Show ERMA FACE fAC C COAL Al i iII SEIZURE II R Allies Serve Notice I of Occupation If the Fuel Deliveries rieSI Fail FaH Await A Reply r SPA July uly 13 A A new crisis I developed in the conference of I i allied and arid German statesmen this I afternoon when the Germans re rejected rejected reo re- the allies' allies compromise prOposal proposal proposal pro pro- for coal deliveries to France A break in the conference conference conference confer confer- ence is threatened i SPA J July ly 13 By Associated Press Press Tho Tho allied prime min min- mm- mm t listers have decided not to insist upon lupon upon the Germans replying to the allied ultimatum regarding coal I d liveries deliveries at 3 p. p m. m today The Germans will be permitted to I defer their reply until tomorrow I The experts in both sides are spending the day reexamining the tho situation Sp SPA A Belgium J July ul 13 P. P The German delegation here today had under consideration consideration consideration con con- a new allied threat of occupation this time in relation to coal deliveries Premier Lloyd George Georgo informed the German foreign minister Herr Simons that tons lons of or coal monthly was the minimum ac acI acceptable ac- ac I to the entente and asked that the German delegation submit Its reply toda today At Delicate Stage i The Th conference has now reached I la a delicate stage The coal conI situation situ situa- tion culminates a series selles of ot I macy clashes It was believed ed II to today ay the various questions question can cannot cannot cannot not be settled before Friday i Premiers and Lloyd Lloyd I George were reported to ha have e de de- de to adopt eyer every means to toa a agree ree on Indemnities before termInating terminating ter ter- ter- ter the conference The reparations problem will be betaken betaken betaken taken up today after the allies have hn received the German reply to the tho coal coat ultimatum Allied and German experts will present in indemnities indemnities in- in plans to the conference Concession Granted The allied demands for tons of coal monthly wa was a com com- ic coming after the original proposal that Germany deliver dell tons Herr Simons declared declared de de- de- de dared that Germany German would a agree rec recto to delivery of ot tons lons and would Increase this amount on n R sliding scale The Tho British premier Informed Simons tons monthly was the best besl concession the allies could grant The Germans were not expected to accept the ultimatum The reparations question Is bly bh tied lied up with the coal problem and until settlement of the th lh latter the tho conference can enn take no no action on OTt the former I Angry B Belgians Attack German Delegates SPA July 13 An An attack upon tile the members member of or tho the German delegation delegation dele dole gation attending tho the Spa conference confer confer- I conter-I ence enco was averted today when the carried out a strategic retreat and sped aped away In motor motor- cars The trouble began when whon a Belgian Bel Bel- glen gian officer whose treatment In Ina a a. German prison camp during th tho war still rankled in his mind gO got Into an n n argument with a a. German attached to the Touton delc tIon The Belgian finally tru Continued on pages page 2 Jf J I f GE GERMANS FACE Continued from page paso I 1 the German with his flat fiat About a t score of or Germans who had come into town from the Germans' Germans headquarters on the outskirts of or Spa interfered A crowd gathered gathered gath Sath ered and was menacing the Germ Germ Germans Ger Ger- m mans ns when the latter fled down aside a a. abide side bide street to their waiting motorcars motorcars motorcars motor motor- cars and nd disappeared arrests No-arrests No arrests were made nor did the authorities seek tho the names ames of or those involved Formal Protest Filed Chancellor Fahrenbach head of ot the German delegation made formal for for formal mal mill protest to the Belgian gov- gov this afternoon and and was wae that an investigation would be made Further detail of at i the incident revealed led that Herr Hen correspondent of the official 1 Wolff Volt Agency of ot Germany 1 was was s injured In in- inthe the head T The crowd of Germans ns that had to flee Included Dr Dernburg one of or orth th best known n publicists In Germany Germ Ger- Ger m mn many ny and Herr von Eckhardt a prominent Hamburg Hambur editor |