Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-13
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Of. RHINE SEEN AS
RESULT OF PARLEY
Satisfactory Discussion Held
by Germans and Occupy
ing Powers.
COMPROMISE DEBT PLAN
TO BE OFFERED BRITAIN
Proposals Probably Will Be Made
to Snowden Today at The
Hague Conference.

THE HAGUE, August 13 P).-
Almost immediate evacuation Of the
Rhineland was seen today as the
result of a most satisfactory talk be-
tween the Germans and the occupy
ing powers.
Progress toward a complete ac-
cord was sufficient to render unnec-
essary a meeting of the political
committee which had been fixed
for tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, August 13.-Important
proposals representing a spirit of COM
promise by France, Belgium, and Italy
are expected to comprise the next act
in the reparationS drama.
The proposals probably will be made
today to Philip Snowden, British chan
cellor OF the Exchequer, either by Henri
Jaspar, Belgian premier, or by Louis
Locheur, French Minister of Labor, the
former comforting with Mr.. Snowden
this morning and the latter after he Is
through.
The nature of the proposals was not
disclosed, but they were understood to
involve compensation to Great Britain
for the sacrifices 1t would have to make
in accepting the Young plan in lieu OF
guarantees under the Dawes plan and
the Spa percentage arrangement for
division Of reparations. Mr.. Snowden's
insistence that these sacrifices went be-
yond anything Great Britain could ac-
cept was the bar upon which the con-
ference ship almost wrecked.
Finance Committee Adjourns.
effort to save the conference from utter
stalemate and collapse. In the event
of failure the next hope seemed to be
in adjourning, as sought by some of the
French yesterday, until September. At
that time the conference might be re-
sumed in the conciliatory atmosphere Of
the League of Nations assembly at Ge-
neva. where both Aristide BRAND and
Ramsay Macdonald, British premier.
will be present.
The financial committee of the con-
ference today stood adjourned-at Mr..
Snowden's own suggestion-until We'd
nesday. a move generally regarded as
mad Just to permit these private con-
verSations, between Messrs Jaspar, Loc-
heur, and Snowden, to be made.
The political committee was engaged
in further discussion of evacuation OF
the Rhineland. a problem toward solu-
tion of which the confrees seemed max
ing progress. Any settlement, however,
would be contingent upon a favorable
decision with reference to the Young
plan itself.
Atmosphere More Optimistic.
The general atmosphere Of the con-
ference was one of more optimism than
yesterday, when the broad Endorsement
of Mr.. SnoWden by Prime Minister Mac
Donald led to fear the British viewpoint
would become only the more uncompro-
missing.
The rumor mongers who are con-
tinuing active had j. P. Morgan here
today as mediator between Snowden
and BRAND. When it was discovered
that Morgan was somewhere else, 1t was
then reported that Thomas w. Lamont
was the parsonage.
Lamont failed to materialize but the
report would not be downed and it is
now said that Lamont is coming to The
Hague but the date of his arrival seems
to be known by no one. All of these
conflicting reports seem to have had
their origin in telephonet conversa-
ton between member Of the Morgan
hrm In Paris and member OF the
French delegation on an entirely differ
ent subject.
AS for Chancellor Snowden, he seems
to have gotten over his hurry to get
home to England, on Saturday he said
he didn't want to spend the rest of his
days in The Hague. Today he said he
still wanted to leave as soon as possible
but that the business here could not be
neglected.