New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-30
Hughes Hopes
Still to Close
Indemnity Rift
Continued from page ons)

horn Of the dilemma is taken, Germany
may be crushed and danger from her
in military sense reduced to prac-
tcally nothing. But il this is done all
hope of collecting reparations from her
must be abandoned. The other solu-
ton is the plan which this government
obviously favored in the two. memo
randa sent by Secretary Of State
Hughes. 1t looks to permitting an inn
mediate industrial resumption in Ger
many and with collecting the utmost
possible amount which is not too large
to interfere with Germanys productive
activities.
Golden Goose Problem Seen
AS it is viewed by the Admnstra-
tion the two plans correspondent to the
old fable about the goose that laid the
golden eggs, with the exception, of
course, that in the present instance the
German goose has not started laying
the golden eggs yet Plan No. would
kill the goose and extract whatever
feed the goose and seize the eggs as
they are laid.
Though it was not so stated by the
Administration spokesman who dis
cussed this story, it is known that the
Administration fears that the French
are in favor of killing the goose, or
plan No. /, while the British are will
ing to try plan No. g.
For while to-day brief hopes were
raised by a United Press dispatch
which intimated a possibility that the
French might postpone their military
occupation of the Ruhr coal fields from
Secretary Hughes fifteen more days in
which to work on the Allies and Ger
mans with a view to getting them
around a conference table on repara-
tions without the use of military meas
ures.
France Determined on Seizure
Cablegrams from Paris tonight, how
ever, dashed this hope, making it
rather certain, as has been believed
here for several days and as has been
indicated In The Tribune's Washington
dispatches, that nothing would prevent
the French from SEEING the German
made in the cables that the French
contend that the Germans can make
their proposals just as easily after the
occupation of the Ruhr as before.
Indeed, it has been the belief of the
French all along, as The Tribupe has
pointed out. that the only argument
the Germans understood was> force,
and That with all coal for German in
dustries cut off the Germans would be
obliged to come to the Allies, hat in
hand and beg for permission to re-
open negotiations for reparationa .lad.
the French believe. with the Ruhr coal
fields in the possession of the French
the Germans would be much more like
ly to bind themselves to pay repara-
lions in amounts considered by France
to be satisfactory than if the Germans
were playing a skillful diplomatic
game. with high hopes of splitting the
Allies by some skillful proposal.
Exposure of the hollowness and de-
ception involved in the latest German
otfer-one of the elements which stung
the Administration to-day to a dis
avowal of any motives than those to
serve the interests of this country and
the Allies-by Bernard NJ Baruch con-
tinues to attract much attention here
IN this mornings dispatch, however, a
typographical error created wrong
Impression. Mr.. Baruch has always be-
lleved that the Germans would not be
able to pay the original Allied de-
mands AS printed, this dispatch said
that Mr.. Baruch believed thew couid
The point was that, while Mr.
Baruch believed-for practical co}lec-
ton purposes--that the original de-
mands on Germany were impossible.
ne has pointed out that the latest Ger
man offer is evasive and cloudy, and is
especially bad in that it would obtain
tor Germany legal possession of from
$4,000, 100000 to $4,000, 0o0, 900 worth Of
property now in the possession of the