The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-12
CLOUDS BEGIN
To BREAK At
DEBT PARLEY
Signs of ConCiIiatory Spirit
Develop as Meeting
ReCesSes.
DELEGATES CHEERFUL
Japan and Belgium Are
PeaCemakerS Between
France, England.
DELEGATES CHEERFUL
BY FREDERICK KUH
United Press staff Correspondent

THE HAGUE, Aug. 12.-Signs Of
a conciliatory spirit developed at
the dealocked reparations confer
ence today and gave hope that
France and England would solve
their differences.
Mineitclliro Adatchi Of Japan and
Baron Boutart of Belgium were
acting as Intermediates between the
British and French delegations in
the interests of peace.
France evidently was prepared TO
make the first conciliatory move by
yielding to Great Britain a portion
of the French share of 500.000000
marks in Germany's unconditional
annuities.
On the other side, report in no
way confirmed in British quarters,
but credited by the other deiega-
tions, said Philip Snowden, the
British chief, had received in his
messages from Premier ]. Ramsay
MacWonald, suggestions on points
which the British might concede to
save the conference without aban-
doning the vital aspects of the
British demands.
The United Jress was informed
officially that MacDonald's CONVEX
sation in Edinburgh on Saturday
with Thomas w. Lamont, the Amer
lean f1nancier, was inspired by J. P.
Morgan.
Delegations Optimistic
Optimism spread among several
important delegations.
After Gustav Stersen2ann, the
German foreign minister, had Wis
tied Arthur Henderson, British for
eign secretary, at noon. both seemed
more cheerful
The latest effort to find a solution
of the British fight as the Young
plan centered on meeting a portion
OF the British claims out of the un-
assigned portion of the uncondi-
tional annuities, which totals
52.o00,000 gold marks, it was dis
closed today.
While the financial commission of /
the conference was having such
trouble with the British demands,
the political commission made great
progress towards evacuation of the
Rhineland. ...
Henderson agreed to act as medi-
ator between France and Germany
on the Rhineland question.
Both commissions we're in ad-
iolrnment -Antil wednesday. Hen
derson, Aristitde BRAND of France
and Paul Hymans of Belgium, rep
resenting the occupying nations, will
meet. with DR.. Gustav Stresemann
OF Germany at p. m. Tuesday and
endeavor. to fix date when evacua-
ton might begin and end.
The intervention of Macdonald
in support of Snowden seems here to
be clearly intended as reply to
the rumors that Macdonald would |
come to The Hague to act as an
Intermediary.
These rurnors we're resented by |
Snowden because they were calcu-
lated to weaken his authority as the
leader Of the British delegation.
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For the first time since Locarno,
England no longer is playing the
role of mediator between France
and Germany. Instead she has re-
tired within her proud isolation"
and has become even more isolated
than before the war.
The first immediate result of this
change of policy has been to cons
olidate a f1rmef alignment OF
European powers among themselves
than at any time since the war.
The delegates to the reparationS
conference here are now demand
ing to know what will be the out
cmoe to this new European alignment
and English isolation on BRANDS
project for a united economic states
of Europe which, he expects to
launch at the Geneva meeting of the
assembly of the League of Nations. |
The outcome of the new situation
thus created is that England would
be excluded from the project for a
united economic states Of Europe.
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