Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-17
CERTAIN GERMANY
CAN .PAY-|N FULL
BRAND Tells Deputies She
Will Come Across II Allies
Are Firm
ASSETS HELD LIABLE
Reparations Commission Orders l.
100000 Marks Paid in Week
Rhineland Protests.

! Paris, March 17.-~prcmier BriaEt
replying yesterday to Interpolation;
IN the Chamber Of Deputies regard
:ng the London reparations confer
,nce said that if the Allies remain
firm and united the Germans VII!
discover that they (the Germans)
have astonishing resources. Germany
mad been vanquished, he declared
out unfortunately, psychological!y
this was insufficiently apparent t.
the German people.
The military penalties, the Prem
Ter said, had to be effective, al
though inexpensive. Regarding Sc
curity he asserted: ~ might say
the Allied guns are trained on Es-
sen and we control the movement Of
the greatest part of the Ruhr ccal-
Premier BRAND continued:
"Today it is begging Germany
disputing foot by foot and trying to
arouse the neutral countries by
bought newspapers. But the day we
let ourselves be persuaded and seem
to abandon our efforts, then that day
one will see another Germany, one
all ready to attempt in the economic
domain the imperialist conquests she
failed to achieve in the military do
main"
Speaking Of Germapy's ability to
pay, he declared: Germany has no
foreign debt. Her taxes are lighter
than. ours AMI Her economic stu
ton is better. The German budget
has been erected with apparent dis
stimulation. Germany said at Spa
that she could not deliver S00.O0n
tons of coal, but, menaced with n
penalty, she delivered nearly two
million.
"At London Germany declared she
could not exceed the payment Of
1000, 100000 marks yearly. In FIVE
days, menaced by an ultimatum, the
Germans discovered resources an6
agreed to pay during FIVE years, the
most difficult time, the figures of
the Paris agreement. We have a
right to be suspicious and say th"te
are resources in Germany.
"Germany's position is that of z
debtor and not of a merchant who
nays only out CT her entire assets.
We have the right to tell her great
feudal lords Of industry, finance and
agriculture: It is all your assets that
arc liable for payment Of your debt,
You have mines. forests and rail
roads. 70, have factories 50 pros
porous that their scandalous profits
no longer are published. You should
mo6olize them for the payment of
your debt"
J The Allied Reparations Commits
sion, in its note to Germany de-
manding fulillment cf Article 2a5
Of the Peace Treaty. notified the
German Government it must pay
1000. 100000 gold marks before
March 81, it was announced yester-
day.
The money must be deposited IL
. the Bank of France. Bank of Eng
land or the Federal Reserve Bank ir
the United States, Germany was
told.
The commission gave GERMANY rr
I'll April to submit a proposal t
pay the balance of the 2O.o00.000.tIf
marks, estimated at 12,0G0,000,0 ,00(
marks otherwise than in cash. Ger
| many may submit plan for s.:
eisn loan BY April I, the proceeds 0,
which shall be payable to the cor:
| mission. The committee anncucce'
that Germany virtually had refused
to pay the balance. asserting th'
10000, ,OO0,OOo marks had been full!
j paid.
Some time ago the commission
announce u that the, Allied claims TO
reparatidas had been forwarded t
Berlin. j The exact to-. CT ties
/! CLAIMS Has not been announced. bn
in usually we'll Informed quarters
is. said they probably amount to ap
prox:mately $4,000, ,ooo,0h. sol
marks, or roughly two and one bal
the TIM the :fgurss fixed Tor in
IDENTITIES by tie Paris conference
Computation of, the total reparat:on
ess difficult, chiefly becans Of th
widely fluctaa='rg eSchargc rate