New-York tribune., 1921-03-17
She Must Deliver Billion
Gold Marks by Mar. %.
20 by May l, to Keep
keparations Agreement
May Place Sum in
u. S. Reserve Bank
Commissions Note Goes
TO Berlin: BRAND Saws
Cannons Menace Essen

PARIS. Elarch 16 BY The Associa.
cd Press ).-Determination OF tho AL
lles that Germany meet its reparations
Dill was expressed in two quarters
here to-day.
Premier BRAND, replying to inter
pellations in the Chamber of Don,,t;o,
regarding the London reparations con.
terence, said that if the Allies remain
irm and united the Germans will dis
cover astonishing resources. GERMANY
had been vanquishcd, he declared. bnt
unfortunately, psychologically this was
'nsufiiciently apparent to the German
people
The Allied Reparations Commission
announced today that in a note to Ger
many demanding fulfllment Of Article
235 of the peace treaty it has notified
the German government it must nav
-,Oo0o00,0o0 gold marks before March
u. The money must be deposited in
the Bank of France the Bank of Eng
land or the Federal Reserve Bank in
the United States, Germany was told
1t must complete the payment of 90
Coooo0,oO0 gold marks by May I.
Total Is 10000 900, 900 Marks
Some time ago the commission an
founced that the Allied claims for rep
arations lad been forwarded to Berlin
he exact total of these claims has not
formed quarters it is said they prob
.bly amount to approximately 55O,OOO,-
C00000 gold marks (sl32, 900. 900 ,OO0)
Of, roughly, two and one-half times the
figures fixed for indemnities by the
Paris Conference.
Premier BRAND summarized the
work Of the London conference, and
the whole House. with the exception
OF the Socialists and Communists, ap-
plauded him enthusiRstically
The Deputies particularly favored
the Premier's vigorous declaration that
Germany must pay, not only from
profits but from her assets and his
reference to the big German indus
tries that no longer published their
balance sheets because their profits
were "scandalous.'
"Our soldiers are at Dusseldorf, Duis-
burg and Ruhrort with cannon trained
OH Essen to show them something," the
almost drowned in the applause.
NJ. BRAND said the Chamber had
asked him to maintain a united front
by the Allies, and he had done So
At this point a voice from the So
cialist benches cried; Long live the
United States''
Regarding the duration of the occu-
patton of the new territories NJ. BRAND
declared the soldiers would remain
where they were until the questions OF
reparations, disarmament and the tria
of accused German officers were def
nitcly settled.
NJ. BRAND told the Chamber he went
TO the London conferencet bound tc
maintain the reparations figures ar
rived at in Paris, but ready to make
concessions regarding the methods OF
payment.
France Backed Against Wall
Il frankly told our allies there was
wall against which we were backed,
he declared.
The military penalties, the Premier
said had TO be effective although mex
pensive. He continued:
''1o-day it il a begging Germany
disputing foot by foot and trying tc
arouse the neutral countries by bought
newspapers. But the day we let our.
selves be persuaded and seem to aban-
don our efforts then that day one viii
see another Germany. one al ready Il
attempt in the economic domain the
impe1ialist oonquests she failed tt
achieve in the military domain.
Speaking of Gernany's ability to pay
NJ BRAND declared:
"Germany has no foreign debt. Her
taxes are lighter than ours and hel
economic situation is better. The Ger
man budget has been erected with ap
parent discrimination. Germany said a
Spa that she could not deliver 100000
tons of coal, but, menaced with a pen.
atty. she delivered nearly 1000 600
"At London Germany declared she
could not exceed the payment OF a bill
hon marks yearly. In five days. men
aced by an ultimatum. the Germans
discovered resources and agreed to pay
during five years, the most difficult
time, the figures OF the Paris agree
mcnt. We have right to be suspi
cious and say there are resources il
Germany.
"Germany's position is that of ;
debtor and not OF q merchant who pays
Continued on pase fcur)