Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-01-24
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Question of German Pay.
menis to Be Leading Topic
At Meeting of SUI
prcme Council.
The Feeling Is Optimistic

Paris, Jan. Za.-I he meeting ol
the supreme council, which will be-
gin at IL a. NJ. tomorrow i'll the
cloak room of the foreign office
where the pleniary sessions of the
peace conference were held. is re
garded in France as second in I'M
portance only to the deliberations
from which came the peace treaty,
/ The duration of the new ministry OF
Aristidc BRAND it is generally under
stood, will depend OIL this meeting.
The general feeling is optimistic,
The French people have, been re-
assured by the tone of the British
press and seem confident that the
allies will be able to agree fully, not
only on measures to secure German
disarmament but Oh the general lines
OF reparation.
There is a cordial conference OF
half an hour tonight immediately on
the arrival of the British delegation,
between Premier Lloyd George and
Earl Curzon, the British foreign
secretary and Premier BRAND.
Discuss French Attitude.
Frances attitude concerning rep
arations was discussed at a, con-
terence today between President
Millerand and Premier BRAND, ?. ].
L. Berthelot. general secretary OF
the foreign Office, Louis Loucher,
minister for the liberated regions;
Paul Doumer, minister OF finance;
Louis Debois, president of the. rep
arations' commission and M. NSey-
doux and Pierre Cheysson, financial
experts. NJ
The report of the allied experts
was gone into and decision was
reached on the form OF the French
view point
Representative OF the FIVE powers
at the supreme council will be-
Great Britain, Premier Lloyd George,
Earl Curzon, Field Marshal Sir
Henry Hughes Wilson, Baron Edgar
Vincent D'Abernon, ambassador to
Germany; General Bingham. presi-
dent OF the inter-allicd sub-commis-
sion on armaments; Admiral SIM
clair and Major Groves.
France: Premier BRAND, ) NJ.
Berthclot. NJ. Loucheur, NJ. Doumer,
NJ. Scydoux and Col De St. Aulalrc,
to Great Britain.
Italy: Count Sforza, foreign mini
ster, and Marquis Della Porella.
Bergium: Jasper TheuuYS. minis :
ster OF finance, and NJ. Van De w i
we're. former minister OF finance.
Japan: Niscount 1shii, ambassa-
dor to France
Will Discuss Marines.
The German disarmament Discus
sion is expected to turn mostly on
the measures to be employed to bring
Germany to comply with the peace;
treaty. As the allies are supposed
to be agreed Germany must finally |
dsarm effectively. it is understood |
France does not want to apply the |
penalty OF occupation of further
German territory, provided the treaty !
is confirmed. Nevertheless, Premier |
Briand is expected to take a firm
attitude.
The reparations question will ,
come up on the report of the allied !
experts who met the Germans al
Brussels, n which they recommend |
that pending final determination Of
Germany's total debt Germany shall
pay five annual installments of
100000 francs in gold. OF which
the minimum n-cash is to be fixed
by the allies.
The experts will recommend that
Germany be allowed to retain 800,
300 tons OF shipping and that the
expenses of the occupation OF the
Rhineland be reduced. They will
reject the German demands for an
Indefinite suppression OF the, pleb- /
scte in upper Siberia. the post
of payments in cash; the
,cstitution of requestratcs German
abroad which has never
oeen liquidated so that Germany
nav use it as security for credits,
and a reduction in Germany's coal
deliveries.