Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1923, Page 3

British Say France Violated Peace Pact in Ruhr Invasion Curzon Firm in Demanding Immediate Action to Give Britain Opportunity to Collect From Germany ¥ the Associated Press. LONDON, August 13.—The British government, in the publication yester- day of its officlal correspondence With the allies since June, placed on record its position with regard to the German reparations problem. Lord Curzon, secretary for foreign ailayrm, in an elaborate note dealing 1th all the manifold aspects of the . problem, sets forth that the British | ‘ government regards the occupation o the Ruhr as illegal and unauthor- ed by tho Versailles treaty. thus supporting the German contention ,in this respect. At the Bowever, he offers to submit the point to arbitration at The Hague or by some other body: While still adHering to a tone of #ic utmost of courtesy and saying i nothing definite with regard to any Separate action on the part of Great ; Britain, Lord Curzon emphasizes that i Great Brita cannot agree with the French volicy, which he intimates {plainly seems o point to an indefinit, +Yecupation of the Ruhr. Sk same time, | appears to them appropriate means to_this end. “When steps have been thus taken to ascertain the real value of the asset, represented by German reparations and to secure its realization without further depreolation, his majesty's government will be ready to deal as and in the light of their respective to pay with the debts due cat Britaln by her ailies, “They cannot, having regard Great Britain's heavy material los es during and since the war, and to uture ‘tax burdens on mit that other countries are justified in clabming that the agreed ‘percen- tages of reparation payments should now be further modified or changed in the order of priority. Ask Enough to Pay U. S. “But they remain prepared to ask {for no more in respect for the very ilarge sums due by their allies than !will, together with the reparation payment by Germany, meet the British war debt to the United States vernment. ‘Their policy in this matter is !stated in Mr. Bonar Law's proposal | submitted to the Paris conference in {January and has not changed. It | s eaves Method to France. | Lord Curzon still leaves it to the French government to suggest the :method of selecting an internation: sion to examine into Germany's 0 pay reparations, but declares that Great Britain can WAL accept the decision of the repara- tion commission on this matter, since ; that commission has become thé mere :Jn.\!j‘umelll of France-Begian policy. Finally Lord Curzon declares that the * British_government still udheres to the ‘plan of former Premier Bonar Law, :under which Great Britain wou'd be watisfled to obtain from German repara- tions and allied debts to Great Britain un sufficient to meet Great Britain's ;v\l.g«fl.ions to the United States. The British note remarks that “i fs difficult to think in what wa sreater consideration shouid have ibeen shown to the Franco-Belglan point of view It then at great lenisth outlines the British viewpoint, ;hich Lord Curzon summarizes as No Cancellation. “His majesty’s government contemplated and does not contem- plate that Germany should be re- lieved of all reparation payments. They are determined that Germany shall pay to the maximum of her What that maximum may d be decided by an impar- inquiry It cannot be a: * tained by casting up amounts many’s creditors would like to re- * Leive, . “To ask more than i pacity can only i never rmany’s ca- | ) destroy assets which Germany would be able to offer the allies. "To force liquidation is not the most profitable way of making recovery from a debior with re- s admitted that Germany can make substantial payments if, estoration of her finances and ilization of her currency, she se- . a budget surplus avatiable for ireparations. Moreover, this surplus must be in a form which can be made available for external pay ‘ments over the forelgn exchanges. Lxternal debts cannot be paid by he collection of deprecia e depreciated paper “In the view of his majesty’s gov- ernment, forcible interference with the economic life of Germany, even if consistent with the treaty of Ver- sailles, cannot ass in the neces- sar toration. Not only will it] prevent realization of any surplus for | reparations, but, by inténsitying the disorder of German finance and cur- Tency. will have the gravest reactions on trade. Sees Menace in Policy. His majesty’'s government, there- Yore, regard as doomed to_failure the fmethod pursued by the French and Belgian governments to secure rep- arations. Despite the wholesale seiz- Jures. the occupation of the Ruhr has Fl-rtulu('vd. at great cost, less receipts tor the allies, notably f coal and roke. than were forthcoming the pre fvious vear. Moreover, his majesty's government feel that the resulting ituation involves a great and grow- 'L‘n,,' langer to the peaceful trade of ithe world, and not the least of that of Great Dritain. The government regards the con- tinuance of the present position as Jraught with gravest risk, both eco- | ‘omic and political. They consider wn impartial fixation of Germany's | iabillty at a figure not inconsistént with her practical power of making | payment as a matter of great ur-| fency. and they have suggested what SPECIAL NOTICES. HAVE THAT REPAIRING DON “window screuns: estimates furnished. HILTON C0., 1221 Tngrabam st. b.w. & 1 FLOORS—OLD FLOORS MA floors laid. " C. ADAMS, ;only HOUSE BEAUTIFUL pew and n W nlw. 