifar1. \
French high commissioner of the
Ehincland. and NJ Seydoux. who rep
resented France as financial expert
st the Brussels conference. met YES
to-day and listened to several fnan-
En- the reparations problem<
The utmost secrecy was maintained
concerning the meeting, but a semi
official communication issued later
said that similar conferences would
take place definitely to decide upon
and elaborate a general plan for Co.
crcive measures. both economic and
military. eventually to be enforced
against Germany. in order to submit
the plan in details to the allied gov
ernments before May L.
Little ReparatiOn Paid
Andre Lefevre. former minister of
finance, in the course of a debate in
the chamber of deputies on the ques-
ton of the reconstruction of the dew
sstated regions of France, declared
that two years after the cessation of
hostilities Germany had paid scarcely
. per cent of the amount of the ruin
fhe had caused.
NJ. Daubigny, the reporter for the
commission on devastated regions
said the war sufferers up TO the pres
fnt had received 5000. .00D, 900 francs
in cash or kind. equaling about 3.OO0,-
100000 francs of the 1914 money
value. The total claimed. he said. was
between $4,000. 100000 and 5000, 900
600 francs at the 1914 Salue