The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28
OF VIEWS
ON GERMAN REP PARATI0u
CAUSES INTERRUPTION
Meeting Called for 4:3o
Today Abandoned
Premiers Split.

Paris, Jan. g. - (AssociAted
Press.) : The divergence Of
views Of the members Of the al.
lied supreme council regarding
German reparations caused N
interruption Of the conference
today, and In some quarters It
is regarded rs . matter Of dan.
ger.
The session Of the council
which Was to have began as
4:sO O'Clock this afternoon, Was
abandoned.
Paris, Jan. 2S.-Representatives
of Great Britain, France, Italy, Bel
gium and Japan, attending the Sos
sion of the allied council In this
city, faced this morning what Pre-
mier BRAND of France described
as the decisive day" Of the meet
ing. The discordant views on the
reparations questions. especially
those of France and Great Britain.
which were presented at yester-
days brief session. had brou9nt
about a virtual deadlock and It
seemed the eliminating period OF
the conference had arrived. 81.
The committee charged with for
mulating proposals relative to the
amount Germany must pay the a.
lies and the method of payment.
sat far into the night in an enort
to tind some formula that would pc
acceptable to all members OF tn0
council. Its members evidently did
not reach an entire agreement, Tor
another session was held tnis
morning.
It was indicated by Premier
Lloyd GeQrge yesterday that the
whole reparations question could
not be solved ut the present meet
ling. All that could be accomplish
ed, he said, would be the fxing OF
the amount of Germany's debt and
the way it should be paid. Later.
lhe asserted, allied and German
delegates would meet for . nnai
discussion OF them.
M. Doumer. French minister OF
finance and M. BRAND, were not
convinced by the British prime min
listers arguments, although the
views OF Lloyd George appeared TO
be favored by the Italian anu Bel
gian representatives.
NJ. BRAND declared after yester-
DAVIS meeting that the reparationa
question must be settled "once ana
for all before Saturday night. and
indicated ne would not retreat from
his stand that the total OF Ger
many's Indebtedness should not ot
fixed and payment should be made
under the annuity plan.
{ Belgium's Views.
At this mornings meeting OF I'M
: expert committee considering I'M
: amount and method of the Germal
reparations payments NJ. Jaspaz
n the Belgian foreign minister. se
v forth Belgium's viewpoint. ~
\ urged that Germany be compelle'
: 10 pay a maximum Of from 1000,
e 100000 to 5000, 0,C00,O00 gold marks
n The committee was expected I
4 reach its decisions and draw up
q resolution to be presented to tn
d supreme council before the da
e was over.
Progress toward reaching q se
luton Of the problem OF Germa
Preparations was reported by the g
pert committee when adtournmeI
was taken this noon. after a 2-hor
idiscussion. The Belgian plan,
! elaborated by NJ. Jaspar before Il
committee was presented TO Loy
4 George after the committee hs
concluded its session. The Frent
official view point is that ii Il
a British premier agrees 70 the
terms in principle, the commit
at its meeting this afternoon VI
be able to Put the finishing touch
on the plan and then present it
- ,the supreme council.
= Those who took par; in the co
Gu gu ference were the French minist
-, of liberated regions. NJ. Loucheu
Aer 81 Baron D'Albernon. for Great Br
ne ain: Signor Giannini for Italy;
Jaspar for Belgium and Ken
les Mori for Japan.
nu The supreme council session V
40 called for 4:30 p. m.