Show POWERS IN ACCORD UN ON REPARATIONS Section Limiting American Ameri- Ameri Damage Claims to can Is Stricken Out Prior to Signing financial Fin Conference as asto asto to Division of Dawes Annuities An- An Declared Most Successful Since the War PARIS Jan 14 By A. A P. P P. All All represented In the in- in She he powers financial conference today s signed the agreement regarding Distribution of the Dawes annul- annul les es Rumania and ana Italy signed with eser vat Limitation of the American damge damge damte dam- dam te ge claims to was also Kricken out out- This This' was the only Change bange ange made in the te text t of or the Agreement agreement before its signature Signature of the convention rings to a close what has been by bymon mon consent the mo most t success success- u cess cess- ul meeting since since ne the Armistice to the thee This result is attributed o e ample set at the beginning of or ofie orIe he Ie conference by the American and the British chancellor chan- chan ellor of the exchequer Winston Vinston an an example of modera- modera jon ion good will an and determination j 0 effect a settlement PAYMENTS DETAILED During the next two years the lies w will be allowed a maximum gold marks 40 for the maintenance of heir beir troops on the Rhine The commission which was vas Slowed lowed gold marks about 2 for fok 1925 will have to toUt tout ut at down its outlays to gold old marks in the fol following fol- fol ol- ol owing lowing year ear at the tile same time providing from that total a sum som Funning up as a maximum to gold marks for forne tile ne Dawes plan org organizations For the Rhineland commission gold marks js is 5 allowed and to the military control con con- commission in Germany for he ensuing year ear the sum of gold marks phe he occupation of the Rhineland will come up again in September Jor for or revision once more with reference reference reference ref ref- ref ref- to future years The Wadsworth agreement for wie he payment of the American army arthy costs being abrogated payment of hese hese costs will begin In Septem- Septem er 1926 at the rate of gold old marks annually BORDER ORDER FROM CHAOS Everybody seems satisfied that has been evolved from chaos it t I the expense of the last possie ie Ie e sacrifice to each of the participating nations E Even the smaller powers notably whose situation is undeservedly unde unde- hard go ava away with the that their interests will wille willie ie e taken care of and that means ill be found to satisfy their re requirements re- re in m the tile not too distant future The convention is a carefully rawn ravn document in French and English and contains twenty twenty twenty-sev- seven sev- sev en clauses divided into five fhe chapelS chap chap- ers elS The first chapter consists of clauses dealing with apportionment of f the annual Dawes payments the he second with the and other back ack accounts and the third with special questions growing out of application ap ap- ap- ap of the tile pre pre US s agree agree- ment nent ent COST OF OCCUPATION ON Among these questions are the cost of or the tile army of occupation from rom May oIa 1922 to September 1924 and nd debits for the Shantung mines and railroads formerly held by b Ger Ger- man many 1 The fourth chapter deals with in interests interests in- in I and arrears and nd the fifth and last Is concerned with miscellaneous laneous q questions such as as- aspay pay pay- by Hungary and Bulgaria property handed over o to the city Continued on p page 5 ALLIED ALLIE POWERS IN ACCORD ON REPARATIONS Continued from page 1 I. of ot Danzig and others not covered covered covered cov cov- ered under the previous headings Finance Minister 1 Clementel of France addressed the conference this morning Replies Rep lies were made by heads of at the delegations including including including ing Ambassador Kellogg for tor the United States Mr Kellogg said the present meeting meeting meet meet- ing the he London conference and the preparation of the Dawes plan would rank as the three most im important important important im- im events that hail had occurred in Eur Europe pe during the last y year ar He lie believed the work accomplished augured well for the progress to toward toward toward to- to ward a general settlement of European European European Euro Euro- pr problems ORDER OF SIGNING The delegation signed the protocol proto proto- col in the following order Belgium France Great Britain Italy Japan the United States Brazil Greece Portugal Rumania Slavia Jugo-Slavia and Czecho The Rumanians announced that they were making malting reservations with witha a view to demanding an increased percentage of reparations while the Italians objected to the ruling of the conference on Italy's repayment repayment repay repay- I ment of at the excess she has received in reparations over the percentage to which she is entitled These reservations however did not prevent unanimous signature signature signature signa signa- ture of the agreement and the ob objections objections objections ob- ob of the two two countries will willbe willbe willbe be considered by bythe the allies later In signing the agreement for tor Brazil Brazil Brazil Bra Bra- zil Dr Souza Dantas later told the press he made the reservation that nothing in the agreement should affect the Brazilian claims for compensation nor her iier claims under article of ot the treaty of Versailles regarding the recovery of ot about te ten million gold marks marIes held in German banks in payment for coffee exported from Brazil to Germany before the outbreak of at war LOGAN ENDORSES James A. A Logan Jr of the American American American Amer- Amer Amer Amer- ican delegation immediately rose In the tho conference and said that tho the reservation was j justified and that he seconded it The Brazilian attitude attitude atti atti- tude was also supported by France Rumania Portugal and Sla Jugo-Sla- via Dr Souza Dantas said he consequently consequently consequently con con con- felt quite satisfied with the results he ho had obtained The French premier M. M HerrIot thanked the delegation for the diligent diligent diligent dili dili- gent manner manner in which they had performed their work The leading delegates paid their respects to the premier I Frank ank B B. Kellogg American ambassador to Gr at Britain and chief American delegate had a few minutes minutes' conversa conversation con- con conI I versa tion with M M. Herriot in the j I presence of ot Myron T T. Herrick the I American ambassador to France brance |