Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-03-06 | Page 8 | Simons Has Free Hadn to Sign

IE I1D TO SIGH Chancellor of Germany Says Minister Will Go Beyond His Instructions Instruc-tions in the Matter BERMNr March- SWOk aKsV rift, ri-ft, on s, our foreign minister, haa not signed and he will not sign.1 Chancellor Dr. Fehrenback made this statement in the reichatag tonight to-night as ha stated tha German position posi-tion toward tha allies' reparations demands. de-mands. "The cabinet," ha continued, "agrees that it is inadvisable to announce but little at present regarding the London negotiations, the purpose beinn not to embarrass Or. Simons, possibly disturbing dis-turbing the negotiations." Tha chancellor declared Dr. Simons was empowered to commit the German Ger-man people to possible, payment a and . not eaceasive demanda. LONDON. March ft (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press). A private conference 'was held st 11 o'clock today between Premier Lloyd George, Premier Briand of France, and Dr. Walter Simons, tha German foreign minister at the reai-dence reai-dence of Carl Curzon, the foreign minister. min-ister. The conference was arranged by Lord D'Abernon. British minister to Germany. BERLIN, March S (By the Associated As-sociated Press). Chancellor Fehrerjbach informed, the reicha-tag reicha-tag today that the cabinet did not propose to interfere with Dr. IHImona. the German foreign aecretary. land hia fellow delegate, to the London reparatlnna conference. He declared the cabinet waa confident the foreign aecretary would make every effort to negotiate within the limit aet. "In accordance with the directlona approved by the reichatag," the chancellor chan-cellor aaid. "Dr. Simon, waa authorised to with. old- hla aignature--from -anv -ohllgatlona which the Herman people will be unable to fulfill. Thee in-etrurtiona in-etrurtiona will not be changed." He declared -he wa. convinced the German people would acknowledge the aignature of their agent If it covered an obligaticn which, after a moat careful care-ful Inveatlratlon, proved it did not go beyond the limit of poaaihle achievement, achieve-ment, but that the German people would be equally firm in eupporting their envoy. If they refused to sign a document which exacted fulfillment of an impoulble demand.