The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-13
MORATORIUM
UNTILJAN.31
ANNOUNCED
POstpOnement of Payment of
10000 Gold Marks De-
cided Upon
MAY CALL CONFERENCE
Germany Prepares to Cele-
brate Tomorrow as ''Sun-
day of Mourning"

0dy OF mourning
Paris, Jan. 13.--The reparations
commission this morning postponed
until January 81 the payment Of five
hundred million gold marks due
from Germany next Monday. France,
Italy and Belgium voted for the de-
] lay.
| Spurgeon Bradbury, the British
member, did not cast ballot.
There was no discussion of this
brief moratorium on its merits. The
| French requested postponement of
the payment in order that they might
I finish preparation of their new NOR
atorium plan.
Roland w. Boyden. the American
observer, was present at the meet
ing which lasted a half hour. Step
were taken to notify the German
government of the delay
In reparation circles it was init
mated France was hoping that tn
moratorium would permit the Ruhr
Situation to take definite shape max
ing definitely the extent of tn
"passive resistance" policy whic5
Wilhelmstrasse seems to have plan
ned. as..
There was also a report ~that
France might endeavor to arrange q
meeting with Germany to discus
a settlement of the reparations
question in view of the fact that the
French are now in the Kuhr. Great
Britain, Italy. Belgium and possibly
the United States were mentioned
as the nations which might be asls.la
to attend a conference. - ",
Two-Year Moratorium.
In the event direct discussion
failed it was suggested a two-year
moratorium with certain condition
would be granted Germany by tn
reparations commission in the neaf
future.
These conditions, according to
forecast of what France is ready t
grant, would include not only thD
maintenance of the economic com
mission already in the Ruhr but Il >
occupation of that entire region il
the event Germany did not immedi-
ately accept the 6moratorium provis
ions.
The German government woula
also agree to float international
loans Of gold and paper marks f.
balance the budget and to permit e
committee OF guarantees to assum
control of German internal finance
This committee would function j.,
much the same manner as was set
forth by France at the recent pre-
mier's conference.
SUNDAY OF MOURNING.
Essen, Germany, Jan. 13.-Whilt
Germany was preparing for the OBJ
servance of tomorrow as "the Sun
day of mourning" over the occupa-
tion of the Ruhr the actual estab.
llshment Of the French and Belgian
garrisons continued to be extended
and the occupying thorities at Es-
sen and Dusseldorf were making fur
ther efforts toward direct negotia-
tlons with the big industrialists and
mine operators.
"Confiscations and arrests" were
threatened il member of tho Iat
ter failed to heed the invitation
sent Wem by the control committ,a
Tor conference here today. t.
magnates were invited to attend :,
similar meeting yesterday but tic
did not appear although, several set
The four main bodies of min
workers have issued an appeal 10
their members to refrain from acts
or violence and continue at work
The signatories are the Associate
OF German Mine Workers, the Chr,
tlan Miners association, the miners
section of the Polish Trade Unio9
ana an the miners section of tho
Trade Union.