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Lord Curzon In the body of his note, which is very long and filled with argument over various proposals and points raised in the extended jcourse of the reparation negotiations, {complains that, notwithstanding the jterms of courtesy employed by France and Belgium regarding the recent Eritish sugxestions, the reception of these suggestions by those govern- ments, “leave his majesty’'s govern- ment ‘under the painful impression that neither are their suggestions welcome by their allies nor is their offered co-operation held to merit con- sideration. except on condition that no departure be made in any one par- ticular from whatever France and Belglum declare to be their over- riding views and decision.” Lord Curzon admits that gian reply be the less uncompromising. but that a closer examination showed both the attitude of Belgium and France, for all practical purposes. identical. Hence, he said, the British govern- ment asked leave to deal with both replies in a single answe; Raps French Plan, Commenting _strongly on having ignored Greal Britain' gostion of a draft reply Lord Curzon sald: “The omisslon sated for by tative passages, inquirfes on points of detalls and offe: of further dis- cussions and conversations, holding out the prospect of an indeflnitely spun-out controversy, while the fun- damental principles were only men- tioned in order to declare that they did not admit of discussion.” Much of the note is taken up with arguments against the Franco-Bel- glan clalms of special priority in payment: and ewspecially France's claim that she ought to receive 26.- 000,000,000 marks net. and also have her debts to Great Britain and the United States canceled. Lord Cur- zon declares that such a demand is for an amount three or four times larger than would. on balance, fall to France's share under the existing agreement. “It is dificult to see.” said DLord Curzon, “on what grounds a failure by Germany to meet her obligations, by which Great Britain is propor tionately damnified equally with her allies, can be held to justify the claim by France to be placed, at the ex- pense of her allies, favorable position than she would have occupied under the schedule of payments itself.” To Oppose Reviston. Lord Curzon declares his govern- ment cannot admit there is any ground whatever for revising the Spa percentages. In this connection ~he emphasizes that Great Britain alone among the allies is paying interest on debts incurred abroad during the war representing a capital sum of a thou- sand millions at the present rate of exchange due America, and that Great Britain alone has been deprived in the interest of foreign securities estimated at from 700.000,000 to 800.- 000,000 pounds, which would other- wise substantially assist in the pay- ment of the British debt to America. Lord Curzon opposes the Franco- Belgian contention that the repara- tion commission is competent to un- | the Bel- France sug- to Germany, is hardly compen- jdertake an investigation of Germany's capacity to pay, taking the ground that in the absence of an American representative France and Belgium would be able to carry any resolution over the heads of the British and Ttalian representatives. Regarding the conatitution of the propesed expert commission, the note say the British government would be willing to see upon it nominees not only of the powers entitled to reparations, but of the United States and of powers which took no part in the late war, and it would seem de- sirable of Germany itself. 1f, how- ever, the French government would prefer any other form of constitution, the British government would be happy to consider it. Support German View. Declaring that the British govern- ment cannot subscribe to the thesis | that passive resistance must cease un- conditionally because it is contrary to the treaty of Versailles, Lord Cur- zon declares the highest legal thorities in Great Britain have ad- vised the government that the Ger- man_contention is well founded; that the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr is not a sanction, authorized by the treaty itself. 