Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
SATURDAY IS FIXED
AS TIME LIMIT FOR
DEBT SETTLEMENT
ConciIiatory Attitude Per.
vades Parley as Snowden
Recedes From Stand.
EVACUATION OF RHINE
EXPECTED THIS YEAR
Definite Announcement Of Date
Believed Contingent on Accept
ance of Young Plan.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands. August
14.-Having practically fixed Christmas
as the limit for evacuation OF the
RhineIand. the reparations delegates
this morning set Saturday as the date
when the chief problems before them
must be settled
The financial committee, which met
at 10 o'clock this morning. heard the
last speeches on the question OF de-
Iiveries in kind and then. on motion
by Philip Snowden, British chancellor
Of the excheuuer, decided to suspend us
work until Saturday in order to give
opportunity for continuation OF IN
formal conversations among the oeie-
gates.
Hone for Farley Success.
The chancellor. whose demands for
modification Of the Young plan nave
represented the chief nut to be cracked
expressed the hope that these conVer-
sations will bear fruit. and the re-
mainder of the delegates echoed MS
sentiments.
Louis Loucheur, French delegate and
the principal speaker this morning:
agreed with w. Graham, president OF
the British Board of Trade, that pay
ment of reparations by deliveries IN
kind is unfortunate. but declared tnat'
they were inevitable. l.,
M. Ioucfieur Joined other speakers IN
denouncing the re-exportation OF gooos
delivered on the reparations account. ne
thought, however. that the erect o! oe-
liveries in kind on the economic Sltua-
Drt% ofva
Iieved by the British delegation. He
gave figures TO show that British unem-
roloyment. in terms of French francs,
represented an annual sum OF 15,UUu,-
600 900 francs, while the total deliveries
in kind were only 5000, ,000,0 900 francs.
Laucheur Lauds Americana.
The French delegate held that the
world economic situation had been al
fected by an increase In exports from
the United Statss, and that II Great
Britain enjoyed no more the proporbfon
of trade she had before the war, 1t was
due to world conditions. South Amerl.
can imports from Europe. he pointed
out. had decreased to about one-third.
all of which had gone to swell the ex-
ports Of the United States.
THE Americans are younger ana more
ardent people than We and understand,
ton increases production must 1ncreas:
and that there must be a continuation
race between production and consump-
ton" he said. Salaries are high In the
United States. stimulating spending,
perhaps bringing higher cost OF living,
but also producing an increase IN the
available money for purchases.
Definite announcement OF the GATE
and conditions of evacuation Of the
y u,oe hA1iavad tO6aV tn await
only final acceptance of the Young
reparations plan.
Mr.. Snowden, whose uncompromlSlng
attitude until recently made unanimous
acceptance seem highly improbable. has |
shown a much more conciliatory front
and there was general hope that MS
opposition to phases of the Young plan
soon would be allayed.
Tentative Date Is Set.
Tentatively, Gustav Stresemann. Ger /
man foreign minister; Arthur Hender- |
son. British foreign minister, and Aris- |
TIDE BRAND, French premier, have set
the latter part of this year as the date !
for withdrawal of the allied troops. !
out of the Rhineland by Christ |
mas" has been adopted by the repre-
sentatives Of the. governments here as
indicative both of their good intentions /
and of the stage to which the negotia-
tions have progressed. It was stressed, |
however, that that date is tentative. q |
proviso always being unanimous ac-
ceptance of the Young plan.
The offers made Chancellor Snowden |
by the French in private discussions |
last night are supposed to involve |
abandonment by the latter of part of |
their share In the conditional German |
payments, which Germany will be asked !
to add to its unconditional payments.
This will leave France with her pres |
net share of annuities that can'be COM
mercialized. while making lp at least |
half Of the f2,500. 900 needed to make |
the annuities satisfactory to the British. |
The British will benefit by the con- |
version of the abandoned French an |
nuities into unconditional payments.
The tentative agreement In the po- !
litical committee has had consider !
able effect on the progress OF the imam !
cial negotiations.
The transformation which the con- !
ference has undergone since Saturday, |
when it was threatened with COM |
plete breakdown, is very clear. Every. !
body talked last night not OF frm |
stands, unflitching determinations or |
demands, but OF how
different viewpoints could be brought |
together.
LAMONT STAYS AWAY.