Britain Not Yet Committed as to Distribution of Payments London; July 25.
"In the essence, we are called on to foot the Dill" declared the Rt. Hon, David Lloyd George, lender of the Liberal Party, when initiate ing the debate this evening in the House of, Commons_on the. Oven Young Reparations Scheme.
"Quite so," agreed the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, " He emphasized, however, that the Government is in no wise' committed to acceptance of the Owen Young plan, whereby, he said, Great Britain would just get enough to pay her annual payments of interest to America, whereas Frante, after meeting her debt payments, would have an annual surplus of £21,000,000, while all other creditors of Germany would likewise havea surplus, The Chancellor of the Exchequer declared that Great Britain had agreed to the scale of German an-unities laid down in the Owen Young plan, but would have a Tot to say regarding their distribution, because Britain had reached the units of concession, Her sacrifices hed been magnanimous, generous, and quixotic, and there would be no more which a determined maw could prevent.
The Reparations Conference Suly Bt.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Snowden, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Arthue Henderson and Mr. W. Graham, President of the Board of Trade, will represent Gvent Britain at The Hague Reparations Conference which meets on August 5—Reuter,
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