New-York tribune., 1921-04-20
Premier to Confer With
Lloyd George at Hythe
Saturday; Foch Also to
Share i'll Conference
Berlin Given Three
Days to Shift Gold
Allies to Seize Reichs.
bank Reserves Unless
Deposited by April %
BY Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The Tribune
nvrinht 1921 New York Tribune In

PARIS, April 19.-Premier BRAND
will go to Hythe, England, on satur
day to lay before the British Prime
Minister the French plan of action
against Germany to compel payment of
her war bill. This plan calls for weld
ing French and German industries into
single unit under French control.
BY dominating the chief source Of
wealth in Germany. France, with Eng
lands help, means to obtain the money
due the Allies
Under Brands plan the Allies will
demand tribute Of the Ruhr cities that
French troops will occupy after May
l if Germany defaults in her payment
Of the 10000, 100000 gold marks due
that date The tribute will be used to
pay the expenses of the occupation.
The first month the Allies will exact
between 30o,o0o,OOo and 4O0,0OO,O00
gold marks. The expenses thereafter
are expected to be less.
On every ton of coal that goes
through the Allied customs ring
around the industrial region of West
phalia the Allies will place tax Of
between 10 and 25 gold marks. French
leaders are hesitating between these
two figures.
Coal Supply To Be Shut OF
Bl nd's plan also calls for other
measures to force Germany to yield
to the Allied terms, including an
agreement by which the Allies will
prevent coal from reaching Germany
from the Ruhr for a certain period.
All these plans are to be gone over
at the Hythe conference. Marshal
Foch, General Weygand, General Ber
thelot and probably Louis Loucheur
will accompany the Premier. French
experts are now putting the finishing
touches on the plan to meet English
susceptibilities and to make sure it is
workable. The French are convinced
of the necessity for stern measures
to compel German submission.
Associated Press dispatches from
Paris yesterday said that the Allied
Reparations Commission had given the
Germans until Friday to deliver the
Reichsbank gold holdings, amounting
to 1000, 900, 900 marks, to it's branches
in Coblenz and Cologne, as an
evidence Of good faith in the repara-
ton negotiations. In event Of re-
sion will require the immediate de-
livery of the gold to the commission
itself.
AS now, being worked over by French
experts, particular attention is being
paid in Brands plan to measures to
bring pressure to bear on Germany and
force her to accept the responsibility
of payment. Every ton of Ruhr coal
that is sent to other parts of Germany
or is sold to neutral countries will be
taxed in gold. 1t is thought that this
feature will be particularly pleasing to
the English, because it would help to
maintain the market price of coal. In
cidentally, however, it may be asked
whether France or Great Britain, under
such subsidized conditions, won't be
able to reexport German coAl at Dump
ing prices if market conditions require.
American Opposition Feared
The French plan, it is pointed out
opposition from America Under it
France and Great Britain intend to as
sumo. control OF the sources of German
wealth. The United States protested
when France and Great Britain estab-
lished monopoly in the Mesopotamian
oil fields and may be equally disturbed
to see these two nations obtain con-
trolling interest in German industry.
American manufacturers are pitted
against these industries in the markets
of the world. BY the annexation Of
the Westphalian enterprises France
and Great Britain would not only be
collecting money due them on Ger
many's war bill, but they would be
acquiring sources of industrial power
which, equally with the Mesopotamian
oil fields, would make them stronger
not only against Germany but as op-
posed to American political and eco
nomic interests.
In this situation observers here
doubt whether the United States
stands to gain anything by keeping the
Indebtedness of the European nations
to the Washington Treasury separate
from the German reparations problem.
France needs and wants Americas help
to put her plan into effect and to carry
(continusd pass sevsal