Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-02
ALLIES WILL FORCE
Berlin TO ACCEPT
PLANS, SAYSPAR|S
Denies German Right to Stip-
uIate Basis for Negotiations
on Reparation.
LONDON HINTS TAX LEVY
MAY BE ALTERED LATER
Britain Will Adhere Gin Main TO
Paris Agreement, But Tone
Is Less Severe.

PARlS, r
nation regarding the German atituoe
toward the reparation terms 1or'hu
lated by the supreme councll las'
week had not come into possession oA
the French government up 10 this 'Ii'
ernoon. 1t was said in official clreiee'
however. that if the unofficial advlces
rece;ved here were accurate, and that
I,or.;,n Minister Simons had in real
;tv announced q refusal to accept tne
ts,r,s as a basis for negotiations, TINS
would not change the attitude OF tne
allies who consider the declSione
reached at Paris merely as details IN
the execution of the treaty OIL
sailles. aa+er-
The allies, it was stated are deter- r
MINED not to reopen the question SO Id
boriously settled by them. Germany
NAV refuse to negotiate the trea'y'
she will not be allowed to say on VIA
basis she will or Will not nesosia &C. :,
Undertaking to which Germany put
her signature. If she wants to pre-.
sent objections regarding tne rnoue ol
execution, it was added, they Will De
examined. If she refuses eAecution. Ion
the allies will notify Berlin Oh the iooi
penalties fixed in Paris.
The BRUSSELS conference set Tor rep :
ruary will. so far as Information Is
available here, occur as planned.
uoudou Declaration Softer.
LONDON, February 2.-The confer
ence called by the supreme council 10
no held in London February %, to
which the Germans VIII De invited
will not be for the purpose OF pro-
nouucing an irrevocable sentence re-
sarding reparations, from wnlcn tne
Germans will not be able to appear, II
was authoritatively stated here TO-DAY.
The conference. rather, will be de-
signed to reproduce declaration OF the
principles of Germany's indeotednesS.
1t is pointed out in official circles
that the work OF the PARIS CONF
on reparations was that OF making
solemn declaration of Germany,s In
debtedness That declaration, 1t is as
serted, will, in the main, De cioseiy
adhered to at the London conference,
but the allies and Germany can ADJUST
the method and time of the payments
1t is even probable, it is stated. that
the IL per cent tax on Germany's ex-
ports provided for in the Paris terms,
may be altered by the cohferees. al
though the principle of the right TO
impose such a tax will be retained.
The expor. tax measure, it Is asserted
here was strictly a French proposal
advanced for. the purpose OF guarantee
ing the fullest protection from future
German aggression.
Simons in Reichstag.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 2.-Germany
does not consider the terms of repara-
ton decided upon by the supreme al
lied council at Paris last week as
being the final settlement of the in
demnity question. but the basis of fu-
ture negotiations. This was indicated
by DR. Walter Simons, foreign min
ha 20 the rpndraf ions
question before the reichstag yester-
day.
His address was viewed as a eau
tious statement by party leaders who
in the lounging room of the reIchstag
after the session had adjourned. The
prevalent opinion was that DR.. Simons
had not burned his bridges behind
him. and that his presentation of the
German attitude might enable him to-
gain important time. both in antici-
pating the attitude of the new Ameri-
can administration and In reaching a
definite settlement of the fate Of up
per Silesia-
Rumors have been current that the
present German cabinet would resign.
but they have been given little Gre
dence, as no other coalition govern
ment would be conceivable under the
present unanimity of political parties
in Germany. Only the communists
stand out as the opposition. The opin-
ion was also quite universally ex-
pressed that the independent social
lists could adopt no other attitude
than one of stern opposition to, the
reparation conditions, under which
the proletariat would be the greatest
sufferers This view was promptly
subscribed to by majority socialists.
who have made it known they would
stand by the present government.
Asks for Allied Government.
all, a blow at the German working
man." Dr. Eduard David, majority So
cialist leader and former member of
the ministry. declared in talking with
the Associated Press. 1.-The agrarian
classes might be able to survive such
economic impostiOns. as they are able
to feed themselves The wealthy also
would probably not suffer under such
burden. But the German laboring
people would have to shoulder the
burden of such terms. No German gov
ernment is possibly conceivable which
would dare 10 assume such responsi-
bility toward German pcSterity as
acceptance would produce Internal
chaos and lure bolshevism to the eleast-
ern frontier of Germany.
We are quite willing to have an
entente coalition government COM
posed of EngIshmen Frenchmen,
RelGians, Italians and Japanese, take
over the government of Germany and
demonstrate the Feasibility of the
terms now imposed upon us"
Since the national assembly met at
Weimar to vote on the Versailles
peace treaty there had been no such
intensity of interest in governmental
affairs as was displayed yesterday
afternoon when DIR. SimonS diyulced
the German governments attitude
toward the decisions Of the recent
supreme council.
The reichstaS building was crowded
ALL day with excited members and
leading politicians of all the parties.
who were standing about in erouns
eagerly discussing the terms of the
entente and generally denouncine
them as impossible of execution.
Leaders Calm Down.
The early part of DIR. Sinlons' dec
laration was Chiefly. u criticism of the
entente proposition. But his words
did not reach clearly to the gaIleriS
until he announced that the German
government refused to negotiate on
the basis of the entente demands but
would formulate counter proposals.
The declaration Of DR.. Simons ap-
parently was less emphatic than had
been expected by many of the listen
ers. who were looking more for a
definite position than a suggestion
MGich might pave the way for an eX-
change Of notes between now and