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Show f REAMERS' VIEWS CLASH, BREAKUP LOOMING I REPARATION IS I BLDCK IN WAY I OF AGREEMENT I I Conference at Paris Already Interrupted and May Be Broken Up BRIAND'S PREDICTION OF CRISIS COMES TRUE Lloyd Georue Lets It Be Known Projects Are ! Unsatisfactory PARIS. Jan 2S fBy thc Associate ' ! ! , H led Press.) The divergence of views - ll I of the members of the allied supreme j hrssSBBBB council regarding German reparation RsBBBBsi caused an Interruption of the confer HbsbbbbI I ence today, and in some quarters it If ll regarded as In danger of breaking up, lisiBBBB M'l UftUSAI QOM Tiie optimistic feeling of this fore t . ImI noon, when the members of the spc. '"' ilfJ sssi clal reparations committee appointed : ' (11 yesterday expressed pleasure with 'Ihl'l U 1 tin it- progress, was soon dissipated liM'lSlH 1 when the British prime minister. Mr. Lloyd George, found the projects un- 1 If der discussion by the committee were jl entirely unsatisfactory to him. He ! I H sent at once for Premier Brland and ,':4L3 conferred with him for an hour and i ' J a half. ' ffSil H Progress had been reported by the ,;, j export committee on German repara- fliilriM lions appointed yesterday by tho su- 'liIJa H preme council, when the committe r lH iSB adjourned this noon after a two hour Q discussion. flduH issl B ISIS OF DIS4 L'SSION. The basis of the discussion was the ' ' ' Leigian proposal, presented by ?.i Jas- l par. Belgian foreltr1-; minister, thai Mi Germany be compelled to make annual I ' llR 1 reparation payments of six billion A I M'vi ssa marks, as a maximum, am three bit- fliBtJl 1 lion marks :ts a minimum. Ais out- TilBfli iSB lined by Mr J.ispnr in a SUitement I'lNflU iSB last night his plan would not La the if ''HI number of annual payments but wosl I Ufi jLj leave this to be determined al !--.n-.e r 2 IjjJ 'j D H later time !r ll Lsa Tho Belgian plan, as elaborated by .'0 H M. Jaspar before the committee )Li ' 1' jSrl H morning, was presented to Mr. Lloyd 'I'lSr George after the commltti e had con- iljp eluded Its first session. The French 'ilififl ssb official viewpoint is that if tho Brit- I H ish prime minister agrees to thes .ifWU terms In principle, the coo mittcc- this ill inn D 1 afternoon will be able to put thc fill- 'clrlijIS sssi Ishlng toucltcs i pon h" plan. ; Since the rifting of Hie supreme i-d'S'll 1 coancil there has been a divergence o' i f lil views between Premier Ug: d George IJlliPW of England and Premier Biland Qf i'f if! Fr:uice. Tha Trench are Instating that - A Germany pay to the limit whd Bnf I bind is inclined to be a trifle lenient M In the belief that If (lorn any 1 divert VA some leeway that nation will he able to regain its industrial strength. She. , would thus be in a position to pay more ipilckly than If fluancia) burdens handicap her progress In tho matter of disarmament j France inslst-s that stringent regula- j f tlniuj be applied while England thinks :ji that Germany Is entitled to -:iough jr id arms to protect Itself fror.i Holshe- ' L ylsm, llinHri Lsfl France is fearful of a revived and I'HlSif revengeful ;ermany ana so .ouid sti- '-hii i 1 fie the nation, while England has no - .' I such fears and Is looking for commer- ' ' vi l clal advantages as Germany revives, A 'At I oo : |