The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-31
Reichstag VIII Demand Terms
Be Materially Altered.
Adjourns to, Give Parties Time
for Caucuses.
WHOLE NATION IS SULKIAG
Entente Terms Positive There
VIII Be No Amendment.
Formal Notification OF Allied
Agreement Received in Berlin.

Agreement heceiFeu Ill DerllH'
Berlin. Jan. 3t.-Immediately after
a session with the re!chs-ag today, i
was reported that the German govern
ment intends to refuse to pay the 3;
billion indemnity demanded by the al
tally altered.
The reichstag suddenly adjourned
after a short session because "of the
seriousness of the situation"
Party Caucuscs Called.
When the reichstag convened, For
cign Minister Won Simons announced a
long note had arrived from Paris
which said that an unanimous agree
ment had been reached by the allies
on the reparations questions.
Won Simuns asked the reichstaS to
put the question of paying the in
demnity ahead in the order of bust
ness. SO il may be disposed of st once
The reichstag then adjourned until
tomoIrow.
Caucuses of the various parties were
I'm 1eCiately called to decide what
positions shall be taken.
Papers Are Unanimous.
Germany cannot accept allied dc
declared today
Let them do what they will. Ger
man acquiesce TO those terms is i'm
possible" the Tageblatt declared.
millions of children of this and fu-
ture generations are sentenced to
death by these decisions" according
to Kreuz Zeitung.
The T0esliche Ilundschau asserted
the entente "again has appealed to
pure force"
Germany TO Resist?
Paris, Jan. 31.-Despite a threat of
armed force to compel obedience to al
lied decisions on separations and in
dcmnfty, Germany sulked today.
reports received here were thai
Herr Bergman. German representa-
tive to reParations committee. will not
attend the February sitting of that-or-
ganizatiOn in London. Dispatches
from Berlin showed German newspa-
pers were urging resistance to the
dreams of the entente"
The allied supreme council was dis
banded today with Premier Lloyd
George and Sir Auckland Geddes back
in London and representatives, of other
nations en- route home. Their next
gathering will be held in London to
discuss matters passed over in the
Paris session.
Permit No Big Change.
At the same time the Germans will
be notified formally of the decision
to demand reparations of 261 billion
marks. The Germans will be asked to
endorse the decision after their sug-
Gestions for minor amendments have
been debated. Allied officials have
indicated they will not permit jim
portant changes.
Since Germany will pay largely
thru taxes on her exports, the allied
agreement provided for strict watch
on her commercial affairs. She will
not be permitted to negotiate loans
from any country without the consent
of the allies.
the formal notification regarding
disarmament was that the standing
army must be reduced by April 15
fortresses disarmed and all war ma
teriaI surrendered by February IS
that date of the London meeting
Munitions factories must be converted
TO peaceful industry by June 80.
Provisions for reduction of the navy
calling for destruction of warships and
submarines. contained in the Boulogne
treaty, were reaffirmed. Restrictions
on the manufacture and use of aircraft
also We're imposed.
Conference in Agreement.
The allied conference which met il
Paris from the cath to the 29th OF
January, 1921, has taken the follow
ing decisions:
1-As regards the disarmament of Ger
many. the allied governments have ap
proved the conclusions formulated in the
note attached hereto.
AS regards the question of the repara.
tions. the allied governments have uuani
uuusly approved the proposals formulated
in that document. also attached hereto
The allied governments have, former
occasions and again today. in consenting
to fresh delays i'll the matter of disarna
lnent. had due regard to the difficultie.
that surround the German government il
the execution of the obligations which hav,
resulted from the treaty of Versailles
They have formed the hope that the Ger
man government will not place tie allies
who confirm their previous decisions. un
situation which will be created if Germany
persists in failing TO meet her obligations
Qualified delegates of the German gov
ernment Will be invited to a meeting II
London at the end of February with dele
gates of the allied governments.
Preparations Decision.
The reparations note bears the title
can agreement between the allieC
powers for the settlement of certain
auctions relating to execution of thu
Article 1-Eor the purpose of satisfyin,
the obligations imposed upon her by arti
cles 231 and 2:;2 of the treaty of Versailles
Germany shall. irrespective of the restitu
tion she Is to make under article 2SS an,
of any other obligation under the treaty
pay:
IT lNth PdNaDie Hiill II
equal parts as follows: (A) Two annritie
of 1000 100000 gold marks from May
1921 to May. 1929: (Rl three .annuities q
5000. 100000 gold marks from May l. 1872:
to May I. 1p26; tC) three annuities of 1000.
100000 gold marks from May l. 1926 L
MAY 1, 1924 (Dl three annuities of 5000.
OOO.000 gold marks from May l. 1929. Z
MAY 1. 1892: (E) thirty annuities o
GO000OO,0Oo gold marks from May 1. 193-
to May ]. 1863.
2-Forty-one annuities running from Ma
I. 1921 equal in amount, to l. per cent a,
valorem to German exports. payable Il
gold two months after the close of eac