REPARATIONS.

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REPARATIONS.

1 SUGGESTED COMPROMISE. URGENT MESSAGE TO BRITISH CABINET. 8* CABLB—PBESS ASSOCIATION-COPYBIGHT (Eeeeived Jan. 5, 11.15 a.m.) PARIS, Jan. 4. The Italian delegation assumed the Tolo of conciliators and drafted a plan endeavouring to combine important points of the French and British schemes. When the conference resumed Signor Torreta submitted a compromise. It is believed that the French are unlikely to accept. Diplomatic circles opine that Britain will withdraw from the Reparations Commission if a rupture of the Entente results from the conference. A special courier left Paris by aeroplane at two o'clock, bearing an important despatch froiu Mr Bouar Law ■to Cabinet.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn;