REPARATIONS PLAN

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 229, 27 August 1929, Page 7

REPARATIONS PLAN

POWERS’ LATEST OFFER.' BRITAIN NOTIFIES REJECTION. MILLION SHORT OF NEEDS. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association). Received August 27, 10.0 a.m. THE HAGUE. Aug. 26. The delegates of the four Powers worked throughout the night and in the early hours of this morning completed a new written otter. The Powers intimated that it was their last word. Britain to-day notified her rejection of the offer, which is £100,000,000 short of British needs. It is expected that the conference lyill be adjourned without result tomorrow. (Australian Press Association —United Service). Received August 27, 10.10 a.m. THE HAGUE, Aug. 26. It i 9 officially announced that Mr Snowden has turned down the latest offer of the four Powers. DELIVERIES IN KIND. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 25. Reports from The Hague again tako a hopeful view of the situation, owing to the fact that another postponement of the conference of six Powers was agreed to yesterday, following a request by Mr Snowden for further particulars, and a written statement of the offer made verbally on Friday by the Belgian Prime Minister, M. Jaspar. Dr Stresemann this afternoon attended a meeting of the four Powers held to consider the draft of this written offer. The meeting had not concluded at nine o’clock last night, when it was adjourned until this morning. The reports state that considerable progress has been made with regard tf deliveries in kind, and although a coir plete agreement has not yet been react ed, there has been an appreciable im provement as to the amount of British coal which’ltaly will undertake to receive from Britain as part of her coal imports.