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Show HUNS 10 EXCHAHGE i FLEE! FOR FOOD GERMAN DELEGATES CURTLY AGREE TO ACCEPT TERMS REQUIRED BY ALLIES. Board of Control for German Exports Will be Established. Germans Will be' Permitted to Buy Fish From Norway. Brussels. The German delegates to the conference here regarding the taking tak-ing over by the allies of the German mercantile fleet and the provisioning of Germany, -definitely accepted on March, 15, the -conditions imposed by the allies. A' board of control for German exports ex-ports will be established, under the terms of the agreement. This board probably will have its headquarters at Rotterdam. The :Germans will be permitted to buy fish from Norway and resume their own fishing in the North sea. The German representatives asked for a -modification of the blockade, : and while no promises were given them in this connection, steps in that direction, di-rection, as a matter of fact, have al-ready al-ready been talien. Vice Admiral Sir Rasslyn Wemyss of Great Britain, chairman of the allied delegation, read a statement prepared for him by the civilian members, calling call-ing on the Germans to say categorically categorical-ly whether they abided by the terms of the armistice. Under Secretary otj State Von Braun replied curtly, "Yes." Admiral Wemyss then read one page of typewritten memoranda, giving in crisp sentences the terms of the allies for granting food to -Germany the German merchant fleet to be handed over at once, financial provisions to be made at once, food to be delivered immediately and to be continued until tht next harvest, or as long as Germany Ger-many abided by the terms of the agreement. agree-ment. As the statement was read it was translated into German and French, the German replies received the same treatment. The air .of impersonality was preserved throughout. It was there settled that the -details of the ration of 370,000 tons of food monthly, with the shipping and financial plans, should be elaborated in subcommittee, and the first plenary session adjourned, adjourn-ed, having lasted only a few minutes. |