25 AUGUST 1923, page 1

He Then Comes To The Hard Question Of Finance And

asks that the Allies should credit France in A and B Bonds with /1,300,000,000 and reserve for her in C Bonds any sums that may be claimed from France under the head of......

News Of The Week.

D ELAY is the danger of the hour. Nobody could say for certain that there does not lie embedded somewhere in M. Poincare's lengthy Reply to the British Note some suggestion that......

The Reply Consists Of A Note Proper And Two Annexes.

M. Poineare begins with an historical review of the whole reparation question, noting in particular the declarations by Mr. Lloyd George about German evasions and the London......

It Was Agreed Among The Allies At Spa That The

pay- ments made by Germany should be divided in the follow- ing manner: 52 per cent. for France, 22 per cent. for Great Britain, and the rest for Belgium and the other Allies.......

Last January The British Government, With A Proper Sense Of

the situation, proposed that the C Bonds, which really mean nothing and arc an impediment to Germany's credit and thus to her recovery, should be scrapped. M. Poincare now......