The Archive · 1924

Finances: Dominions' Representation

London, July 17.

The three committees appointed by the Allied Conference yesterday are meeting at the Foreign Office this. afternoon to deal: (1) with the problem of German default; (2) with the best way of restoring German economic and fiscal unity; and with methods of transferring German payments from the receiving "body in Berlin to the creditor countries.

The first important result of the Conference that has been reported is the announcement of Mr. Logan, the American observer, that the United States would not object to the apointment of an American repres-tentative on the Reparation Commission in order to establish flagrant wult_ on Germany's part, As the United States Government ts une lable to nominate an American member of the Commission without the consent of Congress, which does not. meet till the autumn, the committee have decided that the American representative should be nominated by the World Court at The Hague. "As regards Dominions representa tion, the consultations are progress sing and it is said to be certain that representation will be arranged in time for the next plenary meeting the Conference—Reuter, THE MANIFOLD USES OF,

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