Show ENGLAND AND FRANCE ClASH Battle for Trade of Late Enemy Causes Greatest Greate t Sensation Since Armist Armistice Armistic ce Weekly Tells Story By Universal Service PARIS Aug 13 The Tho greatest son son- Uon the war has been caused by liy revelations In the tho ParisIan Paris Farla- tan Ian an weekly that Franco France ant and England are arc engaged In a homeric battle tho the prize of ot which will be a commercial alliance with Germany According to tho the opposing parties arc are Lord d'Abernon British ambassador nt fit Berlin BerHn and Louis L Lou Lou- u- u cheur cheu r French reconstruction rn minister The two men can be bo summed up as as' follows Edgar VInce Vinco Lord d'Abernon Is nota not nota a diplomat by career but a n. financier For many Thany years he lie directed the Ottoman Ottoman Otto man bank banle In thc thenea orient for which services he secured his title For twenty-eight twenty years cars financial councillor councillor coun coun- to the government of oC Eg Egypt pt from where mysteriously called to take the diplomatic post of or postwar ambassador ambassador ambassador am am- to Berlin LOUCH l. l Financial l wizard of or whom a tIou sand lales lale ar are told Immensely wealthy and director In many French banks and companies A shrewd speculator spec r and nd iv to wise vise investor Orator- Orator a a. marvel Was Vas author of th the famous Paris Pact as ns a solution othe orthe ol or the reparations problem and Is gl er chief credit of ot obtaining for fOI 5 52 per cent of oC the total Indemnity French rench minister r of the devastated regIons re- re glons gIons possible future finance minis ter ler was s sent nt to Berlin noa my 1101 as the Representative Uve of or the people but but an aJ d delegate of or th the of ot financiers who surround Llo Lloyt Lloy George declared The British ambassadors ambassador's pol policy Ie a aBerlIn aBerlin at Berlin the pap paper l' l continues is twofold twofold two fold First To First To prevent at all cost ost fur their theto sanctions by the allies 3 Gei many Second Second To To concentrate the attention attention attention atten atten- tion of or the allies on oli the question In order to m mask attempts t tc reduce the tho tho German Germon indemnity ORDERS FROM BIG BUSINESS These The arc are the orders given by th lh group of big h business who sit planning plan in the city of London Durin During the London Lord d'Abernon dined d one ono night wIll Briand and amI h his s collaborators were astonished U by liS' the fact d'Abernon refused to speak of repa reparations reparations repa ra rations lons and confined his persuasive i prowess entirely to disarmament March 1 1921 the Reich cabinet meeting at Berm under the presidency of at FehrenbAch decided to support th the project ot one hundred billions of marks gold a aI as I Indemnity Von Simons was Informed inform of tile the decision and prep prepared red to go t to London to carT carry out his Instructions Tho TEto same samo night a a. woman known know at tit the as vIsIted visited visited vis vIs- Von Simons Flava was ono one o othe 01 the best G German agents in England I 11 Is sho she who recently tJ has plotted th escape of ot the kaiser and the prince seeking t to Interest in this regard regard re re- gard ard the American singer Farrar I Flava gave Von Simons a long report on Interior conditions In England England En En- gland saying that the tho German Gorman government government gov- gov would be foolish to offer t t. t to pay ono one hundred billions when England England En En- gland In the tho throes of or strikes disturbances dla dis- and in serious financial dif would Just as easily accept fifty billions Von Sl Simons unwilling to believe his ears ear demanded who had authorIzed authorIzed authorIzed author author- her to sU suggest gest such figures BY BYa Bj a person Intimate with Lord dAb dAber d'Abernon r- r non she replied 1 Still skeptical the German foreign minister Insisted that thai If It this was true he must speak himself himself him him- self with Flava 1 promised to arran arrange e the tho Interview Two days later Flava Fla left for tor Do Dover Dover ver and a few tew days later Von Yon Simons Simoni B and Von SImson n departed depart d for tor London via Ostend At Dover Lord ord d'Abernon met them thorn and held a along along along long talk with Von Simons 3 GERMANY MAKES OFFER J It w was s thus that a a. few tew days das later Germany Gormany made her astounding offer otter of ot fifty billion marks which marks which Lloyd George refused to consider despite d'Abernon's efforts Then began the battle between d'Abernon for British financiers and for tor French The Jore French ch delegate at ot Berlin BerHn Charles Laure Laurent l handled the Berlin end Laurent It will be remembered was formerly president of ot the commit committee tee and was formerly interested largely large larger ly h In tho the different affairs attah's of ot Otto group tho the enemies of ot Hugo Stinnes At the end of ot March d'Abernon's efforts to bring about an understanding understand- understand lug ing with Stinnes began bes-an tb to fo have havo their effect i The Tho Englishman man finally offered Stinnes a direct alliance with British financial interests took the matter mattel under advisement V 1 even p. hinted openly at S a a Joint British and German colonization of ot soviet Russia and this was plainly attractive to Stinnes whose whoso eyes ces were turned Eastward Finally the agree agree- mont ment was reached The Tho German group was vas to receive 45 per cent a. a and the British group gl 56 55 per cent of ot the results reul of ot the tho pact In April discovered the plot and sent two delegates to with counter propositions The substance of ot remarks re 1 marks was that France was powerful and immediate neighbor of Germany If It the latter entered into a a. tion with England to the disadvantages disadvantage j 1 of France tho the French government might take take- steps which would be of ofa as- as most unpleasant character to Ge J Ger many Stinnes hesitated Lord dAb d'Abernon t raised the ante and offered him hint 5 larger percentage Stinnes accepted J i answer was the 1 of or the 1919 class still threat threat- held on tho the Rhine And t the German Anglo-German combination Is le not 3 yet C made mado The two financial wizards aro arc still at ut hand grips and no ono one yet yot ot c predict the outcome |