Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-02-02
ALLIED PREM|ERS
NIP AUSTRIA PLAN
Reject Scheme to Put Critical
Financial Problem in the
Leagues Hands.
UTTER COLLAPSE IS FEARED
Allied Military Experts Are Engaged
In Formulating Report on Disarma-
n,ent Of Germany-Fail to
Agree on Time Limit.

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Paris, JAN, 26.--An unsuccessful at
tempt was made at the session Of the
allied supreme council here to turn the
critical and complicated Austrian
financial problems over to the League
Of Nations.
The allied conferees, when they met
in the afternoon, took up at once the
Austrian situation. They gave q
hearing to the allied financial experts
who had attended the Brussels finan.
cial conference, but no Austrian ex'
perts were called In.
Proposal Is Rejected.
When 1t came to discussion Of the
question 1t was found the opinions OF
the various delegations in the confer.
ence were so divergent that proposal
was made to place the matter in the
hands of the League of Nations. This
however, was rejected.
While the representatives Of Great
Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and
Japan examined reports on the situa
ton centering about Vienna, allied
military experts were engaged In form
ulating a report on the disarmament
of Germany and studying recommend
ati0ns for the execution of German en-
gagements in this particular. 1t was
expected that settlement Of the dis
armament question would be realized
quickly, but French newspapers assert
that wide Emergencies Of opinion de
veloped between Premier BRAND and
the allied experts.
May Time Limit.
Decision had been reached by the
experts that May / must be the limit
OF time given Germany in which to dis
band her military organizations ant
surrender to the allies the arms which
the Versailles treaty provides SHOULD
be given up. Mr.. Lloyd George, 1t Is
asserted, however, declared that Ger
many already had done so much that
there was in the situation no danger
to the allies.
He Is said to have asserted the al
lies should also consider the danger
internal and external, to Germany
from Bolsheyism, and that May was
particular time when the Russian
soviet armies We're most to be feared
He advised therefore, that 1t wOult
be better to follow the plan adopted
at Spa and hear the Germans before
deciding this question.
Want New Report.
NJ. BRAND is said to have fatty re
fused to entertain this suggestion
whereupon Count Sforza, Italian for
eign minister, tried to bring about
compromise between the views Of TIL
two premiers. He proposed the con
ference should come to genera
agreement in principle. decide on ,
program, and then ask Germany t.
make any observations she desired
Neither Mr.. Lloyd George nor MI
BRAND would agree to this plan. ant
as a way out Of the deadlock 1t wa!
decided to ask the military experts t,
make another report on the subject.
Mr. Lloyd George and Mr.. Briant
apparently are seeking to compos'
their different views relative to Ger
man PREPARATIONS before this importan
topic is discussed by session Of thu
council. The two premiers appear t.
he far apart on the subject Of at onc'
fixing the amount of indemnity Ger
many must pay, or Of leaving the ex
act amount for future determination
and 1t is indicated thatlthe problem o
reparation may not come before tn
council for several days.