Evening star., 1921-04-30
BRITISH ADVOCATE
|. GIVING GERMANY
I DAYS TO YIELD
French and BeIgians Fight
Proposal - Hold That
Chance Has Been Given.
ITALIAN MINISTER ADMITS
SITUATION is SERIOUS
BRAND Tells Lloyd George France
Is Determined to Occupy Ruhr
Unless Berlin Pays.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
LONDON. April 30-hn ultimatum
to Germany giving her seven days
from May | to comply with or refuss
the allied reparations demands was
being advocated today by the British
representatives to the allied confers
encc here.
This proposal was opposed by the
French and the Beigians, on the
the Germans already had had suf'i-
cient time.
The French held that the default
of Germany in her treaty obligations
calls for immediate military and eco
nomic action, and that the note send
ing should come afterward. 1t is un-
derStood the Belgian ministers als4
favored this course.
Allied Ministers Assemble.
There was much activity among thc
various allied ministers this forenoo
in preparation for the afternoon sess
sion of the supreme council. whicS
was set for 4 o'clock. These acti'S
tiles included an early morning coN
ference. attended by NJ. Jaspar. III!
Belgian foreign minister; NJ. Theunysj
Belgian minister of finance: Lou.4
Loucheur. French minister for th.S
devastated regions. and Premier Br
and of France. Later NJ. BRAND went
to Downing street for a preliminary
conversation with Mr.. Lloyd George,
Hope for an adjustment of the pres,>
ent situation by common accord WY
expressed by Count SforZa. the Ital%
ian foreign minister, who arrived in.
London during the morning.
II do not deny that the situation is 4
serious one" he said in conversation,
s'hit hsa ultimate i'm nf all the autpnfa
powers is the same and. therefore. I
have not lost hope of settlement being
reached in common accord
Holds Peace Supreme Need.
Italy" he continued, lis quickly re-
covering by her own efforts and sacri-
fees from what year ago was regarded
as a very serious economic and financial
situation. If only for this reason l re-
gard peace and tranquility as a Su-
preme necessity
Determination on the part of France
to order her troops into the Ruhr dis
trict of Germany in default of payment
of reparations to the allies was ex-
pressed to Prime Minister Lloyd George
by Premier BRAND here today. The two
premiers met for an informal conference
this morning and planned later to meet
Count SforZa, Italian foreign minister,
on his arrival in London.
During their private conversation Mr..
Lloyd George. NJ. BRAND and Count
Sforza, it was believed. would pave the
way to quick decisions at the formal
meeting of the supreme allied council.
which had been called for 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
u. s. Not to Take Part.
1t was not expected that the United
States would be represented at either
the informal conversations or at the
meeting of the supreme council. 1t
was made plain that Mr.. Lloyd George
who was chosen as the presiding oill-
GER at the council meeting. had not
extended an invitation to President
Harding to instruct an attache OF the
American embassy, or any other rep
resentative. to participate in the days
deliberations. The prime minister had
taken the view. it was pointed out.
that initiative in this matter rested
entirely with the Washington govern
ment. There was no intimation that
Mr.. Harding or Secretary of State
Hughes had sent any form of COM
munication to the council.
Reports of an impending minis
terial crisis in Berlin were current.
but there was nothing authentic on
which to base belief that konstantine
Fehrenbach would submit to Presi-
dent Ebert the resignation of the
German cabinet because of its failure
to secure Intervention by the United
States. Indication was given, on the
other hand, that Berlin was expected
to make at least one more attempt to
avert occupation of the Ruhr district.
Troops Ms Policemen.
1t seemed probable that the eco
nomic phase of the French advance
into Germany would receive close at
tention at today's council meeting.
Premier BRAND had declared the
French troops would act in the capac-
ity of policemen and not invaders.
l.. o-1 u
French experts had formulated plans
to feed the people and maintain pub
lie services in the occupied district.
Information has been received by
the French delegation to the meeting
of the supreme allied council that
unofficial American advisors at Ber-
lin are urging members of the Ger
man cabinet to accept the allied
terms as laid down in the agreement
reached in Paris last January. In
this agreement. the allies demanded
226. 900. OOO. 900 gold marks in addition
to the collection of a IL per cent ex-
port tax on German goods
British Envoy Returns.
Baron d'Abernon. British ambas-
sador to Germany, has arrived from
Berlin, with the most recent declara-
tions from Foreign Minister Simons
as to what Germany can do. Details
of the views Of the German foreign
were not disclosed. and it
was said the ambassador would make
a report on them when he saw Prime
Minister Lloyd George today.
The view was expressed in French
circles here today that approval of
occupation of the Ruhr dis
trict of Germany would be asked by
Premier BRAND. A few days of prep
aration would be required, and the
interval between the decision and the
orders directing French forces to ad-
to yield Internationally. if they were
so disposed. French representatives
declared that occupation should take
place in any event as a guarantee.