Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-22
Decide Further Efforts to
Reach Agreement in
Committee Useless.
CONVERSATIONS HAVE
THREE MAIN OBJECTS
Allies Line Up Against Germany
on Young Plan Payments
After September /.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, August 22-The dele
gates to the reparations conference, still
stubbornly trying to reach some sort of
agreement, today turned to private con-
versations after deciding that there was
no longer any use trying to settle their
differences in committee or in groups.
Premier Jaspar of Belgium, at a
meeting of the six powers this morning,
intervened when he saw the discussion
was making no progress whatever. He
proposed that the delegates adjourn for
the present, leaving the rest Of the work
of the conference to be done in pri-
vate conversations. This was readily
agreed to.
Will Have Three Objects.
These conversations, which will prob
ably go on this afternoon and tomor-
row morning, will have three principal
objects:
Agreement of the other creditors with
the British as to the distribution of an
nuities.
Agreement between the French. Bel
gians and Germans as to the date for
final liberation of the Rhineland from
military occupation.
In Case the two others fail, how to
break off the conference so that it can
be resumed under conditions permitting
hope of success.
During today's meeting Premier
BRAND of France showed some optim-
ism. saying. This conference is not
dead, we must do all we can to save 1t. -
Replies to Suggestion.
The premier was replying to a sug-
gestion by Foreign Minister Strese-
mann of Germany that If no agreement
we're reached here a sort of partial
moratorium might be accorded Ger
many which would permit her to pay
under the Young plan instead of the
Dawes plan after September !.
The fact that all the allies were lined
up against DR.. Stresemann on the ques-
tion of reparations payments under the
Young plan after September / gave rise
to reports that the British and French
had come together.
Philip Snowden. British chancellor Of
the excheQuer, denied these reports.
saying that the fact that the allies were
against abrogation of the Dawes plan
was simply incidental.
DR.. Stresemann himself declared that
ne was pleased with the attitude OF
Chancellor Snowden in the matter since
it conformed to the position of England
as one of the reparations creditors Herr
Stresemann was much milder than
yesterday. but still pleaded for some
sort of arrangement that would enable
the German delegation to go home with
out facing a cabinet crisis. He urged
an intense effort to reach a compromise
and proposed that failing agreement
full public session of the conference
be called Saturday to enable the dele
gates to set forth their views on the
situation before the world.
Opinion respecting the changes of
the creditor powers finding a COM
promise for their differences is prepon-
derantly adverse. There were reports
this morning, however. that the French
we're getting closer to the British on
the question of British annuities, but
that there was still important contention
between them as to the amount OF
money due Germany from Great Britain
as the balance arising from the sales
Of sequestered property.
CUSHENDJJN BACKS SNOWDEN.