Evening star., 1924-08-01
EXPERTS TO SOLVE
| ALL PARLEY ISSUES
| TODAY, ,SAYSYOUNG
Report to PIenary' Session
Tomorrow Is Predicted.
-. Logan Also Optimistic.
INVITATION TO j GERMANS
| MAY BE SENT TONIGHT
Paris Equally Confident Solution
Has Been Found-Berlin
Eyes Terms Coldly.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 1.-The experts of
the interallied reparation conference
indicated early this afternoon that
they expected to settle all the out
standing problems of the conference
up to them for solution before the
afternoon was over.
The problem of transfers allotted
to the transfer commission under the
Dawes plan is still causing trouble.
II the experts are unable to overcome
the difficulty on this point this after
noon the issue will be referred to the
chief delegates.
Young is Optimistic.
The experts. who did not leave
Downing street until 2:15 o'clock this
morning. returned to their task at
IL o'clock, and during a two-hour
session adopted the French proposals
for the modification of the Dawes
plan. They then adjourned to reas-
semble later in the afternoon.
owen d. Young of the Dawes COM
mittee, who has maintained an atti-
tude Of restrained hopefulness ever
since Premier Herriot's plan was
produced. was enthusiastic when he
left the foreign office.
"We'll finish up this afternoon" he
said.
II the experts conclude their work
this afternoon their reports will be
submitted to a plenary session of the
conference tomorrow. The Americans
believe the invitation to Germany
will be dispatched tonight
Logan's Work Praised.
Referring to the agreement on the
French proposals by the first COM
matte correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph today writes:
Apart from the eloquent exertions
of M. "ffymans belgian foreign min
ister), the powerful influence, albeit
discreetly exercised, of the American
delegation was dis arnible. Mr.. Lo-
gan has, indeed. deserved well of the
to its rescue had another deadlock
been created by presenting anew his
practical formula of the other day
in somewhat amended form.
His shrewdness and good will
were equally appreciated. He had
been in close touch with the bankers
of the various countries concerned
impatience and anxiety at the man
ner in which the conference was
wasting time by a tendency to deal
in formulae instead of facts"
Five-Hour Night Session.
James A. Logan, the American Of
fetal observer, also said he was
hopeful that a settlement. would be
reached today.
Mr.. Logan said that he intended to
go to Paris for the week end and
that he hoped the Germans would be
in London when he returns and that
the cor ference can then enter its last
phase.
Under the new formula for deter
mining Germany's possible default
and dealing with the sanctions then
remains first judge of Ger
many's faith.
New Procedure Provided.
But new procedure is provided in
the eveEt the Reparations Commits
sion fails to reach a unanimous de-
cision. If the decision should be
taken by a majority vote only To ar
cept or reject a request for a declara-
tion Of default on Germany's part, the
whole question may. at the request of
the minority, be submitted to
board of arbitration consisting of
three members. of which the chair
man must be ar American.
No limitation is placed on the
of the other two mem
bers, who may be either nationals of
interested powers or neutrals. The
years. They would be nominated by
unanimous vote of the reparation
In the event of failure
of the reparation commission to
reach a unanimous choice the nomi-
nation of an arbitrator would be
placed in the hands of the president
of The Hague Court.
In French circles last night 1t was
declared with emphasis that France
felt she had shown a real ooncilia-
tory spirit in her proposals. which
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