Evening star., 1924-08-11
Ruhr Evacuation, Separate
Problem, Tackled After Ac-
cord Is Reached on Fiscal
Program Application.
AMERICANS CONSIDERED
FOR AGENT GENERAL POST
Logan, Dwight W. Morrow and
Paul D. Cravath Mentioned
When Conditions Prevent Owen
D. Young From Accepting
Offer of Directorship.
BY the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 1.-THE Allied
and German experts attached to the
International Reparation Conference
have reached a full agreement on
the Dawes program, it is announced
They remained in session until 3
. O'Clock this morning to arrive at an
understanding on reparations pay
, ment in kind on which the Germans
held out until the results of Premier
Harriot's Parish mission became
known.
The French premier's return with
his cabinets approval of his Ruhr
evacuation policy in his pocket put
new life and hope into the negotiators
and British observers believe the con-
ference will end by Thursday.
Names for the post of permanent
agent general to carry the Dawes
piah INTO effect are being discussed
In conference circles since the an
, nouncement that the French will agree
TO the evacuation of the Ruhr on con-
ditlons which it seems likely the Ger
mans VIII accept. James A. Logan
american representative on the rep
aration commission; Dwight w. Nor
row of j. P. Morgan & Co. and
Faul ID. Cravath are mentioned fire.
quently.
Young Out OF Consideration.
owen D. Young of the Dawes COM
mlttee seems to be generally regarded
an conference circles as the ideal man
TO initiate the Dawes plan, but his
announcement that he would only
consider taking the post temporarily
makes the selection of his successor
necessary at an early date.
Ihls morning the Big Fourteen
the allied and German DELEGATION
leaders-met for an hour and a half
at NO. 10 Downing street and heard
Mr.. Herriot's report of his Paris trim.
They then briefly considered the one
remaining problem within the pur-
view of the conference proper-that
OF the allied railwaymen remaining on
the German lines
This issue is so closely connected
with that of the evacuation of the
Ruhr that both seem likely to be
settled at the same time, although the
Ruhr issue Will be kept outside the
conference
The question of the evacuation of
the Ruhr was being considered late
this forenoon at a conference of the
french and Belgian delegates. Until
tney have reached an agreement among
themselves on this problem there will
not be another meeting with the Ger
mans, and 1t is not expected such a
meeting will come before tomorrow.
Study Committee Report.
During the morning the allied dele
gates also met with the Germans, who
approved the conclusions of the second
committee which has been studying the
problem of the economic evacuation of
the Ruhr
Prime Minister Macdonald accented
suggestion made by NJ Herriot that
the allied delegates, some time before
the end of the conference, exchange
views with the German delegates on the
resumption of military control Of Ger
many in order to give France assur-
anceS regarding her security.
M Herriot declared that the decisions
taken in Paris at the cabinet meeting
concerning the evacuation of the Ruhr
had shown the peaceful spirit of France
and had brought immediate results. He
said the conference now was assured of
success.