The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-14
END OF CHAOS
IN EUROPE IS
HELD RESULT
Ambassador Kellogg, Signing
For United States, Sees
Action as Important
DISTRIBUTES ANNUITIES
Most Harmonious Meeting of
the Inter-Allied Represent.
atives Since Armistice
U, s. IN VICTORY

Paris. Jan. 14.-Preceded by an
eleventh hour victory for the Am
erican delegation. the international
financial delegation closed today
with the signing of an agreement
for distribution among the various
powers Of the reparation annuities
received from Germany under the
Dawes plan. At almost the last
moment. Americans obtained tho
elimination from the text of the
clause limiting to $3.50. 1000, 900 the
amount of the American war dam
age claims to be paid from the
Dawes receipts. As the revised
text stands, the United States
will receive it's IN percent of the
annunities until its entire claims
are paid.
The agreement as Signed, con-
stitutes a mass of detail which
gathers up the scattered ends of
the back accounts among the al
lies, liquidates the Ruhr occupa-
ton of the Rhineland, fixes the
running expense of the reparatiOn
organizations, including the Dawes
plan commissioners, and deter
mines the proportion of Germany's
payments all are entitled to under
the Dawes arrangements, besides
admitting the United States to
payment of its war claim demands
payment of it's war claims demands
as we'll as cost of occupation Of
the COblenz bridgehead.
Paris, Jan. 14.-All the powers
in the inter-allied fl
nancial conference today signed the
agreement regarding distribution Of
the Dawes annuities." Roumania
and Italy signed with reservations.
Limitation of the American dam
age claims to $3.50, 100000 was strick-
en- out. This was the only change
made in the text of the agreement
before sits signature.
Signature of the financial con-
vention brings to a fitting close what
has been termed by common con-
sent the most successful inter-al-
lied meeting since the Armistice.
This result is attributed to the
set at the beginning of the
by the American delega-
ton and the British Chancellor Of
the Winston Churchill
an example of moderation, good will
and determination to effect a set
Element.
Everybody seems satisfied that
order has been evolved from chaos
at the expense of the least possible
sacrifice to each of the participant
ing nations.
Even the smaller powers, notably
whose situation is unde-
servedly hard, go away with the con-
viction that their interests will be
taken care of and that means will be
found to satisfy their requirements
in the not too distant future.
The conference assembled shortly
after o'clock today and finance
minister Clementel Of France ad-
dressed it as its president. Replies
were made by the heads of the DEL
egations, including Ambassador Kel-
logg for the United States.
Mr.. Kellogg said the present meet
ing, the London conference and the
preparation of the Dawes plan would
rank as the three most important
events that had occurred in Europe
during the past year. He believed
the work accomplished augured we'll
for progress toward d general set
Element of European problems.
The delegations were called upon
to sign the protocol in the following
order: Belgium, France, Great Bril-
tain, Italy, Japan, the United States,
Brazil, Greece, Portugal, Roumania,
Jugo- Slavia and Czecho-Slovakia.