South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-11
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ALLIED DECISION
ON PREPARATIONS
POincare Demands Occupation
of Ruhr As Guarantees for
Moratorium.
REJECT NEW PROPOSALS
Belgium Adopts Role of Medi-
ator-Settlement Chances
Deemed Dim.


LONDON Dec. 1o-OByA P.5-
The possibility Of the four premiers
reaching an agreement which viii
enable the Brussels conference go as
semble with any prospect OF sue
cess seems tonight 20 hans on an eN-
tremeiy tenuous thread As Wil all
previous attempts 10 solve the re-
paratlous problem. the main dffIc-
ult.es lies in French determination
70 secure penalties or guarantees of
a military character Tor the fuldn-
men OF German obheations.
The new British government is
considered more Favorable towards
France than the previous admins
tration but Bonar Law iu Che pres
ent conference has shown himself
TO be as warmly opposed 10 any
occupation OF the Ruhr as was hls
predecessor, while tho Italian pre-
micr, SIEuor Mussolui stiu an un-
! known influence i'm European confer
enceS also opposes anything except
what he terms economic and pro-
ductivc guarantees.
Premier Poincarc asserted today
that France would demand the oc-
cupation OF the RUhr as n fundl-
mental guarantee for any morton
ium, and tho stinening OF tho
| French premicrs attitude changed
the hopeful view Of the French dele
cation 60 one of gloom. 81. Polncaro
! reasserted his demand Tor the Ruhr
after receiving adviccs from Paris
that his attitude in London had
been interpreted I'm the chamber OF
| deputies and by a. proportion of the
press as "a weakening in the face OF
/ Mr.. Bonar Law.
Frame Rejects Proposals.
/ NJ. Poincare went 10 the premiers'
meeting today i'm "A determined mood
and Informed the others that France
fatty rejected Chancellor Cunos
new proposals.
NIr. Bonar Law. on the other
hand, told NJ. Poincare he thought
the German proposals We're at least
worth discussing at greater length.
but NJ Poincare insisted they were
lyague and were intended as man
euver TO forestal action by the all
lies, rather than a serious proposal
for settlement, adding that Ger
many had made a similar move at
nearly all previous allied Weetings
dealing with reparations.
/ The chances OF "a settlement were
( anything but bright tonight snco
the British prime minister with cm-
/ phasis equal 90 that OF the French
: premier said that the occupation of
- Ruhr and the exploitation 0f the
Rhineland would be penalties and
not economic guarantees" as tho
latter contended. England could not
/ consent to the IMPOSITION OF sucl
| penalties. and Mr.. Bonlr Law urged
/ that some other way must be found
. toward allied unity
/ Belgium in the meantime has
Iagain assumed tho role OF mediator.
/ having in mind her success or last
I August in preventing an allied break
\ over reparatous. Premier O.. Theu-
/ mis- and Foreign Minister Jasper
spent most Of the day v.sh their ez-
perts trying 10 di-cov-- new scono-
mic guarantee which by q plan of
/ participation u German industry.
with a provision permitting the
. Germans eventually 70 Ea- back
that part taken bv tha allies. Ger
man mines would He rented at
low amount and exploited for re-
1 Earauons purposes
Frame Stands Alone.
T. became Increasingly clear to-
night that France is alone in her
. demands for radical guarantees.
Muss0ln. flvors guarantees ~ a
much uilder character. while Bel-