Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28
SEE PREPARATIONS
SETTLEMENT HOPE
Proposed Change of Annui-
ties Payment Date May Avoid
Expected Failure.

PARIS. May % CP). - The repara-
tons conference, which seemed in a
coma until the past "a hours. was
showing signs of reviving today and
statisticians and accountants of the
committee were hard att work f1gur-
ing on different combinations by which
it was hoped a final failure Of the
committee to solve the reparations
problem may be avoided.
It has been proposed to date the
application of the annuities suggested
by owen D. Young from September
instead of April. This would give the
creditors five months more of payments
under the Dawes plan, or 350,000.000
marks (about $84,000,000) more than
under the first Young annuity, If dated
from April.
New Combinations Discussed.
Two other combinations also were
being discussed and figured on, but
early this afternoon nothing like an
agreement had developed.
Failure, in mere or less explicit
| terms, would have been written into
the report of the experts committee
yesterday, but for last-minute renewal
of determination by the delegates to
have one more try at the problem
which has baffled them for nearly 16
weeks.
Ensuing efforts devolved principally
around the German objections to hav-
| ing the settlement which this commit
| tee is debating become effective now, be-
| fore they will have concluded their pay
ments under the old Dawes plan.
Rearrsngement Difficult.
Inasmuch as the creditor nations had
| depended upon this dlplicity OF payment
! for this one year at least to- cover GER
| tain items in their claims for which in
| sufficient allowances was made in the
compromise annuity figures of Owen d.
| Young, American chairman of the con-
| ference, a rearrangement to meet the
! German inSiStent demands appeared
difficult.
1t was exactly this. however, which
was being attempted, those wheel horse
| delegates upon whom has fallen the
brunt of calculation and compilation
seeking to spread at various spots in the
Young figures the amounts which would
have beed received in the overlapping
| payment.
In some quarters there was optimism
as to the outcome Of their efforts, al
though the optimism seemed based on
the necessity for an agreement for all
concerned rather than on good and
sound reasons why an agreement was
likely to be achieved.
Complications Arise.
/ In French circles it was observed to-
day that everybody, including DR.. HAL
mar Schacht, the German spokesman,
was doing his best to avert the rupture
which seemed already to beset the con-
ference early yesterday when the re-
newed efforts began.
There was one more complicating fea-
| ture, however. That was the result OF
the Belgian elections Sunday when the
Liberal government was strengthened in
Office and It's insistence on annuities
from Germany to cover the depreciation
of currency due to German issues dur
| ing occupation was bolstered.
| Visits Country.
DR.. Schacht, chief German delegate
at the conference, today went to get
a breath of fresh air at the country
home of a friend outside Paris. His de-
parture aroused reports in Berlin that
he had departed on mission to the
Rhineland.
Headquarters Of the German delega-
ton declared that DR.. Schacht could re-
turn to Paris within half an hour at
any time necessary. He had found the
heat wave in Paris oppressive and
sought cool spot while awaiting call
from the allied experts.