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Do | ncw aad if REFINISHED Ofi POLISHED Y ; says: “If his majesty’s government hither- to have abstained formally from con- tosting the legality of the Franco- Belglan occupation, they have done so solely in conformity with the spirit of Mr. Bonar Law's declaration at the Paris conference in January that his majesty’s government desired to avoid causing any needless embarrassment to_their allies. “This should not be made 'a re- proach to them. FHis majesty’s gov- ernment would not even now have taken up this questicn of legality had they not been challenged to do so.” The note contends that the treaty only authorizes occupation of the left bank of the Rhine and the bridgeheads, and declares that the parallel France seeks to draw with Germany's action in 1871 can hardly be sustalned, because the latter ac- tion was expressly provided for by the preliminaries to the peace of 1871 and no similar analogy can be cited in_the case of the Ruhr. Furthermore, the note states, the re- covery of a comparatively small in- demnity after the brief campaign of 1870 is not really comparable to the | enforcement of the thirty-three-fold ¥ financially ex- | 2 cluim against & countr; generously as circumstances permit, | its trade, ad- would be ! | prepared to waive in the interest of | at first sight appeared to ( the series of argumen- | in 'a far more | au- | Lengthily arguing the illegality of | THE- EVENING - STAR, WASHINGTON, - D.-- C, MONDAY, AUGUST-13, 1923.. !Sllburl)an Heights—The Neighbor’s Lawn, THE LAWN TO SEE IF TRED BALL GAME CAME OUT TOPAY H SOUNDS O SOMEONE MUTTERING THRCUGH HIS TEETH FLOAT THROUGH THE WINDOW | GLOYAS Y WiLLIAMS SAYS HE'LL SUST CUT ACROSS PERLEY- KNOWS HOW THE BRUSHING HIMSCLP QPP AN HEARS HIM GO DOWN TRONT STEPS AND ACROSS LAWN. THINKS HOW QUIET THE TOLLOWED AT ONCE BY SOUNDS OF ANOTHER. HEAVY TALL. AND LOUDER MALEDICTIONS 0 AN CRi (C) Wheeler Syn. Inc Py v T BRITISH SUPPORT QUIET OF NIGHT SUDDENLY BROKEN BY THE SOUND OF SOMEONE TALLING VIOLENTLY DOWN REPORTS HE LIKE TO BROXKE HIS NEC D I HE HAD HE'D HAVE SUED 'EM AND IT'S A DARN UNNEIGH - BORLY THING TO DO TO LEAVE OQUET WIKKETS UP AT NIGHT B-13 hausted by four years of strenuous warfare and blockade. Complaining that even the British suggestions that the occupation of the Ruhr should terminate from the mo- ment that guarantees or pledges less economically harmful and more effectively productive should been not merely devised and obtained, but seen to be satisfactorily operating, Fave only been met by a definite re- fusal, the note proceed: not contemplated until the total Ger- man reparation liability is integrally discharged. Reiterated announcements 1o this effect, coupled with insistence on leaving undiminished. the fatal of 132,000,000,000 marks of German in- debtedness, can only be interpreted as an intention to remain in occupa- tion of the Ruhr for a number of years, which, at best, canuot be le: thau thirty x-—and which, in view of the generally admitted probability of complete execution of the schedule being found practicable under any circumstances, may be extended in- definitely, if not in perpetuity. Concern Is Felt, a situation, of which the | political, quite apart from the econom- {ic. consequences could only be de- iscribed as disastrous, cannot but be { viewed by his majesty’s government | With the greatest concern. It would | vividly conjure up danger of | national reiations being affected in a | manner threatening—to use the words of the eleventh article of the cove- nant of the league of nations—to di: turb international peace and the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends. His majesty’s government cannot believe the French |and Belgian governments will be {able to reconcile the opinion of world to an indefinite maintenance of 50 pertious a situation.” The note concludes with a recapit- ulation of former Premier Bonar Law's plans, concerning which it says the prineiple of the British plan is that Great Britain is ready, sub- {ject to the just claims of other parts of the empire, to limit her demands for payment by her allies and jermany together to a net sum ap- iproximating fourteen billion twe hun- dred million gold marks. represent- jain’s funded debt to America. concessions which the government may be able to offer in respect to interallied debts, says the note, must accordingly depend largely on the® jpercentage of this sum of billion two hundred million marks, which it can recover Germany. They can only be granted.in sub- stantive form when the general rep- arations settlement for which the government are pressing has been {agreed upon and is such that his majesty’s government -can regard their share of the German payments as an asset of real financlal value, the note declares. Lord Curzon asserts that this w be attainable under a settlement guaranteeing punctual payment the German debt by a system of con- trol “free from the economically un- sound impediments inherent in the military occupation of the Ruhr See No Purpose Served. the note says that in view jof the ct that, although Belgium warmly welcomed the British offer to discuss with the allies the question of future security, since France had contended_this question had nothing to do with the Ruhr and must be postponed to