GERMANS OFFENDED

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 866, 9 January 1930, Page 9

GERMANS OFFENDED

M. TARDIEU’S OUTSPOKEN ADDRESS CLAIMS HE WAS MISREPORTED Reed. Noon. THE HACiUE, Wed. A teiwse atmosphere was produced by the publication in Paris of M. Tanlieu’s address to the German delegation. in which, in referring to the Question of guarantees for the execution of the Young Plan, he was reported to have said: “You ask us to have confidence in you, yet you don't seem to have confidence in yourselves. Your attitude leads us to doubt your general capacity to negotiate.” The German delegation requested M. Tardieu for an explanation. M. Tardieu expressed regret that he had given the idea that he had been offensive. He claimed that passages in the address had been incorrectly reported. The Germans accepted the explanation, but demanded that he issue a statement that the passages were not used. The position was very difficult, they said, but they hoped the incident would be satisfactorily settled. The Hague conference has practically reached a deadlock in regard to the date in each month on which the German annuities should be payable; also concerning tbe payment of |he arrears which would accumulate in the ?vent of a moratorium. The German delegates agreed that no separate payments should be made to the United States if payments to the Allies were suspended. M. Moloff (Bulgaria) definitely offered £400,000 as reparation for 36 years from 1931. Roughly that is what Bulgaria is paying at present. M. Loucheur (France) promptly said the offer was not acceptable, but he agreed that it should be a basis for discussion.