THE REPARATIONS.

Grey River Argus, 21 July 1923, Page 5

THE REPARATIONS.

BRITAIN’S INTEREST. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received July 20 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 19. The draft of the British reply to the German Note has bo>n completed. The Cabinet is now considering the details. Mr Baldwin, in the House of Commons, stated that Britain is still receiving from the Operations Recovery Act more than sufficient to meet the cost of her Army of Occupation on the Rhine. NEW GERMAN OFFER. CONDITIONAL CAPITULATION. PARIS, July 19. The Quai d’Orsay icarns that Germany is negotiating with London, and that she promises capitulation, if England asks her, and at the same time requests France to reduce her troops in the Ruhr, and to change the character of the occupation, by allowing the Germans to conduct the civil administration there. The French Foreign Office, however, points out that France will not hold out any inducements to obtain a cessation of the passive resistance.