San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-10

| There was nothing else to do but cal
the Allied PREPARATIONS conferences oil
account of darkness.
The game had gone overtime so Ion;
most of the fans had walked out on thu
players. There is an inreasing suspi
cion the conferences were being played
as benefit for the hotel men and the
special correspondents.
Everybody is completely baffled' as tC
what's what, particularly in the United
| States. This was illustrated the Other
| day when Secretary Hughes, having
some SUGGESTIONS 10 make 10 the confer
ence. got so muddled he went TO New
Haven instead of Paris.
Life among the Allied diplomats has
been one break" after another. In fact,
the delegates. borrowing phrase from
the automobile ads, greeted one another
with the remark. Good morning. How
are your Breaks"
II it wasn't break" it was a "rup-
ture," as anybody who follows the head
lines knows. Proceedings had been re-
duced TO a matter of dull routine. "Any-
thing to report under new break?' asks
the presiding officer at the repara tons
parley. Were all out of breaks for
the moment" replies the chairman of
that particular committee. Every well. -
is the reply. well close under breaks
and open under rupturcs." Etc.
The Allies haven't agreed on any
thing since the war. You'd think they
had really gone through five years Of
battles in order to make the world safe
for loud takers.
IL they'd stop and figure it up they'd
find that the cost of the war has been
exceeded by the cost of white paper
ins. typewriter ribbons. stenographers.
interpreters. expert accountants, and no.
tells used for the reparations proceed
ings. Not to mention railroad fares,
telephone bills, and personal expense
accounts.
England now favOrs reducing the Ger
man indemnity and giving her time to
start in business for herself again.
There is no sense killing the goose
step that lays the golden egg.
France holds that the war debt has
been cut oftener already than the price
on Ford cars. She has sneaking sus-
picion Germany will paw her in but
tons and cough drops Having been n
next door neighbor for centuries she
ought to know what TO expect.
On the other hand. England lives
quite some distance away and is only
concerned about Germany when
France says with Bert Savoy, "You
must come over"
Some idea of the deadlock may be
gained from the following tables:
What Germany Is Willing to Pay.
23.000,000 bales OF German paper
marks.
One gross OF pearl-handled knives.
go cases of pretzels.
An amount of sauerkraut and frank.
furters to be designated by a neutral
commission.
A quantity Of liverwurst to be de-
Signnted by the vice president of the
United States.
FOur DdrrclS OF IllSner Deer.
Two barrels of Wurzburger beer.
As many cases of Camcmbart
cheese as the commission on reparations
rav designate.
Two gross of hand-painted Noah's
Arks.
Three dozen talking dolls.
An autograph set of the ex-kaiscr's
cast-off suspenders.
What France VIII Accept.
S250.000, O00000.47 in gold.
The Ruhr Valley.
All the Rhine that's fit to drink.
A twenty-five-yeSr first mortgage on
Berlin and POStdam.
A two-thirds interest in Bremen.
What England VIII Accept.
S250.4T in ]. o. US.
Karl Rosner's noiseless typewriter.
4 photo of the crown prince
What America VIII Accept.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll.
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Newspapcrs)
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Good md Evil.
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