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Show ALLIED CONFAB IN LONDON HAS FAILED, BELIEF ; Premiers Adjourn Without Reaching Agreement; None Will Yield LONDON. Aug. 14. ( Ry the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) The conference of allied al-lied premiers, which opened in London Lon-don a week ago came to.rtn end this afternoon without any announcement of progress toward un agreement concerning con-cerning the German r -j, orations quen-tlon quen-tlon having been mad. Premier . Poineure of France and I Mr. Lloyd George, the British prime I minister, were as far apart ns ver In their views of the situation when ;the heads of the various delegations ,met today They separated after a discussion of two nnd one-half houri without finding common ground French officials at that time said jthey thought an agreement was im- I possible and that the conference jwould dissolve without having reach -jed an understanding The French and British premiers i parted with the Intention of reflecting m the situation until tomorrow Each I appeared reluctant to break up the conference, but neither was Inclined to yield. i At the conclusion of the conference confer-ence all tho delegates went to the Italian embassy for luncheon. When lasked whether tho conference had j broken up. Sir Edward Grlgg. Mr. Lloyd George's private secretary, replied: re-plied: "1 am not sure." KXC11 VNGi; It Mis DROP. NEW YORK. Aug. 14. Announce-!nien' Announce-!nien' hat the meeting "f alll' .i pre-,!miei-s in London adjourned todav without re.TchinT an agreement on 'he j German reparations question caused ia sharp break In continental exchangV rates, frepjh francs opened at -8.13 cents, off x pplnts from Saturday's r'o'jc, and llv n dropped i nr.'i. German marks aold down Jo 12 L 'cents a hundred, which Is 1 aB cents below Saturday's ra'.c. Demand storking stor-king held firm, but most of the other European rates were reactionary PAYMENT IKil.lt) Y PARIS. Aug. 14. (By the Associated Associ-ated Press.) The reparations com-mission com-mission this morning decided to post-jpone post-jpone the August 15 payment of 50,-000,000 50,-000,000 gold marks by Germany until un-til a decision has been reached by the allied premiers who are now meet-'ing meet-'ing In London. |