POWERS’ MINISTERS REACH THE HAGUE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 1

POWERS’ MINISTERS REACH THE HAGUE.

WORK WILL NOT BE SO ARDUOUS THIS TIME. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received January 4, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, January 3. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Philip Snowden, and the President of the Board of Trade, Mr William Graham, the chief British delegates at the adjourned Reparations Conference, arrived at The Hague this morning. The preliminary session of the conference, due to take place this evening, will be an open session and will be preceded by a private meeting of the delegates of the six Powers to consider the question of procedure. Prior to his departure from London last night, Mr Snowden, in a Press interview, said: “I do not think that our work wiil be as arduous as it was last time. The preparation has been much more thorough, the various committees have got through an immense amount of work, and it is left for the delegates to fit together the loose ends. Among the questions to be considered are ratification of the Young Plan, the international bank scheme, and nonGerman Reparations, but I do not expect that we shall be nearly so busy. The International Bank question is a highly complicated matter, but I think it will be adopted.”

MUST CARRY OUT WHOLE YOUNG PLAN. FRENCH AND BRITISH DELEGATES CONFER. (Received Januarv 4. 11.30 a.m.) THE HAGUE, January 3. Mr Snowden and M. Tardieu privately conferred prior to the preparations for the conference. M. Tardieu in a statement said: “We agreed that the whole Young Plan must be carried out in its entirety.”