ALLIED CONFERENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1924, Page 2

ALLIED CONFERENCE.

pItEUTEHS 'J EI.EOHA.MS.J ALLIED TERMS ACCEPTED. LONDON, Aug. 10. The Frauco-Relgian and the German delegates failed to reach an agreement and thev have adjourned till . to-mor-row, w lieu favourable results are hoped for. LONDON. Aug. 10. It is understood that the German reply to the French proposals accepts the principle of an evaeiatiou ot the Ruhr after one year, hut it invites modifications in the details. LONDON. Aug. 17). The German reply has done nothing to relieve immediate doubts as to the fate of the Conference. The reply, received this afternoon, from Berlin, is a long document, which took three hours to decide. It is stated to he ot an indefinite nature, necessitating a lltrther interchange of views. SERIES OF CONFERENCES. LONDON, August 10. Many interviews followed the receipt from Berlin of the seven thousand word message containing the Germans’ replv, alter which, the German delegates it is believed, paid informal calls to .Mr MacDonald and Mr Kellog. explaining that the Berlin Government was agreeable to the Ruhr being evacuated in twelve months’ time, on condition that all the Allies, or anyone of them, shall guarantee the granting of a lort.v million loan lor Germany.

It is understood that Mr MacDonald replied that the loan was purely a matter for the Allied hanking inler-

The Germans replied that, in those circumstances, it- would l«- necessary for some of the delegates to return to Berlin. Ml- MacDonald merely remarked: “Well, give my compliments to President Ebert.' Later oil, the Germans conferred with M. I lerriot (French Premier) and M. Thcuuis (Belgian Premier). This meeting broke up at ten o'clock, after which M. 1 lerriot is-ued a communique that the Conference bail adjourned until Saturday. Tim French Premier added:—"The conversation gave hope of a lavourablo result." The German delegation issued a .iuiihtr statement, except that they used the phrase "positive result." It was stated, at a late hour, that the Germans had withdrawn their demand for a more definite guarantee that the loan of L‘ 10.000,000 will he forthcoming, and it also was stilted that it is known that considerable pro"rcss Ims been made on the other

points. It is understood that the (ioniums nsl;. firstly, for :i \vitlnlrawal from the Itnlir ports of Dttsseldorf. Dirisliurj', mul llttlirorl; secondly for u pledge hy the I'lvuch to endeavour to complete the general evacuation of flic linin' hy the fifteentli of April next : thirdly, thnt the occupation of the remainin'* linin' areas shall become as invisible :is possible

LONDON. Au-. Hi. Reports from Berlin I'onlirm <-or immy's acceptance of the oiler ol n Ruhr evacuation in one year, '|Ualilieil by tin. reservations already indicated. The "Daily Telegraph” says: '1 lie London Conference has been saved. Dermany protests, hut she accepts. WHEN KVACCATION START’S. LONDON, An-. Hi. The negotiations between the Eranco-Belgian delegates and the (>er man delegates to-day resulted in an agreement that the town and district of Dortmund lie evacuated the day after tile si-nature of the protocol at the end of August, and aho the other districts oiciipicd during the lluhr occupation ; hut the Hulir iiselt is to lie evacuated in a year. Tile final meeting ol tin* ( onlerioieo i, l.eio- 1.e1.l tills evening. The Dormans probably will return to Merlin to-morrow. The Reichstag will meet oil August 1:1st. LONDON. An-. Id. It is understood that an agreement I.'tween the l , ’rench and the Derieau delegations was reached during the night. The Dermatts took note of the French demands 'without reco-nising the legality of the Ruhr occupation: A later statement is to the <‘llecl that the agreement reached by the Conlerctice has been initialled.

SIGNATIRES ON 30th AEG I'ST. :Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 17 The Allied Conference agreement will l.e formally signed on the 30th .August alter their ratilieation by the Era mo-Germau Parliaments. ('erre-poiuleiiee of the h raneo-Rel-gian and. Gernuin delegations, dated li'ih August, show - that M. Herriot, ,M. Theunis and M. Hymans promise the evacuation id the Ruhr within a maximum of twelve months, it the London agreements are carried out in a spirit of good iaitli and paeilieatiim. They also agree, the day after final signature, to evacuate the DortniundHocrde zone and territories outside the Ruhr occupied since 11th January li)3;t. in older to give immediate and spontaneous proof of their desire for peace and confidence ill the undertaking- freely entered into. Il is understood the Allies agreed to immediate negotiation- with Germany for commercial treaties. PROTOCOL SIGNED. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON. Aug. 17. The Foreign Office reports that last night’s lercmony shows the protocol of the London Conference wa- finally signed, hut the annexed agreements uere merely initialled and tlie-e will be signed on 30th August, alter submission to the French and German Parliaments. ( EI!MAN NATIONALISTS REJECT. RERUN, Aug. 17. The Nationalist- publish a declaration rejecting the London (■otllprnllli'O. ITALIAN FLIGHT. (Received this day at 5.30 a.m.) RERUN. Aug. 17. Reykjavik Locatelli ha- arrived from Horuatjord and hopes to proceed with the American world flyers, possibly on .Monday. He says that if he experiences insurmountable difficulties in Greenland he will return to Italy by the same route. The present flight is preparatory to on Italian attempt to t!v in the North Pole in 103 b.