Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-19
Cola Reserve Of ReichsbarH
Sought as Reparations
Security
SCORE NEW CUSTOMS
French War Council Meets in Secret
to Plan Penalties-To Enforce Con-
pliance.

Ferlin, April 70. The Allied Rep
srations Commission cast a thunder
lolt into German official circles yes
terday by demanding that the gold
reserve of the Reichsbank and other
securities be transferred to Cologne
or Coblenz before May l as guar
artee of good faith in the forthcom-
ing reparations proposal. The de-
mand was coupled with the condl-
tion that none of the transferred val
uablcs be utilized by Germany for
ether purposes without the approval
Of the Reparations Commission.
German officials greeted the new
demand with an emphatic "Nc.
The semi ficial Wolff Bureau
says:
'eWe are lere confronted with a
demand which is unacceptable 70
Germany under any circumstances. :
The Allgemeine Zeitung, organ OF
Hugo SHINES, the most powerful
man in Germany, declares: "The
management of the Reichsbank will
never surrender its resources Volun-
] tarily, neither can the German Gov
crnment under any circumstances
meet such a demand, for it would
bring. economic ruin on Germany as
well as on France.
Sit is contended in Berlin that the.
demand violates the treaty, since the
Reichbank's resources are legally pri
vate property, which, urder the
treaty, is immune from molestation
or seizure. 1t is maintained that
the transfer Of the resources Of the
Reichsbank to branches in the occu-
pied area would not change their
private character.
The Frankfurter Zeitung. which
has close relations with the Foreign
Office, declares that the German pro-
posal will contain four cardinal
points:
Germany to take over the debts
owed by the Allies to America.
Germany to be granted an inter-
national loan. with the assistance CT
America.
Germany's ability to pay to be de-
termincd BY an impartial body.
Germany to cooperate positively
in restoring the devastated region Of
France.
Paris, April 19.--The new customs
regime established in the occupied
territory of Germany under the Inter
allied Rhineland Commissions ordi-
nance of April 9 CONSTITUTES new
and flagrant violation Of the Yer
sailles treaty" says note trans
mitted by the German Government to
! the Council of Ambassadors here
yesterday.
A mixed military and civil "gene-
raj staff" made up of Marshal Foch.
Major General F. A. L. Buat and
General Weygand and Louis Louch
! eur. Minister Of Liberated Regions
Paul Tirard, FrHnch High Comn'1s.
sioner Of the Rhineland. AMI ". Sey~
}oux. who represented France as
financial expert at the Brussels Con-
ference. met Sesterday morning and
listened to several financial, economic
and technical experts on .hc :epnra-
tions problem.
The utmost secrecy was MAINTAIN
ed concerning the meeting but a
semi- official communication issued la
Tor said that similar conferences
would take place definitely to decide
mon and elaborate a general plan fo1
coercive measures. both economic and
military. eventually to be enforced
against Germany in order 70 submit
the plan in all details to the Alliec
governments before Nav l."
London, April 1e.-The German
Government, said Prime Minister
Lloyd George in the House of Com
mons yesterday, is still in defaul
with regard to reparations, the tria
cf persons accused of offense
against the laws of war and disarn
ament and have not thus far show
any inclination to advance practica
proposals for carrying OFT the Treat
Of Versailles in these respects
Therefore, it was imperative for tn
Allies to confer with regard to tn
further steps which might be neces