The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30
BERLIN SUBMITS COPY
OF PROPOSAL SENT U. S.
TO HALT RuHR SEIZURE
Supreme Council at Lon.
don to Demand Better
Reparation Offer. j.

Associated Pro6S. all1eQ
supreme council met here q 4.
o'clock this afternoon to begia |
consideration Of the neasurea
to be adopted In connec4isn
with the German reparations
situation. The meeting was
held in the Official resideaee Of
Lloyd George, the British prime
minister, In Downing street.
London, April SO-(Unlted
Press.)-Gcrmany resumed d.
rect negotiations with the allies
today, following failure to con.
nunioate through the United
States her latest rcparaaoas
offer.
Lord rAbesnon, British an.
bassador to Germany, arrived
from Berlin with the new Ger.
man proposal which exactly
duplicated that which she
sought to present through
American diplomatic channels.
The amounts were 81, ,soor
O00, 1000 in . lump sum or &soy
600 900 900 over . period Of
years. This offer already had
been characterized by tho allied
spokesmcn rs unacceptable.
This latest move o. Ger.
many's part was geaerally ~
garded as q final eiioFt to avert
occupation Of tho RAhr district
Is . penalty for RoA.peyneat
Of the reparations installnent
the allies claim q do Monday,
but which Berlin contends al.
reaAy has been paid.
Coundl Meets.
The supreme council. meeting a
2 o'clock this afternoon. was ex-
pecfed to consider seriously an nj
timatum to Germany, In q period
Of days or hours, demanding Q w.
ter reparations offer.
The financial experts have COM
pleted drafting their reports for the
supreme council. They were re-
ported to have "split the differ
ence" between the allies insistence
On $50, SOC, 900 900 and the Germans
offer Of $12,5GO, ,000, 900 which would
make the supreme councils prob
able lump sum demand $34 SOC, ,000.-
100. The offer borne by the British
was again character
ized by Germany as her "m
mum proposal.
Boyden May Serve.
Washington. April 30.-Whether
the United States would have \
at the meeting OF
he supreme council today was not
Indicated by officials, who continued
heir silence on the whole question
Of reparations. In case such .
course should be taken, it was ex-
pected that Roland w. Boyden. who
represented this country
IN the reparauons commission.
might be authorized to attend n:
French Want Ruhr.
London, April 3O.-The view was
in French circles here
.oday that approval of immediate
OF the Ruhr district OF
Germany would be asked by Pre-
nier BRAND. A few days OF prep
,ration would be required and the
interval between the decision and
he orders directing French forces
20 advance would afford me Ger.
mans time to yield unconditionally.
il they were SO dispose. French
declare hat occu-
patton should take p in any
event as a guarantee
Urge Acceptance.
London, April Information
has been received by the French
delegation to the meeting OF the su-
preme allied council that unofficial
advisers at Berlin arc
urging members of the German
cabinet to accept the allied terms,
as laid down in the agreement
reached in Paris last January. In
this agreement the allies demand
ed 226, ,OOO, ,O0O. 900 gold marks in ad-
dition to the collection of IL POI
cent export tax on German goods
Defies Allies.
Paris, April 30-(United Press
Germany today made its repara'
tions negotiations with the Unitet
States an excuse for defying an n
lied ultimatum.
The German embassy here ssn'
a note to the reparations commits
sion, refusing to deliver the reichs
bank gold reserve as demanded II
the ultimatum, which expires .
midnight.
The 1ote pointed out that Ger
many had made alternative pro
posals to President Harding. whicl
are now under discussion and tha
therefore the German governmen
would be unable to comply with tA'
allied demand.
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