Evening star., 1932-07-07
Official Announcement Says
ReparationS Accord Also
Is Lacking.
DECLARES NEGOTIATIONS
TO CONTINUE TOMORROW
Won Papen Denies Herriot and He
Reached Formula, as Pre-
viously Reported.
By the Assnciated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July L
In the midst Of conflicting rumors OF
a settlement of difficulties between
France and Germany, Chancellor Won
Papen left a conference with Prime
Minister Macdonald this evening and
said the difficulties had not yet been
Strengthened out.
Shortly afterward an official an
nouncement said the days conversa-
tions had not solved the reparations
and war guilt" issues and that the
negotiations would be continued tomor-
row.
1t had been reported earlier that
France and Germany had agreed on q
formula settling the war guilt" issue
by writing into the treaty, which will
close the reparationS conference here, a
phrase to the effect that it completely
replaces all previous reparations agree
ments."
The treaty of Versailles. in the article
dealing with reparations, requires Ger
many to assume the blame for the
World War. This stigma has been
more irritating to Germany than any
other part Of the treaty.
The reported compromise on this
formula was said to have been matched
by an agreement that Germany will
make a final payment on reparations
of just under 5000, 900, 0O0 marks, which
amounts to about $750,000,000.
Principal Points of Treaty.
1t was understood that the principal
points OF the treaty are these:
IA document recording whatever
reparations agreement may be reached
PA gentlemen's agreement linking
reparations with Europe's debts to
America
3-A debt agreement among the
European nations.
A letter to Germany explaining
the gentlemens agreement.
1t was learned today that a debts
agreement between England and Italy
and England and France which was re-
ported yesterday provides that Italy and
France will not be required to pay in
staIments on their debts to England
pending ratification OF such agreements
as may be reached here.
Text of Accord COmpIeted.
The text of the final agreement was
practically complsted this afternoon ex-
cept for the filing in Of the actual
figures still to be agreed upon.
A conference of the six leading powers
last night, which was intended to last
all night If necessary to bring about a
settlement, broke up after Is minutes
and spokesmen for France and Germany
expressed themselves pessimistically
over the outcome.
A large stumbling block for French
agreement, it was learned, was a plan
for a six-power consultative pact on the
political questions urged by Macdonald
and Won Papen, but to which Premier
Herriot refused to agree
The text of this clause follows:
'The governments of Belgium, France,
Germany, Italy, Great Britain and
Japan hereby agree not to raise any
political questions affecting interests
common to any two or more of them
and arising out Of treaties as an in
strument TO which they are parties,
without preliminary friendly consulta-
tion with view to agreeing on the
manner in which such questions should
be treated"
Before the short-lved conference lest
night the belief had prevailed that
most of the points of great difference
between the French and Germans had
been ironed out. Germany was be-
lieved to have won victory in secur-
ing a proposal that the Treaty of
Versailles, as far as it concerned
reparations, was abrcgated.
The amount Germany would be
called upon to pay in final settlement
OF reparations claims was not entirely
settled as the delegates sat down, but
this was not considered serious.
Last Tuesday Prime Minister Mac
Donald served a virtual ultimatum on
the other conferees that a settlement
must be reached by today for he in
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