in a letter to Barthou Wednesday,
j Colonel Logan notified the commis
sion of President Coolidge’s decision
regarding the inquiry. The letter
emphasized that “the United States
i government is not in a postiion to be
represented, but It views with favor
the acceptance by American bankers"
! of membership in the commissions.
From a semi-official source it is
learned that the French have not
changed in their attitude on the re
! duction of the German debt total.
: except under conditions previously
I stipulated. These conditions are that
France would only consent to reduc
tion of her share of the German debt
in exchange for cancellation of a
similar amount of France's indebted
ness to the allies.
Premier Poincare maintains that
the experts must pursue their inquiry
within the limits of the treaty of
Versailles, and under the jurisdiction
of the reparations commission.
GEORGIA SOLONS
KILL OPERA TAX
House Agreement To Senate
Amendment Removes
$2,500 Burden
ATLANTA, Dec. 12.—The Metro
politan Opera company of New York
will appear in Georgia next year free
of state taxation, the House of Rep
resentatives having agreed today to
a senate amendment to the general
tax art killing assessments against
opera companies.
The original tax for each contract
in the state was $1,000 in cities of
1 "0,000 or less population, of $2,500 in
cities of more than 100,000 popula
tion.
BIRMINGHAM QUINTET
IS HELD IN MEMPHIS
Three Boys And Two Girls Made j
Trip In Rented Car
MEMPHIS, Term., Dec. 12.—(Spe
cial.)—Heeding; the call of adventure
and feeling the lure of the "wide
open spaces.” throe boys and two
girls, the oldest being 22 .years of
age*, left Birmingham, Ala., last Tues
day night in a car obtained from a
• Rent a Ford” agency.
