The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-04-29
BE RI IN OFFERS To
PAY ALLIES DEBTS
Willing to Take Over War Obi
cations of Entente.
BRAND ISSUES ULTIMATUM
France to Seize the Ruhr May If Bid
Is Too LoW-Chamber Backs Up
the Premier's Final
Warning.


event the United States and the allies
SO desire, is willing, according to the
extent of her ability and capacity, to
assume the allies obligations to the
United States" says clause in her
separations contemporaries, it is
definitely learned here. With this
exception the contemporaries for
warded to Washington, including the
offer of 2OO,OOO,OOO,OOO gold marks
($47 OO,0O0,O00), are virtually as fore
cast in Mondays press dispatches
from this city.
Germany offers to pay 50,000,OOO,-
600 gold marks, the present value Of
which, converted into annuities, would
total 200,000,OO00O0 gold marks. pay
able according to her ability.
Note Proposes Arbitration.
Arbitration proposed by Germany
for determining the total amount due
from her on PREPARATIONS is contained
in the reparations note forwarded to
Washington.
A clause in this note says: Germany
suggests the appointment of an I'M
biased commission to fix the total sum
Of her war reparations, which she
pledges to accept as binding and to
carry out with good faith
with the acceptance of these pro-
pOsals," says the German note, Ser
many's other PREPARATIONS and Obliga-
lions will be annulled and all German
private property in foreign countries
released"
AS evidence of her good faith, says
the note, Germany is prepared imme-
diately to place at the disposal of the
PREPARATIONS commission 15OOOO,OOO
marks in gold, silver and foreign ex-
change, and 850OOO,0O0 gold marks in
treasury notes, redeemable within
three months in foreign exchange or
foreign securities.
The note to the Washington govern
ment, embOdying the German pro-
posals, was made public here.
Silence at Washington.
Washington, April 27.-The German
contemporaries of PREPARATIONS were
discussed at length at the regular
meeting of President Harding's cab
met, but If any decision was reached
the fact was carefully concealed.
Those attending the meeting main
tanned absolute silence on the subject
and would not say even that the Ger
man communication was taken up. 1t
was known, however that Secretary
Hughes laid it before the President
and his advisers.
The impression was gained that the
German proposals had produced a
favorable impression. Officials said
that unless there be some "camou-
f1age" or secret meaning in Germany's
offer, it cannot be otherwise than a
proper basis for discussion by the
allies and the United States. What
deeper analysis of the German note
will show has not yet been deter
mined. Even suggestions as to the
probable course of the United States
in dealing with the German communi-
cation were carefully withheld, how
ever.
Secretary Hughes invited all am
bassadOrs of the allied powers to
meet him at the State department,
following receipt of the new German
PREPARATIONS proposal. The ambassa-
doris are understood to have cabled
the terms of the offer to their home
governments Immediately, They have
no discretion in the matter of rejec-
tion or acceptance of the proposals, it
was pointed out.
New Terms Unacceptable.
Paris, April 27.-Germany's new rep
arations propositions, as made public,
are considered here as unacceptable
even as basis for discussion, accord
ing to well-informed opinion close to
the French foreign office.
Copies Of kilograms from Berlin,
giving the official summary of the of
fer, were circulated in the chamber of
deputies and the senate, where the
terms set forth were animatedly dis
cussed. The general comment was
that the offer was absurdly insufficient.
1t was pointed out that the only
cash offered by the Germans was
15O,OO0,O00 marks, against the 1900
100000 marks estimated as due May 1.
Premier BRAND told the chamber of
deputies:
eff on May / satisfactory proposals,
with acceptable guarantees, are not
made by the German government, the
Ruhr will be occupied"
/, ~ -.
| ment the chamber voted confidence in
the government by vote of 424 to 90,
with 50 deputies abstaining from vot-
ing.