an unnamell date, the British government thinks no useful |purpose can be served by pursuing ithe matter. X Accompanying Lord Curzon's note was a memorandum fully explaining Great Britain’s position with regard to_interallied debts. The memorandum fernment’s opinion i impossible satisfactori the question of intera it is known what amount is recov- erable from Germany. It points out that the total amount Great Britain asks from Germany and her allles together is, in effect, less than the amount of the allied debts, being limited to the amount of the British debt to the United States, without re- zard either to loans raised by Great i Britain in the open American market or to the value of American securi- ties, estimated at between 700,000,000 and 800,000,000 pounds sterling, used to finance the allied cause in America before the United States entered the {war, the loss of which, from the | economical viewpoint, is the equiva- lent of contracting an equal amount of the foreign debt. Call Action Unwise. The British government, however, the memorandum says, cannot con- {ceal from the French government that Andrew Bonar Law's sugges- tion is less attractive to it now than when made in January, inasmuch as deterioration of Germany's financial prospects through the unwise Franco- Belgian action has made the security of the German reparation bonds much more precarious. It must also be understood that willingness to dis- cuss the question “must not be inter- preted as a waiver on Great Britain's part of British rights as a creditor, which are governed solely by con- tracts_under which money was ad- vanced and the securities which Great Britain holds.” The memorandum declares there was no suggestion when the loans were made to France that repayment was de- pendable on recoveries from Germany. The bills were made subject to renewal for a limited period only after the ter- mination of the war, with the clear in- tention that they should be redeemed by French government loans raised on the London market, the redemption money being applied to the cancellation of British securities issued on French account. “It must be clearly understood,” says the memorandum, “that in the absence of a new agreement French obliga- tions in this respect cannot honorably be repudiated and that in the mean- time the present practice of adding in- terest to ‘capital cannot be indefinitely continued, and that the commencement of payment, at any rate of a part of the interest, should be made as soon as the cterling and franc exchange be- comes reasonably stable.” gold from declares the gov- that it will be ily to deal with have | “Complete evacuation apparently is| Inter- | the | by | |ing the present value of Great Brit- | The | fourteen | 1lied debts until | BERLIN MAY HALT ALL REPARATIONS TO AID REFORMS | cratic party of Theodore Wolff refused | to receive him into its fold Undaunted by the rebuff, Stresemann proceeded to organize the German | people’s party, which presently be- ceme known as “the industrialist party.” because it was no secret that organizer had recruited the new party out of the ranks of the indus- trialists’ following, and wan for it their material suppor. The working out problems gradually resulted in creat- ing a right and left wing in the party, Stresemann being cominonly viewed as the champion of the liberal fac- tion Friendly Toward Big Business. When the Wirth cabinet retired nine months ago the united socialists refused point-blank to enter the coalition government in which the German people's party was represent- ed. Just what has prompted the so- cialists to abandon their erstwhile prejudice against or suspicion of Dr. Stresemann’s party in connection with the present crisis is not yet apparent, but the promptness with \tuen they consented to enter into a coalition with it suggests to political onlookers that the new chancellor evidently is n full accord with the demands put forward by the tnited soclalist respect to the ternal policies Dr. Stresemann grew up wholly i an_industrial environment” " PO 1 The new chancellor's outstanding political virtue. as his friends see it, is his “pliable adaptability” in meet- ing political situations—a faculty which frequently showed itself in his eeches before the reichstag, of which he has been a member Since 1907 As the new cabinet represents purely partisan government, it is in- teresting to note that the united so- clalists enter the new a parliamentary asset ¢ tag membe as total of 193 claimed by bourgeois parti with socialists are now allied. More Trouble Brewing. The resignations of Chancellor Wil- helm Cuno and his entire cabinet were accepted yesterday by President Ebert. Dr. Gustav Stresemann, leader of the German people's party, was com- missioned by President Ebert to form a new government. i Provincial centers of Germany re- ‘porled that the food prices and scar- | city of money are leading to serious | trouble in many places. Thirteen |persons have been Killed and a num- ber wounded