The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-28
PREPARATION
VIEWS HALT
CONFERENCE
Divergence of Opinions of
Members Of Supreme Allied
Council Causes interruption
of Session.
BREAK IS THREATENED
fBv A ssociated Press)

PARIS, Jan. 2S.-The divergence of
views of the members of the allied
supreme council regarding German
reparations caused an interruption of
the conference today and in some
quarters it is regarded as in danger of
breaking up.
The optimistic feeling of this fore
noon when the members of the special
reparations committee, appointed yes
terday, expressed pleasure with their
progress was soon dissipated when
the British premier. Lloyd George,
found the projects under discussion
by the committee were entirely unsat-
isfactory to him. He sent at once for
M. BRAND. president of the French
council and conferred with him for an
hour and half. The Belgian repre-
sentatives were to meet Lloyd George
later regarding their proposals.
Urge Reconciliation.
The special committee on repara-
tions is continuing its efforts to rec
oncile the different viewpoints.
Representatives of Great Britain,
France. Italy, Belgium and Japan at
tending the session of the supreme al
lied counsel in this city, faced this
morning what Premier BRAND of
of the meeting The discordant views
on the reparations questions, especial
ly of France and Great Britain which
were presented at yesterdays brief
session had brought about virtual
deadlock and it seemed the culminat-
ing period of the conference had az
rived.
Sit Far Into Night
The committee charged with formu-
lating proposals relative to the amount
Germany must pay the allies, and the
method of payment. sat far into the
night in an effort to find some formu-
la that would be acceptable to all
members of the council. Its members
evidently did not reach an entire
agreement, for another session was
held this morning.
There was a certain amount of op-
timism in evidence here this morn
I ing, but newspapers were careful not
! to forecast a settlement Of the thorny
reparations problem. 1t was realized
the, committee studying the question
was working on tremendous task.
the Journal saying: "It has to do in
twenty hours what neither the repa-
rations commission nor the allied gov
ernments could do in q months"
IlOyo 1eOT9eS 5 opinIoH
1t was indicated by Premier Lloyd
George yesterday that the whole re-
parations question could not be solved
at the present meeting. All that could
be accomplished, he said, would be
! the fixing of the amount of Germany S
debt and the way it should be paid.
, Later he asserted allied and German
delegates would meet for final dis
cussion Of the settlement.
! NJ Doumer, French minister. and NJ.
BRAND were not convinced by the
British prime minister's arguments,
! although the views of Mr.. Lloyd
! George appeared to be favored by the
j Italian and Belgian representatives
NJ. BRAND declared after yesterday s
meeting that the reparations question
must be settled once and for all be
fore Saturday night, and indicated he
would not retreat from his stand that
the total amount of German indemni
ties should not be fixed and that pay
ment should be made under the an
nuity plan.
Belgian Viewpoint
At this forenoons meeting of the
expert committee considering the
amount and method of the German
reparations payments, M. Jasper, the
Belgian foreign minister, set forth
Belgium's viewpoint. He urged that
Germany be compelled to pay a maxi
mum of from 5.000.000.000 to 100000.
I 600 gold marks annually. The com
mittee was expected to reach its de
cision today and draw up resolu
/ tion to be presented to the supreme
! council before the day was over.