The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
GIVE GER MANY
SHORT TIME
In Which to Make Good the
Agreement Made at Spa
Conference
MILITARY EXPERTS
AGREE ON PLAN
And the Plan Comes Up for
Approval Before Allied
Council

and Japan gathered here to-day for a
conference which seemed second in i'm
portance only to that preceding the
signing of the treaty of Versailles. The
principal figures of the meeting were
David Lloyd George, British premier
and Aristide BRAND, who last week as
sumed the post of president of the
council of the French republic. About
these men the negotiations are ex
pected to revolve, and it is believed
that when the conference adjourns the
allied world will have settled ques-
tions long pending and longA threat
ening serious complications, not only
between ally and enemy countries but
between the governments which fought
side by side against the central empires
from 1914 to 1918.
In Importance, these subjects ranked
as follows: Reparations, disarmament
of Germany, enforcement or alteration
of the treaty with Turkey, relief for
Austria and policies to be pursued in
dealing with Russia. All Of them were
questions on which the different par
ticipant nations were more or less di-
yided and the settlement of which was
viewed with great concern
Arrangements for the first session
contemplated discussion Of German
disarmament by allied military experts
who are understood TO have agreed on
a solution which would grant short
period Of grace to Germany in which
to execute the engagement she made
at the Spa conference. These agree
ments call for the rehabilitation and
disarmament of armed forces under
the surveillance Of an inter-allied con
troll commission and il was believed /
the conference would not be called |
upon to do more than to ratify the
plan submitted by the experts which /
should not require more than one sit |
ting,
The program for the day which, of |
course, was but provisional. called for .
of the subject Of coal /
deliveries, the arrangement made be-1
tween the allies and Germany at Spa
expiring Jan. 81. was forecast
that the allies would endeavor to
reach new decision on the subject
as rapidly as possible so that Germany
might be notified before that date.
This business once out of the way.
-he conference would be free to de-
vote all its time and energies to the
question of reparations, which was evi-
lently the most important TO come be-
ore the meeting and mon which much
depended. NJ BRAND, il has been as
.erted, owed his selection as French
premier to the fact that he was con
idered to be the man who could most
learly and convincingly plead the case !
4 France regarding reparations be ,
ore the conference. The financial and
economic position of France and the {
possible negotiation Of loans in Amer.
"a were>considered in the preparations
made by the French cabinet to Law the
laims Of France before the allied gov
German Indemnity
German financial and economic *
erts may be summoned to this city !,
efore the conference has continued J
,sg The contention of Premier Llovd
George that the conference fix the '
mount of indemnity to be paid hv !
which is opposed by Premier
riand, who holds that the amount of ;
operations be paid the allies should be
etermined only on the basis of what (
Germany can be compelled TO pay I
nemed 70 be Of such a nature that eS- !
ert German advice must be called I
pom for data. The discussion of the
isarmament Of German citizen guards /
nd the reduction Of that nations f
rmed forces to the limit fixed bv the Il
erssilles treaty, also appeared to re-
uire the submission Of information on i
he exact situation, especially in Baya y
"a and in Prussia.
The situation that arose in Greece
fter the return Of Constantine 10 h
thens also seemed to have a direct /
caring on the conference. II i no
,cret that France would not resist r.
iteration Of the treaty Of Sevres. by /,
hich Turkey was shorn Of sovereignty +,
yer Constantinoplc the Dardanollps. Y
mvrna and its hinterland ant large @,
'ctions " SYRIA. There has been a =,
imorcd desire on the part of tn, al II
rs to deal directly with the Turkish +,
lt ional government AZ Angora. which
dominant in Asia Minor at pres oI
u. the Turkish sultan's power being 1,
more shadow 81 authority. III,
Appeal, from tn government nf the y
ustrian republic. rejecting a criti- 81
] situation IN Vienna, were ready To- oi
" for submission 70 the allied rep G
sentatiycS. Danger II an absolute "a
,vcrnmental collapse ia Austria. with x
+ SEQUEL n anarchy and bolsheyisu :.
realized in every allied capital. and sa
'ue means II -rautine assistance to
rstria. il is believed must be devised b
fore the conference closes. ti
Resumption ~ trade relations with sa
l--ia hv allied governments. which
'ull entail sort - conditional rec oi
.nition ~ thr soviet regime in Mos D,
". appeared 90 d. topic which
ruid ~ discussed srrior-lv iurinu ID
: o1nfersnr In connrctf fon With ths q,
'irr' 'he n0tc sent bv President WI ad
b ~ auI Trwaus pr idrut ~ the "a
-amhlv e 'hr lo--rr { nations. de- "a
i11ine -lat fle allie- assume a IC
an,ls ct attitude toward ihe rms |ti'
y nation. APPEARED . he ~ prime ~
rt0-fanHe
i uas frl- t-rc IN lav that the con- pa
-en-c u1ali open uuieT good aus O.
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