Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-24
SNOWDEN WANTS ACTION.
Tells Jaspar British Have Nearly Come
to End of Patience.

THE HAGUE. August "a lP).-Philip
Snowden, British chancellor OF the
eXchenuer and storm center of The
Hague reparations conference, again
moved into the forefront Of the deliber-
ations today with a letter to Henri Jas
par. Belgian premier, in which he de-
clared the British delegation had exer-
cised nearly all the patience at its COM
mand in debating Britain's demands for
q larger share Of Young plan payments
with her four wartime allies.
Mr.. Snowden said there must be
final decision one way or the other
without further delay in stating the
British position for the fourth time &c
his colleagues Of the allied delegations.
He cut short a conversation OF the
British with the four other creditor
powers, which were counting on con-
cessions by Germany to make possible
an increase in the British share OF
reparations. making clear that Great
Britain had no desire to have her de-
mands satisfied by further sacrifice on
the part of Germany.
Delegates Gloomy.
Pessimism deepened to gloom at The
Hague as the contents Of the letter be-
came known this afternoon.
Is AL OtCk, Wdo OkiC SOAhAACAs "a
French circles. sWe cannot go on con-
tinually making offers which are in
variably met with the single word No y
Chancellor Snowden declared in his
letter that reports were false which
said that he desired or had solicited a
concession from the Germans to make
up the sum necessary to give back to
the British their Spa percentage OF the
payments.
He emphasized the fact that the
British delegation could not take at
their allies estimates the verbal offers
which have been made him during the
past week in variously AMENDED 1orms'
Urges Discussion.
He reminded the other creditor pow
erS that time was passing and that
there could not be much further delay
in coming to a decision.
A meeting of the six inviting powers
which had been previously postponed
from 4 pm. to 6 pm, pending examina-
ton of the chancellor's letter, was I'm
ally abandoned when the text became
known.
There will be no further conference
of those powers until Mr.. Snowden has
received and passed upon the written
proposals with which the four other
creditors intended to confirm their
verbal offers.
The next important meeting sched-
uled for the conference remains the
plenary session of Monday, but doubts
were expressed it would even be held.
Look to Two Leaders.
The conference today looked to two
men to save it from disaster which
may irritate Europe for decades to
come.
These two men were Premier BRAND
and Gustav Stresemann, German for
eign minister, both of whom expect to
leave The Hague for their capitals
Monday evening to prepare for the Sep
tember meeting of the Assembly Of the
League of Nations.
For nearly three weeks the hope of
the government delegations assembled
here has been that Chancellor Snow
den would recede from his demands for
a larger share Of German reparations
and for other concessions.
With Mr.. Snowden's refusal yester-
day of an offer by France. Italy, Bel
gium and Japan Of IS per cent (French
estimate) of the amount demanded by
Mr.. Snowden, the national delegates
today recognized that If failure is moi
to be written of the meeting here 1t
is up to the two principal leaders op-
posed to Mr.. Snowden to prevent 1t.
Britain's Demands.
! what Great Britain asks is "A, 900 ,O0t
marks annually (about $11 SOC, ,000) In
excess of what the Young plan allots
from German reparations. a change ir
the Young plan to prevent excessive
payments In kind, and an increase in
unconditional German payments to bf
credited to the London account.
In expecting M. BRAND and DR.
Stresemann to relent from their stand
that these demands simply cannot be
met, the conferees here hold that Il
win be easier to find way to meet Mr.
Srlowden's demands than 1t win be tC
60 home and face the French Chamber
and German Reichstag without having
put the Young plan into, effect. !.
Evacuation of the Rhineland ts
contingent upon acceptance OF the
Young plan by. the governments and
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