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SETTLEMENT OF WAS DjpBTS. LONDON, September 3It is understood that the British Government will gladly acquiesce in the suggestion of France to summon an Allied Conference to discuss the inter-Allied war indebtedness. It conaiders the opportunity favourable tor a final settlement of the differences of Britain and France regarding reparations and war debts. M. Poincare’s statement that Britain overcharged France for military and other supplies is repudiated. In any case, this man infinitesimal portion of the debt. Probably the British reply to M. Poincare’s Note will remind France of the charges against the British troops defending France, including the transfer of British troops onFrench railways, and compensation paid by Britain to French farmers for damage to fields. GERMANY’S DEBT. FRANCE WILL NOT ACCEPT REDUCTION. PARIS, September 3. Herr Klotz, former French Finance Minister, has asked M. Poincare if the eventual reduction of Germany’s exterior charges, as mentioned in the Reparations Commission’s decision. Would affect French claims. M. Poincare replied that he would not accept any reduction in Germany’s debt to France.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11307, 5 September 1922, Page 5
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