The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-04-29
GERMANY'S EYES
ON WASHINGTON
TEUTON NOTE ON PROPER
BASIS
u. S. Government Conveys German
Offer to Allies Informally, Am
bassadors to Confer.

fer of 2OO,OOO,OOO,O0O gold marks,
apparently has the approval of this
government.
Following the receipt Of the offer
today, Secretary Of State Hughes i'm
mediately sent for the ambassadors OF
Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy
and Japan. This action was generally
interpreted as revealing the favorable
attitude of this government.
In his note of April FL to Berlin
for informal transmission to the Ger
man government the secretary stated
"This government. .reiterates its
hopes that the German government
will promptly formulate such propo-
sails as would present proper basis
for discussion. Should the German
government take this course this gov
ernment will consider bringing the
matter to the attention of the allied
governments"
The fact that Secretary Hughes
sent for the allied ambassadors was
conceded generally as indicating that
the proposal must present proper
basis for discussion" Otherwise, it
was maintained that this government
would have taken no steps to COM
municate it to the allies.
The Allied Ambassadors
Signor Rolandi Ricci, the Italian
ambassador; Baron de Cartier de
Marchienne, the Belgian ambassador,
appeared at the state department for
personal conferences with the secre-
tary. It is understood that Mr.. Hughes
conversed with Sir Auckland Goodies,
the British ambassador and Mr..
Jules Jusserand, the French ambassa-
dor, by telephone. ..-~
The text of the German proposal
has, not yet been made public by the
state department, but it is under
stood to be substantially the same as
versions carried in press dispatches
from Berlin. !;
Officials said today that unless there
be some "camoufage" or secret mean
ing in Germany's offer it cannot be
otherwise than a proper basis" for
discussion by the allies and the United
States. What a deeper analysis Of.
the German note will show has not
yet been determined. :.
It is nevertheless of the deepest sig;
nifcance that the German aggregate'
of $4,000, 100000 comes very near
the sum that was thought to be "justi
and reasonable" by officials of the old
administration. !,
The allied demands of s56,000,-!
900, 900, were characterized3tat that
time as unjust and incapable of full
filment, and there has been every rea-
son to believe that the new admins
ton was in accord with that attitude.
The German proposals were dis
cussed at the meeting of the cabinet
today, and it is therefore concluded
that President Harding regards them
as providing the proper basis" de-
manded by this government, since Sec
retary Hughes action was taken fol-
lowing the meeting.
The ambassadors are understood to
have cabled the terms of the offer to
their home governments Immediately.
They have no discretion in the matter
of rejection or acceptance of the pro-
posals, it was pointed out.
Up to the Governments.
The next step, therefore, is the an
swer which the allied governments
will make. In consulting the ambas-
sadors and acquainting them with the
nature of the proposals Secretary
Hughes discharged that part OF MS
note to Germany, in which ne said ne
would take such action.
The secretary had stated in his pre-
vious communication to Germany that
the presentation of her proposal to
the allies would have to be in man
ner acceptable to them" Therefore,
the communication Of its terms
thl ugh the allied ambassadors today
was purely informal, the purpose be-
ing to ascertain whether it would be
acceptable" to formally submit the
German offer. Whether this will be
done, of course, depends upon the al
lied reply.