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Show Anglo-French Conference Reported Re-ported to Have Fixed the Amount of Hun Indemnity PARIS, May 17 It is understood in official circles here that the Anglo-French Anglo-French conference at Pythe, which closed yesterday, decided that the sum total which Germany should pay as reparation would bo fixed at 120,000,-000,000 120,000,-000,000 marks gold (approximately $30,000,000,000.) It is also understood that it was decided Germany would bo permitted to issue bonds covering her indebtedness indebted-ness to the allies, payable in annual installments. Settlement of Debts. "Such action, it is pointed out, would enable France to discount a part of her claim on Gormany and permit her to settle her debts to the United States and the allies. A special conference of the allies will bo held at Ostend to consider financial questions, it is stated. This meeting will be independent of tho league of nations' conference at Brussels. Brus-sels. The dates of these conferences remain to be fixed. Troops Leave Rhine. MAYENCE, May 17. (By tho Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Tho French troops, which have been In occupation of Frankfort, Darmstadt .and other cities on tho east bank of the .Rhino, evacuated evacu-ated those cities this morning, it is announced here. Tho Germans were informed of the departure through a leconic communication communi-cation Issued by Goneral de Goutte, posted in various cities, which read: "Tho French keep their word." The evacuation proceeded amid en-tiro en-tiro quiet, |