New Britain herald., 1929-04-20

Of Thursday the allied delegates will require more than placatory words and complaints of "misinterpreta- tion" to be convinced of Dr. Schacht's good faith in wishing re- sumption of negotiations. some close to the conference said today. A new offer, with its guise of "ultimatum" and uncompromisingly low figures eliminated, might serve.
 Generally it was felt that Dr SchaCht, after the firmness he eX- hibited Thursday, could hardly about face to the extent of adding hun dred million marks or so to his an nuities offer and of forgetting his complaint about certain political conditions which had limited Ger many's capacity to pay-the com plaint from which the, allied dele gates inferred proposal to return 10 Germany the Polish Corridor, the Saar Valley, Upper Silesia, and oth- CT former German colonies. Schacht is Palliative In the 36 hours succeeding the German bomhshell in the session of Lord Revelstoke's subcommittee Thursday. pr Schacht made numer- ous statements interpreted as ef- forts to transfer elsewhere the onus of having broken up the conference. I.e Journal today quoted him in one such:
 T never said our proposals of Wednesda constituted the German allegations last word"
 He was asked If the German dele gation was ready to make fresh proposals. He hesitated and then an swered:
 Please understand, I never con- sidcred the present conference as market place where bids and offers
 would he banded about. Our pro- posals Were conceived in the same spirit as the allied memorandum to us: they were merely one of the phases of long discussion of fig lures which we had officially initiat- d only the preceding week. I have always manifested ardently desire to achieve a clear cut result, and I have always said l would be the last man 10 leave the conference"
 Then he said: T am ready 10 dis cuss all suggestions the allies may make in answer to the proposals l submitted them"
 His interviewer observed they had found them quite inadequate, 10 Cola4It a1nir1a1. ''I hn- licye me: the criticisms l found Tn this mornings Paris press are quite premature. ] insist on that Word.'
 After adjournment of the plonary session yesterday morning. Young, Lamont. and the principal allied na- lion delegates conferred in informal sessions with Dr. SchaCht. The sub icct matter Of the conferences was not disclosed, and although il was .irdicat,d there would be other lh- formal sessions today and tomorrow, preceding the plenary session Mon- day. ir was understood yesterday ,,,.arirg failed 10 alter the situation.
 Americans Are silent
 Tn, American delegates, Whii" refusing 10 make q formal state mcnt, or to be quoted. let Il be un- aerstood they considered the con- ference as a close, with all that re- maincd the drafting of th" report to the governments concerned, win possiblo appended German version of the affair. acknowledging failure"
 Elements abetting th" faint hope some held it was not yet too lat" 10 salvage the conference and emerge with at least q temporary settlement were reports from the German press that the negotiations were cohsli- cred at not hv any means having terminated. and feeling that "hll" there was any chance at all the American and Japanese delegations would continue their mediation.
 Two of the most quoted sentences in Paris today were those accredited to Lord Revelstoke in conversation with his brother after ThurSdays d.facIc. he was said 10 have pro fassed being very tired and to hay" added;
 q don't suppose that this thing las gone beyond repair II may be patched un yet"
 Some felt that the German dele gates were astounded by tn" effect Of their action Thursday. which had been quite altogether different from what they had anticipated The bit ternoss and resentment if aroused amOng Gormanv's former enemies could not havo been entirely 10 their taste. And the effect Of the action on markets in Berlin and other European capitals, quick to sense