The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-01-05
FARLEY IS
BROUGHT TO End
Threatened Collapse Has
Occurred
BRITISH WORKLATE
Prepared Note Last Night In Re-
ply 70 poincare's objcc-
tion To Plan
IAssec!alca Ice pIs.s.tet J


Washington, January 4.---As-
suranees Of Immediate consider
alton for the resolution OF Sem
ator Robinson, democrat of Ar
kansas, proposing American repi
resentation on the reparstlons
commission, were given by ad-
ministration senate leaders to-
day after Chairman Lodge of
the foreign relations committee
had conferred with President
Harding and Ambassador Har-
Vey at the white house.
Washington, D. c., January q.
Official Washington continu-
ed to give closest attention to-
day to the threatened breakup
of the reparations conference OF
allied premiers at Paris with
Ambassador Harvey summoned
here from London by the state
department still on the ground
for conference with officials in
the apparent task of feeling
their way toward some means Of
American helpfulness m the
situation.
If there had been any decision
reached or steps taken as re-
suit of Colonel Harvey's pre-
sumed conferences with Presi-
dent Harding yesterday at the
White House where he is the
Presidents guest, or his meeting
later in the day with Secretary
Hughes, there had been no indi-
cation today of what these were.
Colonel Harvey, who spent the
day in the seclusion Of the.
WhitelHouse before going to the
state department., refused to dis
cuss any questions relating to
foreign relations, and Secretary
Hughes would 90 no further
than to say his conference with
the ambassador had been a
general talk"
Paris, January A.-Today's
session of the Preparations con-
ference opened at 1925 o'clock.
II was delayed by the late ar
rival of the Italians who had
been waiting for a reply to a
telegram sent to Premier Mus
solini. The reply instructed
the Italian delegation to reject
tire British reparatEons plan. -
At today's session of the
premiers conference Premier
Poincare of France read what
amounted to a vertibIe ultima
tum to the. British to say yes or
no to the French reparations
proposition or else discontinue
the conference, according to a
British delegate. At 4:3o o'clock
the conference recessed until
$50 p. m.
Paris January q. - The al
lied PREPARATIONS conference here
broke up shortly before seven
o'clock this evening.
at is an amicabIe rupture"
said member Of the British
delegation as he was leaving
the conference.
1--WE are going home lomor-
row. France goes ahead with
out u.s."
Paris, January premier Poir
are sent a cable message today
ambassador Jusserand in Wshin;
on asking his to see Secretary
state Hughes in connection with tt
statement made to the Associate
Press yesterday by Baron Won RI
'enberg. the German foreign minis
or, on the German truce propos
which Premier Poincare contend
showed that the principal object
he non war pact proposed 20 Ger
many was TO obtain the evacuatic
II the Rhineland without the pa,
nent of preparations.
Collapse is Foreseen
Collapse Of the reparations cor
erence, perhaps this afternoon, w;
generally ,foreSeen today. The Bril-
sh experts sat UP half the nigl
the memorandum for di!
ributi ion among the delegates b,
,ccording to the Excelsior the moi
vas only an answer to Premi,
'oincare's objections to the BIRTHS
resi- British objections to the FrenC
There was no indicatic
hat Prime Minister Bonar Law il
ended to grant the sweeping col
;eSsion necessary to make possib
he continuation of the discussion.
Hence the general opinion was I'll
meeting this afternoon would resu
n the breakdown OF the negotia
ions and the end of the long seri,
II conferences which have sougl
lnsuceessfully during the last fol
ears to straighten out Europe
tangle.
There was Still An inclinatic
.mong seasoned observers of sim
az conferences to hope, IL not bt
ieye, that some eleventh hour soli