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Show COLLAPSE TALK WEARIES LEAGUE Allies Ready to Suspend Claims Against Austria For 20 Years LONDON, July 22 (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press) Uncertainty regarding Italy's attitude toward the Palestine and Syria mandates may cause the council of the league of nations, which has been In session here all this week, to postpone decisive action on tho dratt mandates until its next meeting In September, Such action would disappoint dis-appoint the British government, at whos; instanco the present extraordinary extraordi-nary session of tbe council w aa convened con-vened Tho council Is encouraged b the re-i re-i ported willingness of tho reparations commission to suspend its tlulms against Austria for i!U years It is understood un-derstood that the eighteen governments govern-ments involved, have consented to waive their indemnity and other demands de-mands on Austria until the country regains re-gains her financial and economic foothold. foot-hold. Austria thus will be free to pledge her customs duties hor 6alt monopoly and other assets as security for loans. A statement issued i th'.-'Information th'.-'Information department ol the league I today .ald; TIKI D OF LtMJSi: TALK w arc j, itinB rather tired ot hear-I hear-I ing that Austria is on tn. brink ot ( ol-lapse. ol-lapse. She has been on tho bilnk of .'collapse every few months for tho last 'three years, and she may live a lout, time In tbat state Tho ('anger is noil really in financial collapse, but pollt-I j leal troubles. "Tile uanger Ih that a government may come Into power which la not I proparod to spend all its tlmo in prop- j pliiK up the lotten finances of AustriS and Which may try to cut the knot' by trying to unite with Germany. If that happens. Europe will be- a melt- j ing pot. "iho allies must settle among them selves some kind ol policy which will I enable Austria to ho a government strong enough to enforce economy ruthlessly. L'ntil this Is done. Austria' wni drill near and nearer to Bolshevik Bolshe-vik conditions and closer to unltn with ' Germany, This combination will menace men-ace the whole equilibrium ot Europe." GERMANY 1CCKPT8 PARIS, July 22 (Ily the Assoclat- led Press) German)" has formally ac-i Ii spied tbc- uemands of tno allied com- j mlttee of guarantees which were prt- Isented nt Berlin last Tuesday In a I letter to the reparations commission rect ,d today. 1 bancellor wirth stai- I ed that (Jermany, ufttr profound de-I liberation, had decided to accept the! Ii ondltions for the duration of tho moratorium which the (Jerm.'in t'.'V-ernment t'.'V-ernment assumed WOUl soon be grant-c. grant-c. J The plans, the letter Dolnts out, place a heavy load upon the German government and their acceptance Is only agreed by the government and th- parliament on the theory that tho Iforthcomig decision on the rcpara-tlons rcpara-tlons question Will constitute a definite settlement of the1 cniei financial ques-llun'. ques-llun'. whic h have boen the subject of1 negotiations between the common j guarantees and tho Gorman govern- I ment, on |