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the United States. the tone of the
final session of the conference was
extremely cordial. The final Ameri-
can move in obtaining elimination OF
the limits upon war claims awards
Is regarded a S a most sweeping sue
cess for the American delegation.
while the most striking feature of
the conferences wind-up is that the
allies appear not in the least down
cast by the sacrifices made to satisfy
the American demands in this and
other respects
Others Make Sacrifices.
France gave up not only all idea
of asking for an increased share of
reparations. but part of what she
already had; Great Britain gave up
some, and Belgium will give up more.
But all appear happy. nevertheless.
that the Americans came to the con-
ference. All through the closing
speeches was sounded the note that
If American participation costs a con-
siderable amount Of money, Ameri-
can cooperation, none the less, is worth
the price.
The pace of the final session was
somewhat hurried. NJ. Clementel in his
The delegations for the spirit in which
they had worked to reach a satisfac-
tory agreement
There never has been in all our dis
cussions and findings a victor or
victim" he said. Then. turning to the
American delegates, he continued:
We congratulate ourselves that the
application of the Dawes plan has
brought back into our midst not mere
= AIt l.
pants representatives of the great
Republic of the United States. whose
traditions Of idealism and solidarity
permit us to look to the future with
confidence"
The delegations were called upon to
sign the protocol in the following
order: Belgium. France. Great Britain,
Italy. Japan. the United States, Bra
zil. Greece, Portugal, Rumania, Jugo-
slavia and Czechoslavid.
In signing the agreement for
Brazil, DIR. Souza Dantas later told
the press he made the reservation
that nothing in the agreement should
affect the Brazilian claims for COM
pensation, nor her claims under ar
tIcle 26S of the treaty of Versailles
regarding the recovery of about TO-
100000 gold marks held in German
banks for payment for coffee export
ed from Brazil to Germany before the
outbreak OF the war.
Logan Seconds stand.
James A. Logan. jr., of the Ameri-
can delegation Immediately arose in
the conference and said that the res
ervation was justied and that he sec
onded it. The Brazilian attitude also
was supported by France, Rumania,
Portugal and Jugoslavia. DIR. Souza
Dantas said he consequently felt quite
satisfied with the result that he had
obtained
The French premier. NJ Herriot
came into the conference room after
the signatures had been affixed to the
document and thanked the delegates
for the diligent manner in which they
had performed their work.
The leading delegates then filed into
the private room of the minister of
foreign affairs to pay their respects
to the premier. Frank b Kellogg
American Ambassador to Great Brit
ain and chief American delegate, had
few minutes of animated conversa-
tion with NJ. Herriot. in the presence
of Myron T. Herrick, American Am
bassador to France.
In reply to NJ. Clementels speech
Mr.. Kellogg said:
Permit me to congratulate you on
the successful termination of your
labors. The three outstanding events
in the rehabilitation of Europe in the
last year are the Dawes report, the
London conference and the Paris con-
ference
The Dawes report was successful
because it was the work of very able
tinanciers and men of great public
experience who labored to evolve A
plan which would settle the much
vexed reparation question upon busi-
ness principles, bearing in mind the
rights of the various governments in
yolved.
THE London conference was a sue
cess because the statesmen gathered
there were all animated by a patri
otic determination to make it a sue
cess. They worked in a spirit of con-
Ciliation and helpfulness, taking
broad world vision of the European
situation.
II am happy to say that the Paris
conference has been a success for the