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Show $23,000,000 JLRUYJIILL AMSTERDAM, DocB. The Dus-seldorf Dus-seldorf Nachrichten, a copy ot which 'has been received here, says Gen. Nudant, president ot the French armistice commission at Spa, has presented a note to the Gorman commission demanding for the first tnonjh for the British troops of oc-! cupation 40,000,000 marks and for the French troops 54,000,000 marks. I (Tho nominal value of a mark Is' 24 cents. On thlB basis tho British 'claim would bo 19,600,000 and tho French 112,960,000. Tho mark has greatly depreciated in value, but Its present value is uncertain.) I PARIS, Dec. B. Thero Is com-pleto com-pleto agreement betweon the allies i on all questlns, particularly that 'concerning the former German era- peror, declared Premier Clemonceaw Jon his return from London. Ho expressed ex-pressed deep satisfaction over tho Important Im-portant results obtained at.tfee con-.ference. con-.ference. ' I Col. E. M. House Is fully conversant conver-sant with the. decisions, takes bynthe r , - fi "I"'' supreme war council at Iti Resting at London, flitch ho was unable to attend on account of Illness. Col. Housohad a long conforenco last evening with Daron Sonnlno, the, Italian foreign minister, who has Ju3t returned from London. Today To-day ho conferred with tho Eail of Derby, the British ambassador In Paris, who also attended tho Lon-'don Lon-'don meotlng. I I Col. House probably will have a talH later with Premier Clcmenccau. UNITE ON HOOVER POST The question ot the appolntmont of Herbort C. Hoover au director general of allied relief was present-ed present-ed In writing, but a number ot details de-tails were not settled and the entire en-tire question la held In abeyance. The appointment ot nn Interallied commission on economics, finance and shipping tonnage also was discussed dis-cussed totnttvely. Some objection has arisen to this plan on the ground that tho commission would have great power In tho control nnd distribution dis-tribution ot raw materials and might lead tb the establishment of nn International In-ternational commit(co which would (ake the. place of legislative control oyer exports and raw materials. QUARTERS ARE CHOSEN , Quarters tor Secretary of Stato Lansing and other American dele gates to tho peaco conference hare i been assigned at tho Crlllon hotel, on tho Placo do la Concorde. This largo hotel has been divided up Into suites of rooms for the delegates. Each sulto will comprise living quarters quar-ters and a business ofllco for each delegate and his Immediate sccretar-'les. sccretar-'les. Tho business ofllces ot tho delegation, delega-tion, whero several hundred oxports i In international law, geographically boundaries, Intelligence, etc., will work, will bo In a largo building Immediately Im-mediately adjoining. Paris Is filled to overflowing. .Prices ot all hotel rooms, following the requisitioning ot twenty-five hotels ho-tels for peaco oenferonco purposes, havo doubled and tripled and are still going up. Food In restaurants and prices aro generally similarly 'mounting. A breakfast ot coffo, broa nnd butler continues to cost between $1 and $1.60 at hotels. It is virtually lmposslblo to lunch or dlno fdr less than $3 or ft for a elmplo meal. DECISIONS ARE REACHED LONDON, Dec. 8. Tho substance of the discussions In London early this weoJc between tho representatives' representa-tives' ot Gerat Britain, Fiance and .Italy, with regard to the coming peaco conference, were cabled to the M Amorlcan government and It Is be- M Moved iho mossages reached Prest- dent Wilson before ho sailed for M Europe yesterday, thus putting him in possession of full Information 10- f gardlng the conference f fl Router's Limited says thero Is "c reason to bollova tho president's ad- H visors nre of tho opinion that the M vlows of tho conference regarding ' former Emperor Yllllam aro likely ":fl to colncido with thoso of tho prest- 'H dont himself. v . ijflj Rosponslblo opinion says this J,JEft nows agency, holds that tho ox-em- 'H Wror and, other persons guilty of breaches of International law during tho progress of tho war should bo dealt with by a tribunal of tho asso- elated Bovornmcnts, including repre- V sontntlvfis of thoso countries which -J, fij suffered most, ' S . iSy |