Paris, Jan, 10.
According to a French source, the Allied agreement. provides for' the Viquidation of the Ruhr accounts on the basis of deduction of occupation expenses from the total receipts, The net profit alone, which is est mated at one milliard gold marks, will be set down to the account of all the Allied Powers, IL is acknow-edged that Belgian priority is not entirely extinguished, Belgium still having: to receive one hundred and 20 million gold marks out of the two milliards conceded her.—Belgium consequently will continue for two ears, to September, 1926, to receive 8 per cent. of the annual Dawes scheme payments, after which they will be reduced to 4 per cent, and the residue assigned to the United States, The British und American dele-fates agreed to acknowledge the claim of the United States to a share: of the Dawes payments, under the heading reparations, but sp} 's, from September, 1926, and, nts of payments to. be effected in regard to the discharge of American oceupazion expenses. A lump sum of one hundred and 50 million gold marke fixed for future occupation expenses, is liable to certain reductions.
After allowinee is made for all there priority claims, 84 milliard gold marks remain to meet repor tions out of the Dawes scheme, from which payments France will receive 52 per cent, Mr. Winston Churchill explained ty M. Clementel that the British at titude is to uphold the principles of the Balfour note, affecting a "um of 1M milliard gold marks, but negotiations in regard to this ure not likely to be opened immediately, The discussion of the Inter-Allied debts has not attained the scope pre viously anticipated.
Tt is authoritatively denied that an Anglo-American agreement on Any rican claims ix in any way cones ed with Sir Montagu Norman's gotiations at Washington.—Reuter.
London, Jan, 11, Particulurs of the ment, in principle, were received tov late for comment in Sunday's papers. One paper, however, indicates that everything is not all smooth sailing and that many acrimonious meetings preceded the agreement.
Jan. 12, Commient upon the Allied agreement is generally restrained perd-ing " clarification of the position, but the compromise reached is con: dered quite satisfactory as far as "The Times says that it will be a definite gain if the two main Points on the agenda, namely the allotnient of the Dawes scheme receipts and the disposal of the proceeds from the French and Belgian eceupetion of the Ruhr, do no: recur a future conference—Reuter.
Paris, Jan. 14.
The committee of experts which thas been entrusted with the preparimg of the ground work for the Financial Conference this morning heard the statements of Finance Ministers of smaller Powers, such as Rumania and Serbia, who not participate in the preparation of the preliminary report and wish-Jed to protest against certain points fin the report concerning them. The Jcommittee also heard, Viscount Ishii regard to Shaftung and the Brazilian Ambassador with regard German properties sequestrated in Brazi Commenting on yesterday's mecting of the Inter-Allied Fis Conference, "Lo Petit Parisien' says that Japan demanded 32,000,- (000 gold marks in repayment of her expenses in connexion with the occupation of Shantung.
Journal" says that the United States has apparently accepted in principle a moratorium of five years regard to debts, "Lo Petit Journal" expresses the opinion that the suggestion that France and Italy should surrender a small percentage of th contoes of Germ view to the exti Matin" says that if Great' Britain agrees to take the Balfour: Note as a basis the settlement of the French debt will be combat tively: easy.
In the course of an interview with representative of the "Matin, the Premier, M. Herriot, said that che Financial Conference was carrying on its work under very favour-lable conditions, and the results would certainly be very valuable.
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