United States to be Represented at Coming Conference London, July 3.
France, Belgium, Italy and Japan have accepted" invitations to the: Allied Conference in London July 16. The United States hag. aso accepted another form of invita: is intended: that all States interested in reparations should have ah opportunity of attending, but the question of invitations has not yet been decided. The question of the Dominions is also being dis-
Paris, July 4.
The terms of the British invitation to the Inter-Allied Conference, which specify the bases of the proposed discussion, have offended French official circles, judging from a statement, issued' by the Quai Orsay, declaring that the British memorandum binds nobody but the authors, It adds that the French Government intend to preserve complots Mberty of action with regard to the suggestions, with which the British Voreign Oflice has accom panied its invitation without first consulting Paris, Tt points out that France is free before and at the conference to submit any proposals it likes, whether in harmony with the British suggestions or not Reuter.
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