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Show DISARMAMENT PLAN iS GiVEN A HEARING SUPREME COUNCIL CONFERS REGARDING THE FAILURE OF GERMANY TO DISARM. The Eventuality of a German Sitting With the Council Hinges Upon Action of Representatives Regarding Re-garding Vexed Question. I'h riss. The supreme council, composed com-posed of representatives of Great ISrilnin, Italy, I'miice, Helium and Juputi, on Jiiniiiiry 2i heard the military mili-tary experts and later conferred to-Kether to-Kether refjardinK the failure of f!er-man.v f!er-man.v Ui disarm as provided for hy the treaty of Versailles. Tin; experts were usUed to make a detailed report on the subject, with recommendations re-Kiu'ding re-Kiu'ding measures to insure execution of the disarmament clauses of the treaty. The Iintish prime minister, David Lloyd George, and the president of the French council, Aristide IJriand, it is understood, desire an opportunity to talk over the different phases of the reparations question before the subject sub-ject comes up for discussion at the full council. Thus the change In the council's program. In this connection the premiers are said to be considering whether it is feasible and advisable to have the German representatives, sit with the council before the final decision on reparations is taken. The British delegation is believed to favor invit-, ing the Germans .to take part in the discussion after the allies come to aD understanding among themselves. Pendnig a decision on this question, ques-tion, Herr Bergmann, the German delegate, It is expected, will confer with Louis Loucheur, the French minister min-ister of liberated regions, and it is reported re-ported he will make an official offer to pay two billion marks in gold within with-in a year, one-fourth of that amount in cash. The eventuality of a German being invited to sit with the council depends de-pends partly upon Herr Bergmann's reply to M. Loucheur, who will ask him if Germany lias any proposition to make before the allies shall decide finally upon what course they shall pursue to enforce execution of the treaty. The premiers are understood to be greatly alarmed at the situation of Austria and will endeavor to find some way for the continued existence of that country. The eastern question, Greece and the treaty of Sevres will be taken up after the council has finished fin-ished considering the Austrian situation. situ-ation. Resumption of trade relations with Russia by the allied governments, which would entail a sort of conditional condi-tional recognition of the soviet regime in Moscow, appeared to be a topic which will be discussed seriously in the next week. |