New-York tribune., 1921-02-14
Si111Ons Wants
II. S. Consulted
On Indemnify
Says America as Creditor
{ f pf Entente and Producer
of Raw Materials Should
x:s Have Voice in Conference
Csalrnter Proposals Ready
Asserts Germany VIII Show
at London That 1t Takes
His Obligations Seriously

STUTTGART, Feb. 13 (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-Dr. Simons, the Ger
.ufsns Foreign Minister, speaking here
to-day, declared that closer examina-
tion Of the Paris proposals only con-
frmcd the judgment he had already
pronounced in the Reichstag.
Alluding to the speeches of Mr..
a'z&uwd George, NJ. BRAND and Count
Sferza, the Italian Foreign Minister,
he deplored that none of them even
ts9sh to show how Germany could pay
the enormous annuities of six billion
marks in gold, but merely advanced
fantastic and baseless figures concern
thE the magnitude of German exports.
The German counter proposals, said
the minister, would show that Ger
many was taking her obligations seri-
ously and would take pains to make
proposals which, though unadorned
With fantastic figures, would have the
advantage of being practicable and
meeting the most urgent requirements
OF the Allied countries.
The main defect in the Paris propo-
sails, DR.. Simon contended, lay in con-
sidering the problem too much as one
Of finance and too little as one OF pro-
cuction, and in complete neglect to in
vestigate the effect on the worlds pro-
ductlon of the financial performances
required of Germany.
Objects to Export Tax
In this connection he severely criti-
clzed the proposed duty on German ex-
ports, declaring that France and Bel
gum must not continue to refuse Ger
many's technical collaboration in re-
storing the devastated areas, without
themselves being able to solve the
problem.
Germany is Offering unselfish as
slstance. She wishes neither to found
colonies nor to make building profits.
She only does not want to pay enor-
carried out at far smaller costs"
In conclusion, the Foreign Minister
said equally disadvantageous was the
absence OF American representation in
rhe settlement OF the reparations prob
eln and added:
If our opponents expect an enor-
NOUS increase in German exports thev
Should be anxious to direct German in
dustry towards the Eastern markets.
instead OF towards their own. Where
as, 1t would appear in this respect also
y ~AS pa u4I46 d pOllCy Oh SLraDRu~
lation evidently by the illustration of
German economic negotiations with
Eastern states. The problem can only
be taken in hand efficiently if, instead
Of ideas of punishment and competi-
ton, ideas of help and solidarity are
placed in the forefront"
Wants U. S. at London Meeting
LONDON, Feb. 13.-Addressing 5000
persons at Stuttgart Sunday, DR..
Simons, the German Foreign Minister.
complained that the London conferences
had been convened at time when the
United States was unable to participate.
says a Berlin dispatch to The Central
News: Yet the United States, as credi-
tor Of the Entente and producer of raw
materials for European countries. had
an important voice in the reparations
question, he said
The big loan necessary for the re-
hnbilitation of the tottering countries.
said the minister, could only be raised
by replacing the complicated conditions
OF the Versailles treaty by a simple
financial proposition.