Evening star., 1924-08-17
PROTOCOL AND ANNEXES PROVIDE
FOR ALL VAR FISCAL DISPUTES
Agreements Mutually Interdependent; Three Doc
uments Deal With Sanctions in
Case of Default.

The correspondence exchar Eed be-
tween the conference delegates pre-
liminary to the signing Of today's s
agreement was made public here to-
day. The first letter. signed Jointly
by Premier IIrrr:ot of France and
Premier Theunis and Foreign Minis
ter Hymans of Belgium. dated August
16. to Chancellor Marx, says:
I'VE have III. honor to acquaint
you with the following dectaration.
which we make in the name of our
two governments:
THE French and Belgian govern :
ments, confirming their former dec
larntfons concerning the terms on
which occupation of the Kuhr has
been effected by them in accordance
with the treaty of Versailles hut
resolved to respect the engagements
ther taken whereby the occupation
was aimed only to secure from Ger
many guarantees for execution of her
rrparation obligations. declare that.
provided the agreements of London
are freely entered into and are .ap-
piled in the spirit Of loyalty and
pacification which has inspired the
deliberations of the conference, they
Will proceed to military evacuation of
the Ruhr territory in the maximum
period Of one year. dating from today.
we shall be grateful to your ex-
criiency to be good enough to ac-
knowledge the receipt OF this COM
municatiOn."
Want Acknowledgement
The formal acknowledgment of
Chancellor Marx says:
''ln noting this declaration ! desire
to maintain the point of view de-
Tended from time to time by the Ger
man government, according to which
occupation of German territory out
side the German frontiers fixed by
article 42S Of the Versailles treaty
cannot be recognized as legal. At the
same time / desire to express here by
continuation that it will be desir-
able to hasten as much as possible
the military evacuation in order to
terminate it before the date fixed by
you"
The third letter. signed jointly by
NM. Herriot, Theunis and Hymans,
says:
AT the moment approaching the
close of the London conference, which h
marks an important effort to estab-
liSh regime of international con-
cord, the French and Belgian govern
ments, desirous of giving immediate
and spontaneous proof of their will
to peace and their confidence in the
engagements freely entered into, de-
eide that they will order on the day
following the defnitive signature of
the London agreement the military
evacuation of the zone of Dortmund
and the territories outside that of
the Ruhr occupied since November
10, 1928. This military evacuation
will take place at the same time as
economic evacuation of the same
zones.
Text of Final Letter.
The fourth and last letter from
Chancellor Marx to the presidents of
the council formally acknowledges
receipt of the foregoing communica-
ton and. after repeating the under
takings stated in it, proceeds:
Il am glad of this decision. which.
relying upon the agreements we have
entered into. you have taken in order
to re-establish peace. The German
government is resolved to be guided
by the same spirit. 1t hopes that the
execution of this decision will mark
the commencement of new era
which will lead to fruitful and
peaceful development of the relations
between our countries