in collisions between | the police and infuriated demonstra- | tors at Neurode, near Breslau. At Glatz, Silesia, riots were suppressed ieasily, but at Hanover three were {killed" and forty wounded when the 'Dolice attempted to dizperse crowds ywhich were plundering the shops. | The strike movement in Berlin and |elsewhere has taken of the post-war 175 »d with a the three which the | Because of the dismissal of workmen Ifrom shipyards and other industries lat Stettin ‘a general strike is expect- led there today. Lignite miners at | Meuselwitz, near Gera, are on strike {and all the mines and industrial | works at Stassfurt, Saxony, are ldle. {A fight occurred there between strikers and nationalists, one man be- ing killed. At Frankenhausen, near I Erfurt, looting of shops on a large yscale is going on. General Strike Called. The general strike proclaimed by the communists in Berlin has brought a cessation of work in the municipal plants, the gas and electricity supply in some sections being cut off. The waterworks are still in_operation. ‘Abandonment of the chancellor by the socialists was commonly accepted as a concession to their radical fol- lowing and as a counter-stroke to the communists, who are _utilizing the nation's distresses as a means of mobilizing the working classes around the red flag. Hang Stinnes in EMgy. It may be said that Herr Cuno was purely a vietim of the economic crisis, as the three middle parties supporting him were still inclined to stand by his government. But at last they realized the futility of maintain- ing him in the position of chancellor in the face of two hundred hostile labor votes In the reichstag. The chancellor's political supporters and President Ebert finally Impressed him with the hopelessness of such a pros- pect and he concluded to resign. Three times communists at Roett- hausen, near Gelsenkirchen. erected gallows with effigies of Chancellor Cuno and Hugo Stinnes swinging from them, but each time the police tore them down. The proceedings ended in an ugly rush on the police | by the crow, in which one policeman and five of the demonstrators were kifled and ten wounded. FOOD RIOTS CONTINUE. ] Disorders B_epomd in Occupied Territory—More Is Feared. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, August 13.—Dis- orders during the weed end, accom- panied by considerable plundering of food stores and some bloodshed, were reported today from various parts of the occupied territory. The most serfous trouble was at Gelsenkirchen, where two clvilians were killed and from fifteen to twen- ty injured seriously enough to re- quire hospital treatment. A Berlin dispatch last night said { with | new government's in- ministry with | reicns- | a serious turn.| one policeman and five demonstra- tors had been killed and ten wound- ed in disorders at Rotthausen, near Gelsenkirchen. While outwardly calm has been re- stored there, it is feared trouble may break out again because of the ex- | asperation of the populace over the food shortage. | Further rioting Crefeld, where sev splted from last week’s demonstra- tions over the food situation. The Crefeld police yesterday arrested 120 persons accused of plundering cloth- ing stores or compelling proprietors sell their goods for almost nothing. At Rhenhausen a group of coml muni tacked police headquarters, disarmed one. At Walthrop a group of work- {ers armed with knives and clubs went to & nearby farm and compelled the farmers to sell them foodstuffs SOCIALIST IN POWER. was ral reported Hilferding Long Known as Author- ity on Finance. he Star News, BERLIN, ugust cant feature of the present cabinet change in Germany is not the shift- {ing of the chancellorship from Dr ICuno to Herr Stresmann, but is the i transfer of the all-important ministry {of finance to the socialists )] Th should imply that the new { government has accepted the fiscal {Policy which the socfalists have been urging for two years—the heaviest bearable taxation, ruthlessly and Ipromptly collected in order to finance the =tate without the aid of printing press. and honorably to pay wcions to the limit of Germany's cavucity. The question remains whether the new cabinet is sincerely adopting this po 'y or is only using the socialists as a window dressing. | Held As Authority. | Rudolph Hilferding. who |the ministry of finance. unquestion- ably is the leading financial authority | nis party. His book “Finance and {Capital,” published some ars he- {fore the war, was regard by the |socialists as the economic treatise « [ Permanent fame written from 5 <o cialist viewpoint since Karl Marx's Capital.” 