Show REFUSE TO GIVE ME UP SHIPS USE OF HUN SHIPPING ON A RENTAL BASIS DENIED TH THE E BIG demand Is made for a definite ansur ance of ample supply of foodstuffs for before ship sips are released paris it ma 4 announced here on march 7 7 s that germany had refused the proposition for the use of her tier merchant ships hy fly the allies 4 made inalle to her tier delegates delegate i at spa the armistice coni slone slon a headquarters the counter kropi Is made by the germans that they mill he lie german geman shipping desired in return for a definite assurance that enough food iv till be sent into german to enable the to withstand the 1101 moi movement ement aliben the allied commission vent ment to spa it aills aa bell believed eved that the release of the hips ships bax merel a question of days it was proposed proponed to lie the germans germani that in return for the use of tile tie fillips ships a rental bo be paid this to bo be en to their credit against thor food account the germane clemons ho however iNeer replied that this would mould be inadequate and that there must be a guarantee of 0 a steady uninterrupted auppl of food N 0 o country sni in position to supply this food under the tile german conditions so the question of credit remains un settled I 1 the disagreement over the ships began in january nhen hen the armistice commission of the allies and the tile germans met nt at tre grecs es and the go germana rut ans explained the had not realized that the ships would mould be required under the armistice terms for food carrying because 0 the action of the american con congress grets in lit declaring that none one of th appropriation tor for food two should go to supply if the german propos proposal at 1 Is 14 4 to 0 o tho the acthen agent in the 1 l supply must bo be tho the united state |