New Britain herald., 1922-01-13
GERMANY IS GIVEN
 MORE TIME TO PAY
Allied Preparations Commission
 Grants Provisional Delay
MUST SUBMIT GUARANTEES
Teuton Representative Acknowledges Concession and Also Invitation To Attend Conference To Be Held At Genoa.

Cannes, Jan. 12. (By Associated Prcss>-The allied separations com mission at a conference held here to- delay to Germany on her separations account.
 Decision As Read
 The decision stated that the repara- tions commission had decided to grant the German government provision al delay for payment of the sums due January 15 and February 15 so far as these payments were not covered by payments in cash or in kind on certain conditions, as follows:
 Tcrms of Conditions
 1-During the period of professional delay Germany must pay in approved foreign securities 31,000,000 gold marks every 10 days, the first pay ment to be January 16.
 2-Germany within fortnight must submit to the commission a plan for reforms or appropriate guarantees for its budget and paper currency, and also 8 program for reparation pay ments in cash and in kind for 1922;
 3--The period of provisional de- lay shall end when the commission, or the allied governments have reached q decision in regard to the plan and program mentioned in the second con- dition, the balance due becoming pay able a fortnight after the commission of the allies have reached decision.
 Rathenau is Present
 Dr. Walter Rathenau, head of the German delegation took note of the decision in the name of his govern ment He added that Germany had not defaulted in her payments, because negotiations had been taken up re- garding the payments due January 15. He also took note of the invitation to Germany to take part in the Genoa conference.
 Preamble to Treaty
 The preamble to the treaty recites Germans two invasions of France, the present devastation and the req sons for protecting France in the in terests of European and world peace. It quotes articles 42. 43 and A of the treaty of Versailles, restraining Ger manys fortiication rights in the Rhine region and forbidding the maintenance of armed forces in the specified territory and remarks that these provisions may not suffice for French protection. Then follows the treaty itself, the text of which reads:
 Five Articles
 His Brittanic majesty and the president of the French republic XXX have agreed to the following provis- ions:
 Article Tn case of direct and un- provoked aggression against the terri tory of France by Germany, Great Britain will place herself immediately at the side of France with her naval, military and aerial forces.
 Article 2-The high contracting parties affirm anew their common in- terest in articles AZ, 43, and A of the treaty of Versailles and will act to- gether should there be menace of violation of any of the aforesaid arti- cles, or if doubt arose as to their in- depreciation.
 Article 3-The high contracting parties bind themselves to act to- gether in case of military naval or aerial measures incompatible with the treaty of Versailles taken by Ger many.
 Article 1.-The present treaty does not impose any obligation upon any of the dominions of the British en- pire unless and until it has been ap- proved by the interested dominion.
 Article 5-The present treaty shall remain in force during a period of ten years and will be renewable at the end of that period by common agree ment"