The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-08-19
TRADE BAN LIFTED
BY ALLIES ON Rhine
Steps Made To Render AS
sistance To The
Starving.


remove the boycott against French
goods. was decided upon at the final
session of the allied Supreme Council
today. IL was decided. however, to
maintain the occupation of Ruhrort,
Duisburg and Dusseldorf. until the
next meeting Of the council. which It
Is understood will be previous to the
Washington disarmament conference
At that time Premier BRAND consent
ed that the question OF the occupation
of the right bank of the Rhine should
be recOnsidered
With the question OF the DISPOSE
I ION of Upper Silesia out of its hands,
the council went to work today on the
other matters which il had to take
under advisement. The decisions were
reached after NJ BRAND, as president
of the council, replied to attacks made
Hy Lord Curzon. the British foreign
secretary, and Sir Robert Stevenson
Home, chancellor OF the British ex-
shequer, against what was termed
the present ey' r;sive sy:' n Of adj
ministering the treaty, especially as
concerned occupation of the Ruhr re-
Eion
This" Lord Curzon said. IFS 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 ev-
ryone Of the interested powers and
that means ought to be examined for
reducing the cost as the high expense
meant less reparations.
II was agreed to create an inter
allied commission of financial ex-
perts on which the United States
would be represented, to study ways
and means whereby reduction in
occupation costs might be devised.
The French premier, in a long
speech, INDUCED in some sarcastic ut
terances regarding Lord Curzon' s ref
erence TO German national sentiment.
He opposed strongly discontinuance
OF occupation of the three Ruhr cities.
The French government" declar-
ediM- BRAND, has no intention
whatsoever of hurting Germany's ma
tional sentiment or maintaining &C.
cupation OF the Ruhr cities indefinite
ly. But there also is the national
agreement of France to be taken into
account
Occupation OF Duisburg, Ruhort
and Dusseldorf was decided Jointly
by France, England, Italy and Bel
GUM because of the repeated failures
of the German government TO fulfill
its obligations under the Versailles
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:
"The Wirth government may fall;
another with more reactionary ten
denotes may be formed. and another
crisis reached between France and
Germany"
The matter, however. was not so |
pressing, Mr.. BRAND concluded. that |
Il might not be postponed until the |
next meeting of the council. All the |
delegations agreed to this suggestion.
Marshal Foch's military committee, |
after il had been decided to maintain |
military control in Germany, was in
trusted with the task of deciding how |
such control was to be exercised
whether by commissions on the spot.
as now is the case, or otherwise.
Ambassador Harvey took more
active part in the three hours meet
ing of the council this morning than
at any session since the deliberations
were started, being asked for his
opinion or taking part in the discus
sion of practically every question
brought up, as America was directly
interested, especially In the Russian
and Austrian situations.
At this session the council decided
upon the makeup of the Interna-
tionaI Famine Relief Commission
which will deal with the famine stu
alton in Russia. This commission
will not be merely inter-allied. but
Sweden, Denmark, Norway and other
neutral countries will be asked to
Join.
Concerning the diplomatic situa-
tion created by the undertaking to
feed famine-strcken Russia, II was
agreed the commission will have alb
an unofficial character, and
that such conversations as are engag-
ed in with the Soviets must be limit
ed strictly to humanitarian questions.
The manner in which contact with |
the Soviet government is to be made