Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
EXPERTS ADJOURN
TO AWAIT REPORT
Preparations Procedure Body
Expected to Complete
Work Tomorrow.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 21.-The experts
committee on reparations stood adj
journed today while a subcommittee Of
five members thrashed out its problems
in procedure.
The subcommittee expected to COM
plete its work and be ready to report
back in plenary session tomorrow.
The success of the conference, it is
felt, depends largely upon the work the
subcommittee is undertaking The
standpointS OF the various delegations
are very far apart. The machinery oil
the conferences which the subcommit-
tee is working out. will lay base fol-
harmonious reconciliation OF the vari-
Gus viewpoints, or. failing. delay and
retard the work of the experts.
Informal Conversations.
Meanwhile the experts themselves are
getting together for informal converse
tons which are expected to foster
friendliness among them and possibly
iron out some of the differences which
otherwise would have to be settled in
the conference room.
The experts are now seeking for a
basis on which the total of reparations
may be fixed and the annuities gagged.
During the dav the members of the
subcommittee talked among themselves
and with the other delegates concern
ing the determination of GermanyS ca
pacity for transfer, which means, in
other terms, how large annuities may
be demanded
The delegates hope by approaching
the question from the point of view
of transfers to avoid too violent differ
ences in figures between the debtor and
creditors and to make progress toward
the final issue easier and shorter.
The general opinion is that If the
subcommittee is able to establish basis
of negotiation on transfers the commit
tee will speedily terminate its work and
may be able to report to the repara-
lions commission early in March. Fur
ther concentration may be necessary.
/. Report Takes As Minutes.
The enlarged subcommittee of five
reported yesterday. It required As min
utes to present its finding, but they
were evidently short Of final since the
committee extended its mission and ad-
1ourned.
The American delegates remain
among those absent on this Subcom-
mittee which, it was said semi-off1cially,
iustifies no conclusions other than that
Germany and her creditors have natur-
ally the most direct interest in the
matter and are properly left to thresh
out among themselves questions that
are not of a strictly technical order
The American members, however, are
constantly consulted by members of
the subcommittee on important mat
tiers
There now are indications that the
subcommittee is taking up vital ques-
tions as well as purely matters of pro-
cedure. This, 1t was explained by
spokesman for the experts, was quite
natural, since the question of procedure
was intimately allied with vital ques-
tons concerning the payment of repara-
tons
Thus, it was learned, the subcomm:t-
tee has concerned itself with the
amounts of annuities and total repara-
tons without, however, getting to the
point of discussing actual figures.
The full committee yesterday dis
cussed the capacity of Germany to
transfer reparations payments in money
and kind In addition to considering
the subcommittee report.
Local comment on the work of the
committee is to the effect that since
Monday there has been good deal
of Sparrillg for position between Ger
many and her reparations creditors
from which the Americans have held
aloof.