Evening star., 1925-01-10
CLIMAX IS REACHED
IN |NANGLO-AMER|CAN
WARCLA|MS PARLEY
Apprehension Felt Over Pos
sibIe Conference Desertion
by Americans.
BRITISH SEE u. S. ENJOYS
INDIFFERENT TO VIEWS
Detachment Declared Evident in
Absence of Delegates at
Full Session.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 10.-The Anglo
American negotiations on the subject
Of the American reparation claims APP
peared from surface indications here
today to have reached an acute stage.
The British delegation. 1t is under
stood, found the representatives of
the United States rather Indifferent
TO arguments on the subject that ap-
peal to the allies, because America is
free from some of the complications
with which the allies are entangled
The detachment of the Americans
from the generality of allied differ
euces was evidenced today by the fact
that the American representatives
We're absent from an important meet
ing held at the ministry of finance,
attended by the finance ministers OF
Great Britain, France, Italy and Bel
Elum.
Apprehension Noted.
There Is unconcealed apprehension
in certain quarters lest the Ameri-
cans, who have no other interest here
than in the question of the applica-
tion of a share of the Dawes plan
receipts to the payment of their war
damages and occupation expenses.
might find it unnecessary to return to
the full conference if they are un-
able to reach what they regard as
reasona BILE understanding in the dis
cue :,n with the British.
A meeting OF the entire American
de.ei,~.lvu Was neld at the delega'
tion's headquarters this morning. II
IL understood that a reply to ye'ter-
DAYS cables has been received from
Washington, and it is thought that
contact between the Americans and
British will be resumed this after
noon.
The conference has failed to main
tain the pace 1t started with, and to-
day is much where it was last night.
lie Matin is responsible for the
statement that at their meeting last
evening James A. Logan, jr., of the
American delegation and British
Chancellor Of the Exchequer Winston
Churchill, hit upon plan OF compro-
mise by which England would aban-
don her still outstanding contentious
in return for help by the United
States in bringing the pound sterl-
ing back to parity. This. however,
entirely lacks confirmation from
other sources.
Belgian Claim Puzzles.
The principal difficulty continues to
be Belgium's share in the reparations
from Germany, a question which in
wolves almost all the other problems
before the conference. After arguing
all yesterday afternoon. the finance
ministers of the powers got lost in
such a jungle of figures that they
finally gave it up and turned the prob
lem over to the united experts OF all
the nations, who spent the greater
part of the night trying to decide
among other things exactly how much
Belgium has received under her pri-
ority privilege.
In their original report the experts
submitted four different figures, ar
rived at by various methods of calCu-
lation, which they left for the min
listers to choose between.
Delegates of powers other than the
United States, France, England and
Belgium, many of whom depend upon
reparation receipts to help balance
their budgets, naturally are defending
the claims for a larger slice, or, at
least, contending that their existing
percentage be maintained.
Rumnnia Claims More.
Thus Italy has received more pay
ments in kind than she Is entitled to,
and it is a- difficult problem to ar
range how these payments shall
figure in her account with the least
possible Inconvenience to all concern
ed. Rumania, too, is active, and her
delegates have lodged a formal claim
with NJ Clementel. president of the
conference, for an increase in the
percentage allotted her at the Spa
conference. This claim will be dealt
with when the affairs Of the Austrian
successor states are argued.
As to the interallied debts prior
TO seeing Mr. Churchill yesterday,
Premier Herriot had a long confer
ence with MN. Clementel. NJ. Loucheur,
NJ. Dubois, the principal members OF
the finance committees of the Senate
and Chamber and president of the
foreign relations committee of the
Senate; Leon Blum, Socialist leader,
and the French experts, Bergery
and Aron.
The result of this consultation was
but to confirm the prevailing view
that it were better to let the question
drop for the time being.
SECRECY EXPLAINED.