The New York herald., 1921-12-15
FRANCE Is WILLING
TO HELP GERMANY
Will FOregO Cash Payments
for Time, but Not Reduce
Reparations.
LOAN METHOD DISCUSSED
Briand-Lloyd George Meeting
Next Week to Determine
Trend of Action.
LOAN METHOD DISCUSSED

PARIS, Dec. IA (Associated Press. -
France is willing temporarily to forego
cash reparations payments from Ger
many. high official in the French For
eign Office to-day told the Associated
Press.
recognition by the press and in French
officialdom that Germany must be aided.
and possibly compelled. in setting her
financial house in order if future in
demnity payments were to be forth
coming.
There is general agreement in many
quarters that some radical revision of
the reparatiop plan is necessary, with
the possibility of loan tts furnish a
limited amount OF cash, but the size
of the amount and the methods of float
ing the loan continue to be discussed.
BRAND Starts Sunday.
Many plans have been suggested for
the rehabilitation OF Germany, but all
are indefinite. and most of them unof-
fetal. The Briand-Lloyd George meet
ing In London next week, which has
been thoroughly prepared by NJ. Lou
cheurs visits to London and Brussels,
will determine the trend and rehabili-
tation plans must make Il the matter is
not settled there. Nj. BRAND will leave
for London on Sunday.
The French Governments position, as
explained by the Foreign office official,
is that whatever relief Germany needs
to stabilize her exchange should be
sought in internal reforms, through pay
ments in kind as provided for in the
Loucheur 'Rathenau agreement; that the
schedule of payments as fixed by the
Preparations Commission should stand,
and also that no reductions In the total
reparations due would be agreed to by
France.
The official said that France would
have no objection if Great Britain saw
fit to reduce her share of what was due
from Germany. but French public opin-
ion would not admit any reduction in the
amounts allotted to France by the Spa
Would Not Insist on Cash.
France would not insist upon payments
in money, but could see no reason why
she should reduce her claim, since Ger
many had shown she had confidence that
she could pay by signing the Loucheur-
Rathenau agreement. Until further de-
velopments, the French would adhere to
the theory that il Germany defaulted in
the payments u commission on the Ger
man debt should be appointed under the
Versailles treaty to take control of the
customs, taxes, exports and coal produc-
ton.
Despite this official view, there are
suggestions in other quarters that the
settlement of the ,reparations problems
will scale down the total amount as
we'll as change the methods of payments.
These suggestions usually depend upon
the cancellation of war debts among the
European allies, and American cancella-
ton continues TO be presented as pri-
mary need In the restoration of Europe.
One vast plan attributed to M. Loucheur
comprises the cancellation OF all debts,
scaling down the reparatlons total to
35, 900. 100000 gold marks and big loan
to realize immediately cash that would
be worth more to France now than later
The reparations Commission officially
announcer to-day that Germany in the
execution of Annex III, Part VIII. Of
the Versailles treaty had made de-
liverits to the allies of vessels valued at
756. 100000 gold marks since the Armis-
tice was signed.