Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-14
FARLEY NEAR AGREEMENT
Rv Hal n,EIaherty

by Hal O'F1aherty
Special Gable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News.l
LONDON. Aug 12.-The final
stages of the allied conference on
Preparations finds France once more
laying the abss for peaceful rela-
tions with her historic enemy, Ger
many.
Premier Herriot, during informal
conversations with Chancellor Marx,
has proposed withdrawing troops
from the Ruhr area not later than
September, 1925, each step of the
withdrawal being determined by
GermanyS fulfilling successive
stages of the Dawes scheme as re.
CARDS payments of money and de!iV-
cries in kind.
Chancellor Marx holds that, as the
Dawes scheme presupposes complete
unity of the reich, Germany can
not fulfill its provisions unless Fran
co-Belgian troops disappear from the
industrial area by January next.
There is a new field for cOmpro-
mise between the two formulas, a
few months being offered by each
side in return for concessions de
signed TO conciliate political opinion
in Paris or Berlin. In their efforts
to close the deal. Herriot and Marx
are receiving invaluable aid from
every quarter.
Belgians Aid Plans
Those Belgian masters of concilia.
ton, Premier Theunis and Foreign
Minister Hymans WELD with expert
ness their enormous knowledge OF
Germany's internal politics, guiding
with deft suggestion the parleys
that change hourly from the French
headquarters at the Hyde Park hotel
back to the Carlton, and then to
the West End club where Ramsay
Macdonald hurriedly arrives from
No, 10 Downing street, using mis-
unusual powers of friendly argu
ment, Sometimes for the German
viewpoint but largely in behalf of
French ideas.
Herriot. Macdonald and Marx con
stitute the greatest triumVmate OIL
modern socialism. They hate war
and idolize peace. They attach the
highest possible value to agreement
by arbitration and Cancellation.
Herriot, like Marx, waged a sue,
cessful battle against Nationalists AT
home, While Macdonald won a vic
/ tory against British conservatism.
With such minds as these centered
on the problem of utmost impor-
lance to Europe and the world, it is
only natural to suppose that an ami
/ cable settlement is now matter of
/ only a few hours.
Good Will Prevails
Good will has prevailed, although
| il has taken several days fer the
| German representatives fully TO APP
! preciate their situation and grasp
| the fact that Macdonald not only
! wanted them to come together with
/ the French and Belgian premiers
] but was willing TO place at theIr
/ disposal every facility of his home
( his clubs and those of his friends.
While the premiers were meeting
/ today, French and German financial
/ experts decided on a detailed com
Z mercial az treaty which must be
/ evolved later between their coun
tries Soon after the Dawes scheme
becomes effective Germany again
will control her customs barriers
. with powers of leVyiug upon mate
rails passing into or out of her tec
. ritory. Terms must be arranged fo'
passing iron ore from Alsace across
into Germany industrial areas. Some
form of treaty embodyins new regu
lations will be drawn up, but it is
unlikely that anything further vii
be done at the moment, actual sign
ing being delayed until later this
year when an economic conference
will be held in Paris.
Throughout the discussions occur
RING ar the conferences America 3.
representatives have played an in
valuable role, offering new ideas a
every critical moment and announc