“NO EARTHQUAKE"

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 747, 21 August 1929, Page 9

“NO EARTHQUAKE"

BRIAND UNDERSTANDS SNOWDEN GERMANY SEEKS CLARITY (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 1.15 p.m. LONDON, Tuesday. “No lightning, no thunder, no earthquake, and the conference continues. I understand Mr. Snowden, and he understands me,” said M. Briand, French Premier, as he left the hotel where he met Mr. Snowden. It is understood that Dr. Stresemann wants to clarify Germany’s position if The Plague Conference ends without agreement. The question is, will Germany after September ID pay under the Young plan or the Dawes plan? It is believed that in view of the experts’ report, Dr. Stresemann will announce that Germany is unable to pay more than the Young plan demands. ITALY UNBENDING A DEFINITE STATEMENT “PLAN AS A WHOLE” (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) THE HAGUE, Tuesday. Signor Mosconi, chief of the Italian delegation, in a statement said that Italy was as desirous as other nations in respect to agreement, but failed to see the reason why only those disadvantageous to her should be honoured, while those advantageous were set aside. If the Young Plan were rejected Italy has’ many claims to bring forward. During the first 27 years the Young Plan assigns Italy less than she is entitled to. , Italy insists on the acceptance of the Young Plan as a whole. The statement is believed to have emanated from Signor Mussolini, with whom the delegation is in constant communication. PROPOSALS TO BRITAIN British Official Wireless Reed. 11 a.m. RUGBY, Tuesday. The situation at The Hague remains substantially unchanged. The financial experts are continuing their examination of the proposals made to the British delegation on Friday, with the object of assessing their precise value. The British delegation considered them unlikely, at best, to yield more than one-quarter of the annual sum o£ £2,450,000, which is required to satisfy the British claim regarding the restoration of the Spa percentages. Last evening the political chiefs met again to continue the Rhineland discussion, and, according to correspondents, the British position was restated, to the effect that the British troops in any case will begin withdrawal next month. Today the heads of the delegations were meeting over the luncheon table as the guests of Dr. Jonkheer F. Beelaerts Van Blokland, the Dutch Foreign Minister. A meeting took place today at Tho Hague between Mr. Philip Snowden, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, and M. Aristide Briand, the French Prime Minister. An official communique states: —“M. Briand, accompanied by M. Loucheur and Mr. Snowden, with whom was Mr. F. W. Leith Ross, British Deputy Controller of Finance, took tea in the apartment of M. Adatchi, the Japanese delegate, and had a general exchange of views, pending the report of the technical experts, with a view to bringing their respective standpoints into closer agreement.” In acquiescence with the request of Dr. Gustav Stresemann, the German Foreign Minister, a meeting will take place tomorrow between the representatives of France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Japan and Germany.