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Show ALLIES PROPOSE I LUMNHDEMKITY PLAN OF AGLO-FRENCH COMMISSION COM-MISSION MAKES PAY BY GERMANY GER-MANY DEBT GUARANTEE. The Debt to United States Not Embraced Em-braced In New Plan Because of Non-Participation In the Conferences. Hythe, England. The Aiiylu-Fieneh commission which has sun-ceded the big four in the management of the allies' dealings with Germany determined deter-mined at Sunday's session in the Sas-soons Sas-soons villa here upon the principles for the settlement of both the German indemnity and inter-allied debts. The principles are that the financial experts of the two governments shall recommend a lump sum for the indemnity in-demnity and that the payment of the Interallied debts, shall proceed parallel with Germany's payments. This arrangement is a substitute for Premier Milierand's proposal, under which most stress was laid upon the immediate payment of a large sum to France. The French delegation, however, how-ever, appeared satisfied with the results re-sults of their mission. The debt to the United States is not embraced in the new plan, and the government's spokesman intimated that this would not be possible without with-out the participation by the United States in the conferences. Recognition Recogni-tion of Belgium's priority claims upon Germany still stands. The proportional propor-tional allotment of the German indemnity, in-demnity, made eight months ago, by which France gets 55 per cent and Great Britain 25 per cent, stands, according ac-cording to the agreement. The creditors of the allies are distinct dis-tinct gainers by the new plan, because it virtually makes German payments toward the indemnity guarantees for the interallied debts. The French consider con-sider themselves gainers, on the one hand, because it now becomes doubly to Great Britain's interest to press Germany Ger-many for reparation, wnlle Great Britain Bri-tain secures definite assurances for repayment of her loans to France. |