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Show mm GERMANY VlL DEFY ALLIES AGAIN REPARATION DEMAND TO BE BED Payment of a Billion Marks Gold Before March 23 Is to Be Refused by Berlin BERLIN, Mirch 22 (Dy Aso-riated Aso-riated Tre). Germany'! rvply to the demand of the entente for the payment befori March 23 of ,000,1)00,000 mark gold, to apply on reparations obliaa-tiona, obliaa-tiona, will ba In tha nriratlv. It waa unofficially alatrd today. Tha tirrman (ovrrnmrnl'a anawrr to tha alllra now brlnic draftrd, will ba prrarntrd within forty-eighty hour. i Note Tha alllrd reparation commission. com-mission. In a noia arnt March II demanding de-manding fulfillment by (Irrmany of arllela 23S of tha prara trraty notlftrd tha German government that It muel pay ona billion marka void hrforr March 21, and that aha mtmt romplrtr the paymrnt of twrnly billion niarka auld by Muy I. It waa announced by lha rommiHalon. however, that flrr many had vlriunlly refuaed to pay tha iMtlunre, aaaertln; that tha twenty mil lion marka have already been palil In full. Tha allied rrpreaentattvea atatad that the areateat aum they rould compute com-pute aa having been paid by Oernvany ufralnat thla account rould hardly rearh right hlllion marka hy Muy I. II la therefore, tha Initial paymrnt of 1.000.-000. 1.000.-000. too marka and a halitnc of at traat II.OOu.Aoo.ooo marka that the alllra are demanding ) |