1t I8 regarded by non-so- |cializts as a profound study of the role of banks in modern industry. Hence, according to the soclalists, Hilferding is an ideal man for the | post; because he knows all of Hugo Slinnes’ tricks. He was educated as a physician. He served through war in the medical department and helped form the independent socialist party, which through the war vigor- lously’ but unsuccessfully demanded that the German government publicly and unequivocally accept the offer of peace without annexation made by President Wilson. After the war he was one of the first to advocate that Germany sign the Versailles treaty and pay the fullest possible repara- tions and the Copyrigit —The signifi- Clicago 1923 Pollcy of Taxation. Like all other Germans, he believed the financial terms of the treaty to be impossible of fulfillment, but he in- sisted that Germany must show the will to pay and then let the facts speak for themselves, whereupon the world would see the absurdity of the reparations figure and revise it down- ward. And just as he resisted sabo- tage of reparations, he resisted the sabotage of the tax payments by the industrialists. He helped to formu- late the policy of tax payments on a gold basis, the seizure of real values for taxes, the gold loan—all of which now is finally accepted by the new government. Hilferding fought stubbornly for all these policies when they were un- popular. Now nearly every one agrees with him. His record should giye the outside world greater confidence in Germany's willingness to put her own house in order and do everything pos- sible to solve the reparations prob- em. RUSSIANS FEAR DEATH IF DEPORTED BY AMERICA Declare They Will Face Firing Squad if Returned Because of Hatred for Bolsheviki. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 13.—Nine. teen Russian immigrants, members of the refugee party Admiral Stark led from Vladivostok to Manila, thence to America, but now awaiting deporta- tion after rejection by immigration officials, today appealed to Americans to save them from the “dungeon or the firing squad.” ‘When local authorities denied them admission they appealed their case to Washington officials, who upheld the decision of the San Francisco office. The Russians declared that they had no sympathy for the present Russian regime, and surely would meet im- prisonment or death if sent back to that country. —_ SCHLOSSER GIVES BOND. Wife’s Charge of Non-Support De- nied by Watc: man. James E. Schlosser, watchman, of 12th and O streets souths st, was re- leased from custody today by Justice Balley on a writ of habeas corpus. Schlosser gave a bond of $500 for his | appearance at a hearing scheduled for | August 20. He was arrested by the poliee on a warrant from Prince Georges county, Md.. charging non- support of his wife, Mary Schlosser. Through Attorney Malcolm Hufty the etitioner declares he has resided in vashington for thirty Kur!. and at no time lived in Prince rges county. He asserts his wife deserted him in April, 1922, at | sualties re- | ree policemen and killed | the | the | | i | assumes | | | | { { i i Ieux:ested that “this is a matter which i should be determined by the allied | entirely | the progressive HUGHES' PROPOSAL Reparations Reply Shows Outline of U. S. Suggestion Is Being Followed. Among the proposals set forth by Great Britain in the draft reply on reparations and its covering note, | made public here last night, was | the suggestion to her allies that “the | co-operation of an American expert” | be sought on a commission of ex-| perts to establish the capacity of | Germany to pay. i The British, in proposing American | co-operation in the investigating body, as set forth in the covering note, followed the outline of a plan | suggested first by Secretary of State Hughes in his address at New Haven | last December. Aside from the rev- elation concerning the British atti- | tude toward American co-operation the draft reply and covering note contained little that was not dis- closed by Premier Baldwin on August 2, in hiseaddress to parliament. No comment on the reparations ex- | changes was forthcoming from Amer- ican officials. It was pointed out in other quar- | ters, however, that, while Mr. Hughes was careful to say at New Haven that the experts to sit on the proposed commission should act as individuals and “fre from any responsibility to foreign offices and from any duty to obey political instructions,” the British draft reply makes no such stipula- tion. Instead, it merely d ribed those who would take part in the inquiry as “competent and impartial experts.” 1 Set Forth Plan. ! As summed up in the covering note, the intent of the draft reply was to set before the world the following plan of settlement as embodying the best judgment of the British govern- ment: “1. The German government to un- dertake to abandon the policy of pas- sive resistance. “2." Steps to be taken upon the ces- sation of passive resistance for the resumption of the civil administra- tion of the Ruhr, and to provide for evacuation of those areas. “3. A body of impartial experts to be set up, charged with the duty of adviging the allied governments and { the reparation commission, respec- tively, as to Germany's capacity to pax, and as to the mode of payment to be prescribed. The co-operation of an American expert to be sought, and arrangements to be made for German experts to be consulted and heard. ‘4. The same body, or a body sim- ilariy constituted. to be asked to ad- vise the reparation commission as to { the economic sureties and guarantees to be pledged by Germany to the allies. 