REPARATIONS.
AN UNPUBLISHED ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT. By Telegraph.-Press Assn.—Copyright, Paris, Sept. 20. The Matin discloses a hitherto unpublished agreement between Mr. Lloyd George and M. Clemenceau in December, 1919. The Matin comments: “One can understand why M. Clemenceau never published the agreement. The French public will find that the convention, which was concealed immediately it wae signed, if not disastrous, was criminal. It was agreed that the British an! French Governments should not appoint a Minister to represent them at the Reparations Commission. The role of the duties of president of the Commission would be defined in an annexed note. The secretary-general of the Commission was to be an Englishman. Payment from Germany were to be ear-marked for, firstly, the cost of the armies of occupation and supplies of raw material made to Germany under the treaty; secondly, for the payment of Belgian priority claims. When these allotments had been made all payments from Germany would be divided between Britain and France in the ratio of 11 to 5. Britain was to support the selection of a Frenchman for the presidency of the Reparations Commission.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1921, Page 5
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184REPARATIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1921, Page 5
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