The Washington herald., 1922-01-13
CANNES PROGRAM
COLLAPSES OVER
NEWS OF PARIS
Delegates Begin Leaving
As Council Conferences
Automatically End.
RAYMoND PoINCARE,

CANNES, Jan. II. The Supreme
Council automatically ended It's con-
ference tonight when the news of
NJ. BRANDS resignation was re-
ceived. The delegates, including N.
Loucheur. representing France.
were holding q session at the Nau-
teal Club. hearing DR.. walthor
Rathenau expose Germany's nnan-
cial and economic situation when
the news arrived.
1t had been decided to hold a re-
cess for tea, and the delegates had
arisen in their places, when a
French foreign Office attache rushed
into the room and whispered to rs
Loucheur.
Gentlemen, have received I'D
vices from Paris by telephone that
Premier BRAND has resigned" was
the dramatic announcement made
by NJ. Loucheur. 'As my resigna
ton with his cabinet is automatic
/ cannot longer represent the
French government here"
Other Delegates to Leave.
NJ. Loucheur left for Paris to-
night at Z o'clock, arriving at noon
tomorrow. The remainder OF the
French delegation will leave to-
morrow and Saturday. Prime Min
lister Lloyd George is expected 10
leave either Saturday OF Sunday,
There was no official comment
from the delegates. hut the an
nouncement was the subject OF con-
versation during the tea hour. The
German deleeates seemed startled
and dismayed. as II. BRAND had in
dicated the adoption Of a more con-
ciliatory policy regarding repara-
lions
At M. Lloyd Georges suggestion
to the acting chairman of the 'coun-
cil il was decided to permit DR..
Rathenau to finish his address. out
Of Difference to the Germans who
had been summoned from Berlin
DR.. Rathenau said that the Ger
mans will pay the reparations
agreed to under the London pact
but they ran do no more.
Crash Affects Russia.
Receipt of the news of Brands
resignation broke ir upon the coun-
chs deliberations with dramatic
suddenness. and constituted a blow
which probably will be fatal not
only to the half formed Franco
British alliance. but to the hoped
for cooperation of all Europe in
the economic regeneration Of Rus
sia.
Once more the whole economic
problem has been thrown into the
cauldron of international politics
from which II was being gradually
drawn by the allied premiers.
Lord Riddell announced for the
British delegation that Lloyd
George and his colleagues prob
ably would leave tomorrow, al
though no definite time had been
set for their departure.
As the situation now stands the
decisions already taken are consid-
cred, at least by Great Britain and
Italy, as binding. These include
the arrangements for an all-Eu-
ropean economic conference at
Genoa and an International con-
sortium to aid in the reha "fion
Of the central European nations.
France may yet refuse TO par
ticipate in the Genoa conferences.
although IT Is dificult to see how
she could remain out OF such a
convention embracing as II will the
views Of every other nation OF Eu-
rope . -------s =. -. - b.
Lloyd George is reported as ex-
tremely upset over the sudden turn
of events. and that he sees the
imminent danger OF his entire
scheme collapsing like a house of
cards on the ruins of the BRAND
administration
continses on Pogo Fowr.