The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-21
DELEGATIONS WORK OVERTIME ON >RUHR PLANS Week End Holiday Devot- ed To Consulta-
 tiOns PLENARY SESSION SET FOR TUESDAY French Seek To Supervise
 German Rail
 System
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, July 20.--The delega- tions participating in the interallied confernece to launch the Dawes plan sacrificed the Sunday holiday in order to advance the work, so as to make possible a plenary ses- sion Tuesday. The headquarters of all the delegations were active, and the subcommittee spent several hours on problems involving eco homie restoration of the Ruhr. Premier Macdonald had uioffi- cial talks with several of the chief delegates, whom he entertained at luncheon at Chequers court. Dur ing the day, M. Herriot found time to visit the French hospital, where he was enthusiastically welcomed by the staff and patients.
 The task of arriving at an under standing for economic evacuation has proved complex, and. all though, there are divergent views be- tween the British and French and Belgian delegations, it is asserted their differences are not unsurmountable.
 Railways Offer Problem
 This committee probably has the most difficult problem yet awaiting solu- tion, and must review several highly controversial matters involving the Ruhr railways and economic exacua- tion of the occupied. territory.
 The subcommittee dealing with the question of the economic entity of Germany at today's deliberations made substantial progress Another sub committee dealing with the railway question has encountered an obstacle in the Franco-Belgian claim to be allowed to maintain some form of communica. tion between the Ruhr and the Rhine land and France and Belgium, It wat decided to report its failure to agree tc the. full committee tona0Erow.
 French Want silpsrSisian
 1t is learned that the French want t dilute the German railway personne with a large number of French and Belgian railway men and thus assure themselves that the railways will be more or less under French supervision in case of a strike of the German work CTS or in other emergencies.
 The British contend that if this is done in conjunction with the Dawes re. port, it might easily give rise to diff faculties and conflicts, to which the French counterclaim is that if Ger many adheres strictly to the Dawes principles, it will never be necessary to invoke the extraordinary guarantees which France feels her safety demands that she should exact.
 Want Old Form
 When the subcommittee ended the days discussions in a deadlock on the question, the British were insisting on return to the old arrangement regard ing the railways, in force for the oc- cupied part of the Rhineland before the Ruhr occupation, the key of which was the power conference on the interallied railway commission to utilize troops in case of strike or other difficulty.
 After a plenary session has approved the committee work, the drafting com mittee of the experts will set up a draft agreement and it will probably be at this stage that Germany will be acquainted with the work done. But the exact way in which Germany will receive such notification is still unde- termined.
 Premier Macdonald expects to meet the heads of the various delegations, Premiers Herriot and Theunis, Ambas- sador Kellogg and Finance Minister De Stefani of Italy, at Downing street to- morrow morning.