5. Interallied discussions to be openied with as little delay as pos- sible, whether by conference or other- wise, for the purpose of elaborating a comprehensive plan of a general and final financial settlement, “6. So soon as the economic sure- | ties and guarantees which Germany will have pledged to the allles have, been nut into.effective operation the occupation of all German territory outside the limits lald down in the treaty of Versailles to come to an end No Direct Reference to U. The draft reply. which made no direct reference 1o American co-op- | cration in the adjustment of the rep- | arations question, after calling at-, tention to the request of the German government. contained in its note of June 7. “for an examination by an impartial international tribunal of Germany's present capacity for pay- " continued: : 'he allied governments, while un-i able to accede to this request in the form in which it was proposed, are far from thinking that they might not be assisted in the task devolved upon them by the treaty by the labors of competent and impartial experts: and provided that nothing is done in this respect that is inconsistent with the treaty stipulations, they are dis- posed to think that positive advan- tage might result from such an exam- ination. It would bring the allega- tions of diminished capacity to the test of fact: it would reveal the actual position at the present moment; and it would remove all excuse for eva- slon. s Note German Approval. “The allied governments take note of the statement by the German gov- ernment that it would welcome such an inquiry, and of its pledge to abide by the result The araft reply also made the point that “no guarantees for the punctual discharge of accepted | suffice unless provision is at the same time made for some form of inter- national control of German financial administration. Referring to the situation in the Ruhr growing out of French and Bel- gium occupation and the resulting “passive resistance” of the Germans, the draft reply said: “If the German government now desires a resumption of inguiry, it will, in the opinion of the allied gov ernments, be well advised to withdraw without further delay the ordinances and decrees which have organized and fomented this form to resistance and openly and unequivocally to disavow the acts of violence and sabotage which have in some cases accom- panied it. “Were this action to be taken with- out delay, not only would it be re- garded as an_evidence of that good faith which the German government has once again avowed, but it would involve a reconsideration by the oc- cupying powers of the conditions of their occupation and a gradual return to the normal features of industrial life in the Ruhr. Such a reversion would possess the additional advan- tage that, by re-establishing the pro- ductive activity of that reglon, it would enable the German government more speedily and more effectively to discharge its reparation debt.” Matter for Allies. As to the composition of an “im- partial” body to determine Germany's capacity to pay, the covering note overnments in consultation. B There should be no difficulty,” the note continued, “in agreeing upon a selection of competent persons en- joying their confidence as well as that of the padlic. Further, the advan- tages of American co-operation in this inquiry, wi-ether in an official or in an unoflicial capacity, scarcely re- quire_emphasis. _and is confidently WHEN YOU WANT IT Ten Minutes is All HERNDON'S INDIGESTINE Needs to Relieve Food An {the German chancellor's 3 Abe Martin Says: Th’ worst menace is th’ driver @’ th’ pop’lar little car who butts in an’ out o' traffic like a gold- fish. We don’t know ¢o much about wheat, but it’s common knowl- edge that ther's gaimblin’ in can- taloupes. (Coprright N onal Newspaper Service.) IPOINCARE AFFIRMS STANDPAT POLICIES Defends Actions Toward Ger- many in Speeches on 0ld Battlefields. By the Associated Press * STENAY, France, August 13.—Disre- garding the recommendations of David Lloyd George. the fdrmer British prime minister, that I should not make speeches on Sundays or in places where war memories would be aroused, Premier Poincare vesterday made two addresses to emphasize France’'s unswerving determination not to change her policy, toward Ger- many. He delivered his first address yes- terday at sarviile at the unveiling of a monument to military and civil victims of the war. : In the af*.cnoon he came to Stenay to dedicate . war memorial in the town that during most of the war was the domain and pleasure ground of the former German crown prince. His addresses here and at Marville had been written before the last British note was received. although he had the document before him as he spoke. _ “Chancellor Cuno,” said