Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-04
Tardieu Says U. S.
Must Be Represented
When Germany PAYS

Paris, Feb. 3. (By The Associated
Press. 1.-The French parliament,
chamber and senate, today approved
the governments declaration on the
decisions taken by the Supreme coun-
Gil at Paris respecting reparations,
disarmament and other questions. 1t
received Premier Brands declaration
with all outward and visible signs
that promise large majority in the
vote of confidence which the BRAND
cabinet will seek tomorrow.
Andre Tardieu, former high COM
missioner to the United States, had
given notice of an Interpolation.
This appeared to be taken most Sc
riously by the government, but was q
moderate attack against the BRAND
cabinet, especially NJ. Loucheur, and
on the haste the French government
had displayed to settle matters con-
corning the United States before the
new administration was installed.
Criticizing the Paris conference, he
declared: There can be no capital
ization, mobilization or discounting
of the German debt until the United
-
The decisions of the allied confer
ence in Paris, he asserted, were to-
tally embodied in the Versailles
treaty. His whole argument was that
all of the decisions taken by the Paris
conference had already been provided
for in the treaty. The conference he
coutended was useless. All that
might have been done was to hold
the Germans strictly to the Versailles
treaty.
Article 240 of the Versailles treaty
settled Germany's financial obliga-
tions; article 23S provided for the
manner in which the indemnity must
be paid and for turning the matter
over to the PREPARATIONS commission,
said NJ. Tardieu with reference to
disarmament, no deliberations were
needed on the integral enforcement OF
the treaty. With respect to penalties
Article 270 provided for the seizure
of the German customs.
"Thus the Paris conference discov-
cred nothing" declared the former
high commissioner, who put speciaI
emphasis on his belief that the con-
ference should have been postponed
until the United States government
had been given an opportunity to
express it's views on all questions.
In making his declaration, NJ. Bri-
and informed the deputies that the
French government "has in no wise
renowned the purpose of collecting
the entire debt due from Germany, If
she RECEIVERS her economic prosperity"
Germany would have to pay to the
limit of her economic capacity.
The declaration was received with
business-like silence. In fact, 1t
could not be recalled that the French
chamber had ever been so quiet under
similar circumstances. Mn. BRAND,
Tardieu, Margarine, Lacotte and the
Communist leader, NJ. Cachin, present.
ed their arguments much as might the
board of directors of a financial or
ganization discussing the liabilities of
an insolvent debtor.
M. Tardieu did not finish his speech
tonight, but will continue tomorrow,
when M. Loucher, minister of finance,
who was especially attacked, will re-
ply. Then M. BRAND will answer M.
Cachin, who read the declaration Of
the Communists after that of the gov
eminent was finished today. The
Communists declaration advocated a
world wide revolution and immediate
peace with Moscow.
Comment in the chamber Hobbies is
to the effect that M. BRAND has
picked an easy task in replying to NJ.
Cachin. The government tonight APP
pears certain of big vote of conf
dence. as the bye-word Of the depu-
ties is: "Sit still and await the de-
claration of the new American gov
eminent"