The Washington herald., 1921-05-05
British and Italians De-
bate With French Be-
hind Closed Doors.
BRAND SATISFIED
BY AIMS ATTAINED
English Sure Germans
Never Can Take Terms
AS Outlined.
Especial csbls 70 Tie wsshinsten Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)
ny JOHN STEELE.

LONDON, May (Thursday).-Fi-
nal agreement among the allies re-
garding the ultimatum and protocol
to Germany on reparations has been
reached and at 10 o'clock this morn
ing the documents will be officially
signed at 10 Downing street. Then.
according to present plans the al
lied council viii adjourn.
BRAND seems Happy.
Three sessions were held yester-
day. the last of which ended short
Iy after midnight. Premier BRAND
appeared tired but happy as he left
the meeting place. His only remark
was a combination of French and
English.
"Bas fni. demain matin. but 1
am satisfied" he declared. Despite
the "bas fini" II was made clear to
all correspondents that all was over
but the formal signing.
Protocol Going 90 Paris.
The allied uItimatum when signed
will be handed by Prime Minister
Lloyd George to DR.. Stahmer. the
German Ambassador. The protocol
will be taken to Paris by the allied
reparations commission and there
will be handed to German represen-
tatives-
News of the resignation of the
German cabinet was received by
members of the supreme council
without surprise and without COM
ment
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Harmsny Doubtful.
The British government, having
mands. is still convinced that the
terms will never be accepted by
Berlin. and that it will be a waste
lief. Lloyd George is backed up by
Italy. There was a day-long
joint drive by the representatives
the finaI demands. Premier BRAND,
matum go forth substantially as
agreed upon yesterday.
Experts Give views.
The Supreme Council met at 3
o'clock this afternoon, only to fake
an immediate adjournment. At
o'clock another conference was call
ed. at which the situation was
briefly discussed and the work OF
the economic experts was brought
into play once more.
Adjournment was then taken un-
til o'clock the conferees remain
ing in secret session the rest of the
evening The actual drafting Of the
demands may not be completed be-
fore Friday. The supreme council
adjourned a quarter of an hour
after midnight, and will reconvene
at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Delay by Refusal.
Semi oficialIy. it is understood
that the reparations commission
has been the principal cause Of to-
days delay, because of its refusal
to sanction the ultimatum until de-
tailed investigation OF its terms and
the application of the demands. The
commission has. however, virtually
completed its inquiry. and undoubt-
edly will signify their satisfaction
with the terms.
Members. of the commission were
rather incensed at being summoned
to London, and arrived here in a
disgruntled mood. contending that
the supreme council has usurped
the commissions prerogatives.
On the other hand, the supreme
council declared that II alone was
concerned in the matter of penalties
and guarantees. Accordingly the
commission has taken over the task,
Of formulating the reparations
terms as such, while the council is
working solely on the penalties in
case Germany rejects them. There
fore. there is a possibility that the
uItimatum will consist of two sec
tions, one dealing with penalties and
signed by the supreme council. the
other dealing with reparations terms
and signed by the commission. II
is considered possible that the two
notes will be handed to the German
ambassador tomorrow.