The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-22
BERLIN CAN'T EVADE
Allied Preparations Commission Re-
fuses to Consider Request for
Delay Of PAYMENTS.

Paris. Dec. I-.~-The allied repara
t.ons commission has refused to con
sidcr Germanys request for an cXten
sion OF time on her january and Feb
rtlary reparaliun payments until tn
! German government tells Just Wha
she can pay on these installncnts ant
! gives other information demanded
his developed when the text of tn,
commissions note to the Berlin gov
ornment WAS made public today.
he reply expresses surprise that
German failed to tell exactly what
foreign exchange she would be able
to deliver, what delays she desired
and what guarantees she would offer
meanwhile. Until these details are
furnished ii will be impossible to con-
slider, Or even examine, the request Of
the German government, the note de-
ClareS.
The commission expresses regret
that Germany had not replied to its
previous queries as to what action
she purposcd taking regarding the
commissions suggestions for balanc-
ing the budget, preventing the cxpor-
tation of German capital and meas
ures to obtain foreign exchange from
German holders. The German gov
eminent was taken to task in the
note for this situation
The text of the note reads:
The reparaHons commission has
received letter\ffom the chancellor
dated December IL announcing that
the German government was unable
TO pay in Their entirety the iHstatf=
mcnts due under the schedule of
payments January IS and February
IS, next, and requesting the repara-
tions committee to extend the time
limit for the payment OF these install
ments..
The commission can but express
its surprise that the chanccIlor's let
ter contains no definite statement as
to the currencies which the German
government will be able to pay on
each of the above dates; as to the |
length of time extension requested |
for payment of the balance, or as to |
the security to be offered meantime.
Unless and until the commission |
receives definite information on these
points it will be impossible to give
TO, Or even examine the |
request of the German government.
The reparations commission re-
grets to note that the chancellor's let
ter makes no allusion to the measure
ne has adopted or proposes to adopt
in compliance with the views ex- /.
pressed by the commission in its |
verbal statement of November II, ard |
its letter of December 2, 1927. The
commission recommends this letter
to the particular attention of the
The note is signed by Louis Du-
bois. president of the reparation COM
mission, and Sir John Bradbury, Brit
lsh member Of the commission.
Every time big banker, especial
ly If he is New York banker, goes
to Europe he returns with some sort
OF a plan of cancelling all the FOREIGN
nations owe us. Frank A. Wander
lip of New York is the latest with a
sugar coated scheme of donation nv
this country. Before these bankers
ire allowed to air their donation
schemes they should state how much
he foreign countries owe banks and
bankers and how much of this do
hey propose to donate? If thew
we're to give all these facts there
you'd probably be found method in
heir aenerosity.-Moberly Demo.
;sat.