The Washington times., 1921-03-06

ALLIED Terms
British Economic Expert Attacks
Demands on Germany AZ
Leading to Disaster.

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Cowf wfsrsncs and 0sthor Of the famous
book. "Ths Esexowsie Cowseqasrcss
I0f the Psaps." seOho has been ottack-
ing the sl1isd 9sMossds Of $50 S,000,-
600 900 registrations from Germany,
RETURNS 70 The attack in the Mas
chester Gw0rd&an today.
He dsolasss tks present pssthods
sOiu tear wp ths VsrsaiiLes tresty
pretty oo~splstsIv and eavns Premier
Lloyd Gsorgs tket zoe are susbay'k-
ING on the se~ss policy as In ire
land. II persisted IN it
,oiIi lead to s9val disastsr." The
tsst Of kjs latest article foltosos:
LONDON, March eve have
made demands On the Germans
which We knew It was impossible for
them Ia perform" ]. Maynard
Keynes writes In the Manchester
Guardian today. "They have replied
with proposals which err in the op-
posite direction and which have the
same insincere aspect as worn by
their counter proposals at the Peace
Conference.
OPPOSED TO POLICY.
Tho Paris proposals on repsrations
represent . Modification OF the or
iginal treaty which. whether or not
IL ts modification In their favor, the
Germans are not bound to t,cep;.
I'VE seem to be embarking. on
ever q larger scale. on the Same
policy as purSued In Ireland, Justify
ing 1t with the same arguments. The
held to entitle us to do whatever we
like.
1.-THE same attitude of mind and the
| xame morality are responsible for
this latest pronouncement as for the
reprisals in ireland.
eff this course Is persisted In II
will lead to equal disaster"
Accordingly we have alleged that
they have broken. the treaty In other
respects and we threaten them with
punitive action to compel them not to
keep the treaty in these respects, but
to perform certain other acts outside
the theaty. Premier Lloyd Georges
speech Ia studiously vague as to the
breaches Of the treaty. They seem to
consist in:
| 1.-Faiiurs to deliver war criminals
for trial.
2.-Failure to disarm.
3.-Failurs to pay 100000 900
gold marks.
l
provisions of the treaty have been
modified by agreement since IL was
| signed. The present delinquency con-
| sists' apparntly In dilatory action, re-
lating to criminals and permitting the
growth Of semi-clandestine military
organizations.
ONLY IMPORTANT FAILURE.
| "The failure to pay 10000. 900. 900
gold marks is in a different category,
According to the letter Of the treaty
Germany has to pay this sum by May
1st, 1921, in such installments and In
such matter as the reparation COM
mission may fix.'
"As May first has not arrived the
| default can only consist In the sail
ure to make the deliveries specifically
demanded by the reparation commits
sion. l am not aware that the COM
mission ever published a statement of
the various demands II may have
made"
"The only important failure to
| which / have seen public reference Is
in respect to the coal deliveries and
I have seen 1t stated that Germany's
coal, deliveries under the Spa agree
ment are two to five per cent In ar
rears.
These amounts are trifling and It is
generally agreed, broadly speaking.
| that Germany has kept the obliga-
tons to which she bound herself at
Spa.
"Are we entitled to make vague
charges and then to threaten PEN
alties unless Germany agrees to do
| something which has nothing to do
with the charges. This is question
of international law and. what Is
more important, Of international
morality.
OPPOSES METHODS.
| "The method proposed by the Allies
| would seem to tear up the peace
treaty pretty completely and substi-
tute an intermittent application OF
force In the exaction of Huctuating
| demands.
"If the penalties are directed to-
ward increasing the amount avail
able for reparation they are futile
to point at. They can hardly be in
tended to raise money: rather they
are designed to frighten Germany in
to putting her name to what she can
not and does not intend to perform
by threatening a serious step in the
direction of the French policy of per-
manently detaching the Rhine prov
inces from the German common
/ wealth