Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-01
BERLIN WILL Reject
PREPARATION TERMS
Regards Them as Fantastic
and Impossible of Execution;
Madness" Say Leaders.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
Berlin, Feb. 1.-Dr. Walter Simons.
the German Foreign Minister. Will tell
tho Reichetag at It's session this after
noon, the Boersen Zeitung states. that
Germany cannot subscribe 10 the allied
reparation demands. on the ground that
they are not possible of fuifillment.
Berlin, Feb. I--Ciermans regard the
reparation terms decided upon by the
Supreme Allied Council in Paris last
week as fantastic and impossible OF
execution, and II is the general opinion
the government cannot agree 10 them.
The cabinet. which received the text
of the allied note yesterday. was in eY-
ecutive session until late last night.
Madness is the term leaders Of the
Reichstag used In discussing the re-
paration conditions. Foreign Minister
SInons declared the execution OF the
terms would produce chaos, not only
in Germany, but throughout central
Europe. as tho bankruptcy OF Germany
would also bankrupt part of Germany's s
war creditors among whom is France.
Paris. Feb The fact that the
German delegates 10 the Brussels con-
ference OF financial and economic ex-
pe,ts are remaining In Paris and con-
tinugrrs their consultations is taken in
political quarters here to mean that
! Germany is willing TO accept the de-
! cislons OF the allies regarding repara-
tions as a basis for discussion, notwith-
standing the comment which ia coming
FROM Berlin, giving the idea-sthat the
I disposition there i@ to reject the plan.
+ washington. Feb. 1.--Authorities in
( Washington on the subject OF war re-
parations hold that the settlement
I agreed upon by the allied powers IS
( bound TO fail because It is impossible,
+ and they hold further that the longer
the Allies delay a reasonable, just and
+ sane settlement, the less they viii get
from Germany and the more Europe
viii suffer
/ The militarism of France and the
rr1is-education Of the French public are
! held 10 be partly responsible for the un-
wisdom Of the latest agreement reached
by the Allies. as It has been difficult for
any French ministry to disa associate
I economics from politics and the French
: uilitarists are aware that so long as
the reparations question is not definite
! w settled. lust so long they can main
tain a big army.
4 While holding that the agreement Ii
/ an Impossible one, these authorities as
sert that q constructive settlement can
not be made so long politics are in
/ fected into an economic subject. The
two main faults of the proposed settle.
rnent were declared TO be the IL pei
cent tax on German exports and tbs
provision for penalizing Germanys In
ability to pay.
New York, Feb. 1.-Men OF high
/ standing I'm American finance gave ut
terance yesterday TO varying opinioni
relative to the agreement Of the su
prefne council in respect 10 German re
parations, but in most cases they as
serted that the terms offered were i'm
} practical and would defeat their pur
pose.
France and the other Allies mus
get II out of their heads" observed I
prominent banker. that you cal
snueeze blood out OF "A turnip. 1t is a.
very well 10 talk I'm big figures. but 1t i
another matter to collect. IL
economically impossible, though pos
sibly politically desirable TO force Ger
many TO sign on the terms offered.