Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-11
Allies May Decide Percentage
of Reparations Each Gets
by Later Talks.
WIND-UP OF CONFERENCE
BY TUESDAY FORESEEN
Report on Young Compromise and
General Discussions Virtually
Completed.
BY the Associated Press.


ESSEN, Germany. May 11.-Dr
Hjalmar Schacht, chief of the Ger
man delegation to the Paris repara-
tions conference. arrived here at
noon today supposedly for. confer
ence with Ruhr Valley industrialists.
The greatest secrecy is maintained as
to DR.. Schacht's visit. He arrived
almost unobserved and quite unex-
pectedly.
DR.. Albert Voegler. also member
of the German delegation to the
Paris reparations conference, ac-
companied DR. Schscht. Both i'm
mediately went into conference with
Karl Rambeau. director of the Essen
branch of the Reichsbank
BIZ the Associated Press
FARIS, May 11-Sir Josiah Stamp
sought today in private conversations
with Or. Hialmsr Schacht. German
reparations spokesman, to reduce to
written text the German conditions to
acceptance Of the reparations figures of
Owen D. Young.
Such results as the English delega-
tion head and the Reichsbank president
achieve probably will be reported to a
plenary session of the committee of ex-
pertS on Tuesday. It Is possible that
under favorable conditions this plenary
session will mark the close of the ex-
perts committees work.
The thorny problem of revision of
the national allotments of the repara-
tiors payments AS provided in the Spa
agreement has been sidetracked tenn
porarily, the assumption being it may
be solved by subsequent intercreditor
nation negotiations, at which Germany
need not even be represented
Report About Finished.
Until Tuesday the experts, other than
Sir Josiah and DR.. Schacht, will obtain
a relaxation from arduous labors, which
next week run into their fourth month
Even the subcommittee, which has been
working on preparation Of the report of
the conference, has finished its task.
with only the actual figures and various
national reservations remaining to be
included in its text.
It was in order that the German res
ervations-which. If revision Of the Spa
percentages is evaded. seems to be the
only set thus far offered by any nation
might be included in the subcom-
mittee's report that Sir Josiah, the
body's chairman, conferred with DR..
Schacnt.
Tentative wording of the conditions,
which were understood to have been
reduced from II to 2, was gone over
with the hope complete final text
might be evolved of the subcommittee $
report, inclusive of figures. international
bank plans and all, which the reich
delegates could sign.
French Press Caustic.
The French press has become caustic
and impatient and inclined to criticize
both Mr. Young and DR.. Schacht. -e
Mstin observed that Great Britain and
Belgium had found there was some
thing arbitrary about the figures of MIR.
Young's plan. The paper suggested
that a part of the revision of the Spa
percentages was in favor of the United
States. DR.. Schacht was accused of
dallying with the conference to draw
out the proceedings until after the Brit
ish elections.
Journal remarked it would be q seri-
Gus danger not only for England. but
for France, il the powerlessness of the
British Conservative government 10
conclude financial liquidation was made
an issue in the British general cam
paign. for, the newspaper added the
Liberals and Laborites had impaired TO
their argument the allure of violent
attack on France.
L'Oeuvre said that DR.. Schacht had
been specializing on the British cleo
tons from the very beginning.