The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
SUPREME COUNCIL
 IN AGREEMENT ON
 DETAILS OF TERMS
Will Require Germany to Pay 100 Million Pounds Yearly, Plus 25 Per Cent on Ex-
 ports - Prepare
 UItimatum
By Associated Pres

Barthou this evening issued an or- der calling the class of 1919 to the colors, with the exception of men who served in the Orient and Mecca men belonging to the auxiliary services. Mobilization will be carried out by means of letter sent to each man. As soon as detachments have been formed they will be sent to the Rhine in such a manner as to not interfere with regular railway traffic.
 French Military Headquarters, Mayence, Germany, May 2.-One di- vision of black Moroccan infantry and one division of cavalry, under com left this evening for the Ruhr. They will arrive in Duesseldorf Tuesday morning.
 London May :,.--'rhc allied supreme conneii sat for four hours this after noon and then ndi0Hrned until II o'clock tomorrow morning. Premier Briand said the conference had ssnl- most" reached an agreement.
 After the conference adjourned. Premier Briand teIcpbOned orders to Paris that inc class of 1919 be mo- biiized.
 Paris, May 3.--Thc ministry of war said tonight, with reference to advices telling of the dispatch of infantry and cavalry from Mnyencc into the Ruhr, that the government had not yet is- sued any order for such movement into the Ruhr region. The military authorities in Mayence, however, it was added. may have deemed it ad- visablc to start the troops. London, May 2.-The supreme coun- cil today reached a substantial agree ment on the terms to be imposed on Germany. In principle, it is agreed that Germany is under obligation to pay to the allies 6,600,000,000 pounds sterling. She will be required to pay 100,000,000 pounds yearly, plus 25 ] per cent on her exports.
 This obligation on the part of Ger many shall be acknowledged by the issue by Germany of bonds bearing 3 per cent interest Of these, a certain amount shall be issued immediately, a second lot in November and thereafter as many more as she has ability to pay. How these bonds are to be paid off is still matter of discussion. These terms will be incorpo-
 rated in the uItimatum which ex- 1 pires May IF, and will be sent to
 Germany soon as the details of
 the terms definitely decided
 upon, probably at the meeting of
 the council tomorrow. 1 When the German payments amount to more than the sum required to pay the interest on the bonds already is- sued the reparations committee will be entitled to require the issue of fur ther bonds. The intention of the plan, according to British officials, is to proportion the German obligations, after a certain figure, to her ability to pay.
 WORKING OUT DETAILS The drafting committee is still at work on the details of the terms, but hores to conclude it's report in time for tomorrow's meeting. which will be iattended by the military and naval ex- perts. The protracted meeting today is understood to have been due to the long discussion over the guarantees to be demanded of Germany for pay lment of reparations, there being at the start considerable divergence of opinion. Finally, however. an agree ment was reached
 should Germany fail to accept
 the terms within the stipulated
 time the French plans for occupa-
 tion of the Ruhr with n poxxxA1~
 naval demonstration on the part
 of the British will be carried out
 and the proceeds Of German rev-
 enoc, such customs, will be ap-
 propriated toward payment of the
 annual obligations.
 MANY EXPERTS PRESENT Y In addition to the chiefs of the dele- Satfons. there was q great array of if nancial eXperts present at today's meeting Sir Robert Stevenson Horn. the British chancellor of the exchequer, was absent. but NJ. Briand. Count Sferza, and Foreign Minister Jaspar were accompanied by their finance minis ters; Baron Hayashi by Kogo Mori. ! Japanese commissioner in London. and Mir. Lloyd Georbe by Winston Spencer lChurchill and representatives of the treasury.
 4 M. Briand announced tonight that he must return to Paris Tuesday night, so the meeting tomorrow is expected to be final
 The preamble of the agreement win recite that Germany. having failed to ifuiflll the treaty ol Versailles with TO- spect 10 reparations. disarmament and punishment of the war criminals. and having violated various other articles of the treaty, which will be cited by