THE SPA CONFERENCE
FRESH GERMAN PROPOSALS London, July 15. Reports frjm Spa state that the Germans presented a note, signifying conditional acceptance of the Allies' terms' which the Allies are considering ■ Germany agrees to supply two million tons of coal monthly for six months, provided that the Allies withhold the occupation of Ruhr and that a mixed commission of Entente and German experts proceeds.to Essen immediately to study and supervise the feeding of miners and workmen, that Germany be given a credit for the purchase of food and that Germany receive the future output of the Upper Silesian mines or alternatively 1,500,000 tons of coal monthly. The Allies propose to pay five marks a ton for coal above the treaty price. They will occupy Ruhr on November 15th if deliveries are short.
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Te Puke Times, 20 July 1920, Page 3
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