The New York herald., 1921-02-03
SEIZURE OF GERMAN
CUSTOMS Is URGED
Continued from First Page.

their respective zones on the left bank
of the Rhine.
Second, that the Allies establish inn
mediately in their respective zones GUS
toms cordons which would separate tine
German occupied territory from that not
occupied. ..
Third that the Allies unite without
delay for the purpose OF establishing
customs administration, including tarin'
distribution OF receipts and Similar pro-
visions.
The Temps concludes; Germany
proposes to talk: we intend TO act. ana
French opinion will appreciate this"
Germany is told exactly bow to elir'-
nate the $4,000, 100000 marks dencit In
her 1890 budget in the report to the
Allies of the conference of financial
experts held in Brussels, mace public
here to-day.
Certain German expenses are declared
to have been multiplied 70 times 0Tsr
those OF 1919 and certain German taxes
are shown to be far below those the
allied populations are paying. The re-
port says:
Many figures in the ordinary budget
seem to have been established by an ad-
ministration and Parliament equally de-
sirous Of showing the world the precari-
Gus financial condition OF Germany and
her difficult situation
If the various recommendations made
are followed the budget should be speed
lily balanced, says the report Thus,
with a continuation Of Germany's eco
nomic recovery the experts declare that
Germany 'in a relatively short period
can meet her treaty obligations through
taxation, without continuing to increase
her floating debt or innate her currency"
The report says the 1918 and 1920
budgets Of Germany carried number
OF credits which were only partially dis
bursed, such as 16,500 900. 900 marks for
the allied armies OF occupation expenses
Of which only 4.500,000.000 marks was
spent. The budget for 1920 carried
AZ. .000. 600, 900 marks for execution Of
the peace treaty, while only 100000
900 marks had been paid out up TO
December last. ~
Items not justified or greatly multi
piled over previous appropriations are
said to appear in the 1920 budget The
Ministry of the Interior appropriation
was raised from 100000 marks to
1.4S3.0O0.O0o marks. an increase Of
1900 per cent. The Foreign Affairs al
lowance was increased from 24,00o.o0O
marks to 2s5,000.000 marks. The postal
and telegraph employees expenses null
tlplleQ seven times over tHOSe OK 1919
Thirty-two billion marks were listed for
economic subsidies. said to be largely
unnecessary. and all or the greater part
of these and similar expenses, the report
declares. should disappear from future
budgets. The deficit of 10000. .000.0 900
marks In railways and other govern
mental operations should be eliminated
through disappearance Of the items
charged and increasing of rates. which
the report asserts have been made
quately raised. The German answer to
a questionable is cited, showing there
are $4,000 more Government employees
than before the war.
German direct taxes are deemed ade-
quate, but the indirect taxes. including
those on alcohol, tobacco, sugar and
other articles. are declared to be greatly
insufficient, the report saying the allied
taxes on the same commodities are
vastly heavier, based on the purchasing
power OF money per capita. The tax on
such commodities is seventy times
heavier in England and eleven times
heavier in France than in Germany.
Coal is calculated to cost the French
population four and one-half times what
the Germans pay, according to the pur-
chasing power OF the mark. Increased
customs have been urged as the low
value of the mark and the failure OF
salaries in Germany to increase proper