19 AUGUST 1922, page 1

Belgium, Italy And Japan Accepted The Prime Minister's...

M. Poinear6 said that he could not assent to an unconditional moratorium. Mr. Lloyd George vainly assured him that Great Britain felt no tenderness for Germany but objected to......

NEWS OF THE WEEK T HE Allied Conference on Reparations broke up on Monday, as we feared it would, without coming to an agreement. The committee of experts was unable to devise a......

The French President Held A Cabinet Council On Wednesday To

hear an account of the abortive Conference from M. Poincare. The Cabinet approved of the Premier's attitude which, whether we like it or not, is the attitude of most Frenchmen.......

The Failure Of The Conferenee Led To A Heavy Fall

in the Garman exchange. On Wednesday the pound sterling was equal to 4,550 marks. The mark, that was worth a shilling, can now be bought at about twenty a penny. If, as some......

M. Poincare Explained His Attitude When The Conference...

said that France desired a general settlement of all War debts, whether owing by Germany or by the Allies, and that Lord Balfour's Note had made such a settlement impossible.......

Before M. Poincare Left London, The Allied Ministers...

demand of Austria for a further loan of £15,000,000, failing which the Austrian Government said that it could not carry on. Mr. Lloyd George said that he did not know what......

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