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Show CLOSING HOURS FIND CONGRESS CONFUSED I PAY WAR DEBT I OR 1 ACT. IS I WARNING Dili I Occupation of German Cities to Be First Move Taken By Entente SECOND WILL BE TAX ON TEUTON ARTICLES Lloyd Georcje Attacks Delcga tion for Failure to Live Up to Treaty I LONDON". March 3 RvThe Asso- elated Press). Germany was toda 'given until Monday noon to accept the fundamental conditions laid down b-'the b-'the supreme allied council a' Paris German delegates were informed ithe allied representatives today that i If Germany does not accept these Iterms the allies will take Immediate steps. STEPS TO Bl i Mvi S The first will be the occupation b: allied troops of tho cities of Dulsbers and Dusseldorf and Ruhrort Second, eoch allied country will 'place such a tax or German merrhan-dise merrhan-dise as it may deem proper. Third, a customs boundary along Ithe Rhine, under allied control, wifl be established. The German delegation was Inform-:c,l Inform-:c,l 'hat the t,n) ri.."llfl -n of the , Paris reparations decisions permitted would be aa regarded condition! of j payment, such as a reduction of the i period of annuities from 42 years to 30 vesrs PHOP4 KSA1 B K.N' 'lo D tWinany's counter-proposals which were submitted to the allies on Tues-dav, Tues-dav, were not susceptible of examlna-tlon. examlna-tlon. Premier Lloyd O'orge told Dr Walter Simons, head of the Germun delegation, in substance, after today's session of the conference had assem-bled assem-bled at Ht. James palace at noon. Mr. Lloyd George said the attitude taken by the German empire regard-mi; regard-mi; rtparvtlons was. In nldil hn. n grave vloliition of the obligation of I'.ermanv toward tho allies. Ho re-minded re-minded the German representatives flH that their g.vernm nt hart ion luuui- H ed the treaty of Versailles relative to co-i deliverer dl-armann-nt. the !-, 'ment of 20,000,0u(.o00 marks In gold and the punishment of Oerman offl-cera offl-cera ami soldiers accused, of crimes i during the war. H I .-.1 (j MiWMM.I- Germany, added the British prime minister, in refusing to accept the con cessions proposed by the allies with .- gsrd t" r. i- rations, had by the same a.-i rSnOonSSd the advantages granted h r at the previous conference with IfS I.loyd George then, on behalf of the allies, announced the ultimatum. After Mr. I.loyd George had finish-ed. finish-ed. Dr. Simons, for th Germans, said itbe intentions of the German govern-iment govern-iment had been uulle misunderstood The German delegation, ha said, would reply at noon on Monday. in our opinion." added the Oermsn foreign minister, "no occasion will I arise for the sanctions set forth by the eB posh n ! Dl Simons said (he Germans would tamlns the MrltUh prime minister's t, h jo.i the allied documents mos'. carefully. H W LKF1 l' It was noticed during the British pBfl prime minister's presentation of the i ;t : ' i e 1 derisions 'hat he hid lefi .in opening for the Germans to mal.e proposals and Or. Simons, in making the reply he did. was prompt to take advantage of this. Mr Lloyd George. In the course of his long spsei h. said that if the Ger- mans hd come with a sincere desire to discharge Germany 's obligation, the allle would have given the proposals fair and patient consideration. M im 1 - I II I ll I PARIS. March I.- 'i.rruany'e deliveries de-liveries applicable to the reparations account. Including war material, are e, tlm.it.-, .,: o.'m.-i. tool gold mir." rt was announced by the allied reparations repara-tions commission here today. This would leave 12.000.000.000 marks due on the first 20.000.000.000 marks Germany Ger-many wourd pay under the Versailles treaty HI 111 in RANKS 4 l at BERLIN. March 3. Banking circles today gave no Indication of apprehension apprehen-sion regarding the further progress of the reparations' conference in London, nor was there an apparent uneasiness uneasi-ness in the Bourse. In both quarters there was a prevalent feeling tha Germany's counter-proposals syre not fully understood bv the entente leaders lead-ers upon their first presentation by Dr. "Quotations on the Bonrss were remarkably re-markably firm In the face of s flood of elxrming reports from London and Paris and there was lively speculation in foreign eachang'-. the demand for American dollars predqmlnattng. There was official denial todsv ef rs porta that the German counteroffers counter-offers were represented na an -qulc-alent of the 12. 000.000. 000 marks demanded de-manded in the Paris terms, but this sum redlscounted represented the present capital of S0.000.000.0o0 mirki. The latter sum was made a basis for the present German offer, It was said. ' I ' on A?. i |