the premier in his Marville speech. referring to > recent ad- dress in the reichstag, ‘jundoubtedly would not have used such senseless language if the allies had been unanimous in showing him their will in ordering him not to revolt longer against the legitimate measures taken by Belgium and France.” Sure of Rights, The premier declared that the Ger- man government was leading Ge many to catastrophe, sdding. “We are sure not only of our righis, but our methods.” “We can only smile indulgently at Cuno's blustering.” M. Poincare con- tinued. “If he thinks Germany was not thoroughly beaten in the war, she declared; if he believes Germany can violate with impunity the treaty she signed; if he thinks we are disposed to go on indefinitely without the reparations ghe owes us; if he be- lieves we will go out of the Ruhr be- fore our claim is paid. then he is greatly mistaken. And if he does not believe all this, but only says it, it is his compatriots he hoodwinks and leads to ruin.” M. Polncare concluded that Germany now. as in 1918, on the eve of her m. .ar, downfall, was eking to mislead ., inion. “It is only necessary,” he declared, “not to weaken, bat to have the last word. It was not < 'y the bravery of the allied armies that won the war, but the unshakable wili of the na tion. same will to win peace, and it will do 0. Your dead demand it, and their demand will be granted.” In his afternoon address in Stenay by saying liabilities will | M. Poincare said that that part of the | world uninfluenced by Germany re- fuses to believe France has no ulterior motive in her present policy. But.” he added, “we can only new our answer—we do not think crushing any one; we do not s lenda Germania'; nor do we wish to take a single bit of ground that does rot belong to us.” M. Poincare referred to_the speech made Thursday by Dr. Stresemann, leader of the German people’s part in which he asserted that Germany did not hate France during the war and detested her now only because of the Ruhr occupation. “What would the Germans have done if they had hated us?" asked the premier. “We are not fanning hatred” the premier added. “We proclaimed, on the contrary. after victory that we were ready to forget. Rancor and vengeance are sentiments that have no place on French soil. : “We wish only that our spirit of chivalry, our generosity, should not be abused.” ———— recommended by hi ernment to the allies. : The covering note explained that the British government shrank from submitting more definite proposals than those outlined “because experi- ence has shown that hard and fast schemes are apt to impede than promote a general agreement. The note also emphasized that the { British government attached the “highest importance to the mainte- nance of allied unity” and was co vinced that “only by such unity will an early solution of the prboblem be majesty’s gov- rather The whole nation has now the | PARIS PRESS SFES MENACE N NOTE Poincare Organ Calls It Mar= vel of Confusion; Comment Generally Bitter. By the Assoc PARIS, note, | night, ted Press, August 13.—The British made public in London last has been received with pro- found disappointment by French opinion. This is evident from the comment of the morning newspapers Le Matin, generally understood to be a Poincare organ, calls the note “a marvel of confusion and contra- diction. * * “The Baldwin not say lamentable for England. It to an unsuspected degree the state of moral disintegration into which the English leaders have fallen, which {is only comparable to the state of { financial disintegration into which Germany has fallen™ Even L'Oeuvre, sharply critical of Premier Poincare and always ready to turn every event to his disad- vantage, remarks: “Stanley Baldwin, the English capitalist, considers that the rights of English capitalists must have precedence over those of French and Belgian war sufferers.” See France Imposed Upon. Echo de Paris declares that Inote “purposes to make us bear {burden of the interallied debt deprives us of the possibility transferring it to Germany.’ Le Journal js inclined to be i {eal, saving: “The note is incontest {ably the most disagreeable that has come to us from London. * * * In se of disagreement. there is noth- ing like recognizing the facts fran ly"and bringing up clearly the ele- { ments of discord.” The writer adds that the tone of |the note betravs the disappointment |of the British at the failure of the great campaign to emerge from Mi Bonar Law's passive neutrality and intervene as mediators before the triumph of France and the collapse of Germany [DEPLORE HARDING DEATH { | it : shows the the and of, The following resolution in regard to the President's death was {adopted at a meeting of the Capital Division, 160, Brotherhood of Loc motive nginecers, at a meeting held vesterday afternoon “That we extend to Mrs. Harding and our government our deepest sym- pathy in the loss of her husband and jour ~ President. 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