The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-11
GERMANY
INVITED TO
CONFERENCE
Allies Want Germans
To Meet Supreme
Council to Discuss
Reparations

Cannes, Jan. 7.-The allied su-
preme council this afternoon tele-
graphed a communication TO Ber-
lin asking the German govern
ment TO send representatives to
Paris with a view to their coming
10 Cannes for consultation with
the council concerning German
reparations.
The proposal, made by Prime
Minister Lloyd George to invite
the German emissaries TO come TO
Paris and hold themselves in readl-
ness to proceed to Cannes was
adopted after Premier BRAND OBJ
iected to their coming directly to
Cannes. The French premier con-
tended that it was necessary for
the allies themselves TO agree upon
reparations program before the
Germans arrived.
The communication sent to the
German government read:
The supreme council will doubt
less have need Of your representa-
tives by the Sth and 18th of jan
uary. You may save time by send
ing them to Paris to await word
from the council
In introducing his proposal Mr..
Lloyd George declares that the
presence Of Germna representatives
at the Spa conference had proved
] most useful and had resulted in
IN agreement which was carried
! out.
The work Of the council slowed
up today when the thorny repara-
tions question came up. Yester-
days speedy decision on the calling
Of an international financial and
economic conference, with the par
ticipation of Russia and Germany,
and the progress made by the rep
aration experts this morning raised
/ the hope for q time that there
might be an early adjournment
but later in the day it became ap-
| parent that the council was not so
near an agreement as were the 'eX-
perts.
BY the experts it was maintain
cd today that there was an agree
ment in principle, but the members
of the council announced that fur
ther deliberation was necessary, af-
ter which the council would re~
ceive the experts report and make
its decision.
The experts, it is learned. have
reached an agreement providing
for remission of cash payments by
Germany providing for the pay
n,ent of 500. 100000 gold marks in
cash and 00,000.000 gold marks
IN kind each year over q period
of years.
In the course Of today's deliber-
! ations Great Britain in exchange
(; FOR abandonment Of her % per
cent Of the first two payments in
1922 asked Belgium 10 renounce In
part her priority claim so that
France can share in those pay
ments. demanding at the same time
that France ratify the August
agreement whereby the first billion
gold marks now in the hands Of the
! reparations commission would be
applied TO the payment OF Great
Brlain's and Belgiun's occupation
expenses to the exclusion OF
France.
Mr.. Lloyd George also resisted
| all suggestions that action be taken
10 obtain stronger guarantees
from Germany as asked by France,
such as a commission on the Ger
man debt, to control customs,
monopolies and tax receipts.
1t was suggested in a meeting OF
the experts, previous to decision to
have the German representatives
come TO Cannes that Germany be
asked to send 4 representative
here to confer it'll the council re-
garding reparations payments be-
fore any action toward further
! guarantees was taken.