EXPERTS CONFER

Evening Star, Issue 20253, 14 August 1929, Page 9

EXPERTS CONFER

REPARATIONS PROBLEM FRAHCO-ITALIAH CONCESSIONS PROBABLE Prtis Association—By Telegraph-—Copyright LONDON, August 13. When The Hague Conierencc resumes on, Wednesday, ,M. Loucheur (France) will deal witlr reparations in kind, giving further time lor conversations on other matters. The ‘ Daily Herald’s ’ correspondent at The Hague says that the reason why Mr .Snowden agreed to an adjournment was,/ because he was convinced that the conversations which are now proceeding between the financial experts provide a good enough basis for negotiations and indicate a willingness on the part of the French and the Italians to waive their claims to certain sums not definitely indicated in the Young Plan in order to restore to Great Britain the amount she loses under the present distribution of annuities. According to a French forecast, published in the ‘ Daily Telegraph,’ an effort will be made to increase the British share of the payments from Germany by £2,000,000. —Australian Press Association. RHINELAND EVAC U ATiON. BRITISH TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN. LONDON, August 13. The diplomatic writer of the ‘ Daily Telegraph’ says he is able to state authoritatively that the British troops will be withdrawn from the Rhineland before the end of the year, irrespective of the decision of The Hague Conference—Australian Press Association. FRENCH PRESS COMMENT. PARIS, August 13. Press comments reveal a more conciliatory attitude toward Britain’s demands. ,

One journal reported an interview with Mr Snowden, who said; “You ask how to surmount tho difficulties. The reply is: ‘ Give England the feeling that she is no longer being xinfairly treated. I consider that what she asks is her due.’ ” The 1 Matin,’ while opposing the total recasting of the Young Plan, nevertheless declared it was not hostile to steps being taken to satisfy Eng l land within the limits of the plan. The ‘ Avenir ’ peremptorily asks; “ Does Mr Snowden persist in demanding a revision of the annuities at our expense? If he does, then we remind M. Briand and hi. Cheron that there are excellent trains from The Hague.” -Australian Press Association. DELIVERIES IN KIND. EFFORT TO MEET BRITAIN’S CLAIMS. THE HAGUE, August Id. (Received August 14, at 10 a.in.) With the financial and political Commissions not sitting, tho French, Belgian, and Italian delegates are privately exploring methods for meeting Britain’s claims for a reduction of deliveries in kind. One of the proposals being discussed is that of offering Britain £1,500,000 of the £2,600,000 surplus under the Young Plan allocated to the service of the International Bank. France and Belgium are understood to have agreed to this offer, hut the Italians have not yet consented.—Australian Press Association. OBJECTIONS JUSTIFIED. MR SNOWDEN’S ACTION SUPPORTED. NEW YORK, August Id. (Received August 14, at 10 a.m.) Addressing the Institute of Politics at Williamstown (Massachusetts) today, Mr Herbert Heaton, of the University of Minnesotaa. native of England, declared that ,Mr Snowden was justified in his objections to tho desertion of the Spa percentages and the distribution of the unconditional German payments. In his demand for the abolition of payment in kind, however, Mr Heaton said he believed that the British spokesman was “on less firm ground.” In making a demand for Spa restoration Mr Snowden merely wished to get the money which would recoup England for the sums already 'paid to America, ns the sums still owing were provided for in the Young report. Ho declared that the Chancellor’s demand for a larger share of the unconditional annuities was also justifiable, as should _ Germany be unable to pay her annuities hi full in any year, “surely all the creditors should sutler equally in that event. If. on the other hand, Germany was able to pay regularly and in full, France would have lost nothing by admitting England’s right to a larger share of the unconditional payments.”—-Australian Press Association.

POSSIBIIIfTY OF RUPTURE ■ POSTPONED. THE HAGUE, August 13. (Received August 14, at 1.30 p.m.) The possibility of a rupture in the conference is believed to have been indefinitely postponed, and it -is thought that a solution will be found within a week. —-Austrah an Pres? Association.