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Show GERMANY ASKED TO ulTEJlPOSALS LONDON CONFERENCE MAY BE ABANDONED IF COUNTER-PRO- POSAL IS UNSATISFACTORY German Political Observers Are of the Opinion That Germans Are Looking Forward to Confer- ference With Little Optimism. Paris. Germany has been asked by Grent Drltaln nnd Franco to communicate commu-nicate to them tho' counter-proposnH of tho Derllu government beforo tho opening of tho London conference, which Is fixed for March 1, snys the Journal. Tho newspaper ndds: "It would not lie surprising If tho conference con-ference should become unnecessary because be-cause of tho decisive character of tho German offers." In this case, It Is said, tho nllles will notify Germany of their decisions and glvo the German Ger-man cabinet n few days to mnko known If It accepts or refuses to ex ecute them. Judging from He speech delivered In ICiirlsruho by Dr. Walter Simons, foreign minister, says a Reel In dispatch, dis-patch, Gcrmnn political observers nre of the opinion that ho Is looking forward for-ward to tho reparations conference with little optimism. "If wo do not accept ac-cept the Paris decisions," ho Is quoted ns saying, "measures looking to tho breaking up of the empire will come Into force. Rut any nttucl: from the outside on the constitution of the empire, em-pire, I gather from my tour of mhiUi Germany, would meet with tlio unanimous unani-mous resistance of tho people. "I am going to London feeling that the Idea of tho luvlolnhlllty of the empire em-pire cannot bo torn from the. hearts of tho Gcrmnn people us n whole." French reports thnt colored troops hnd been withdrawn from the occupation occupa-tion nron nlong cho Rhino were denied by the German foreign office on Fel-ruiiry Fel-ruiiry 17. It wus declared 2i,3S;J Mnrrocnns, Tunisians, Madagascar zouaves, Tonklnese, Annmltes, Senegalese Sen-egalese and Indo-Chlncso wcro still on duty In Gorman territory. |