STORY OF HAGUE CONFERENCE.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19715, 4 September 1929, Page 11

STORY OF HAGUE CONFERENCE.

; MR SNOWDEN DESCRIBES NEGOTIATIONS. ! TARDY YIELDING TO BRITISH 1 DEMANDS. I J (UNITED T&ESS ASSOCIATION—BT ELECTBIC TILISBRAPH -COPTXIGHT.) j (Bee-eived September Brd, 8.10 p.m.) | LONDON, September 2. "This is London calling the British Empire,'' was the announcer's intimation when the British Chancellor, Mr Philip Snowden, took the microphone at 9.5 to-night, to describe The Hague Conference on Reparations. Mr Snowj den's story was largely a recapitulation of the events already described, j but he disclosed that on the final night, I at 8.45, he put down, under six heads, i Great Britain's minimum demands. | "The Belgian Prime Minister, M. i Jaspar, who was acting as intermcdiI ary, returned in half an hour with an j advance of £100,000," Mr Snowden continued. ' "I said: 'At the same rate of proj gress you will reach our demi;:<is by midnight.' ; "M- Jaspar returned in a quarter of | an hour with another £50,000. I said: j 'Yoh are doing first rate —be not woary i in well-doing.'

"He said: 'I cannot do more —you have emptied our pockets.' "In a kindly way I said: 'Ho through your pockets again, and be sure you find enough to meet what is between us.'

"M. Jaspar replied: 'You ar« too hard. I have never seen a man like you; you are what we, in our country, would call a type. "Someone had a brain-wave, and we got what we wanted at midnight, and the Conference was saved."

In closing, Mr Snowden said: "I think it will make a profound impression on our relations in Europe. There will be no reversion to the spineless policy of recent years. We have reasserted Britain's rights in international agreements, and we have *vou the respeet of other Powers. It will liberate the countries of Europe to pursue economic reconstruction, and, above all, it has brought a new spirit into international policy, and will help to bring that peace which people so passionately desire.''—Australian Press Association United Service. MR SNOWDEN AT DOWNING STREET. (BRITISH OJTICIAX. V/IBKLMS.) RUGBY, September 2. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Philip Snowden, who was accorded an enthusiastic reception on his return to London from The Hague yesterday morning, will, during the Prime Minister's absence at Geneva, keep in close touch with Government business at the Prime Minister's official residence in Downing Street. In a statement issued last night Mr Snowden, on behalf of the delegation, says that The Hague Conference realised their best hopes.

GERMAN RECEPTION OP YOUNG PLAN.

NATIONALIST DEMONSTRATIONS (Beceived September 3rd, 11-50 p.m.) LONDON, September 3. The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" says: "Taking his s:;and at Wurzburg beside the monument of Arminius, who led the Germanic tribes against the Roman legions, Herr Alfred Hugenberg, the Nationalist Leader, inaugurated a campaign planned to culminate in a referendum against the Young Plan. Pointing to the sword of Arminius he declared that Germany's sword had been snatched away and would not be restored by the world until their hearts were again strong. "A Bavarian Party speaker said the fight for freedom roust be waged both against the enemy on the Bhine, and at home.

"The 'Steel Helmet' Party's representative demanded 'the inculcation of the military idea,' and avowed his faith in the sword.

"Numerous similar Nationalist and Fascist demonstrations were held against the Yonng Plan and the 'war guilt lie,' including parades of the 'Steel Helmets.'

"The Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria, who has been notable for the previous moderation of his public utterances, in a speech at Munich attacking the Young Plan, uttered a warning against driving the Germans to desperation and Bolshevism. "Nevertheless, German sentiment is undoubtedly in favour of The Hague settlement. The Government has received numerous messages of congratulation, notably from the Bhineland, where the German Commissar for the Occupied Territory declared: 'We have now arrived at a new starting point of world history, enabling the Germans to know when they will be free.' " "The Times" Cables.