The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
WORLD BUSINESS
HOPES GERMANY
WILL PAY CLAIM
Fair Settlement of Repa-
ration Means Business
Revival, Says Paish.
ALLIES MEET SOON
See Small Chance of Repara-
tion on Basis Demanded
BY French.
ALLIES MEET SOON
BY SIR GEORGE PAIsH.

NONOON, Jan. 23.-Nery great in
terest is attached to the allied CON
ference in Paris, when an effort
Is TO be made to determine The
amount Of the reparation payment
from Germany. Unfortunately. the
nope of final settlement is remote.
Ihe amount that Germany is will
ing and able to pay stiIl differs
widely from the amount that The
FRENCH government maintains GrI-
many must ray. Certainly Franc"
needs all the assistance she can ob-
tain TO repair her war damage AMI
recover ner productive power l.
Germany cannot pay more than her
own statesmen and many foreign
experts calculate, then clearly
France must receive additional as
sistance from other nations
Undoubtedly England wihses 70 Sc
cure for France all the r-paratipn
possible. Inasmuch as there IS no
possibility Of France oJ.a5ninv
from Germany anything INK. ,hr
sums she needs. ther, IS widespread
feeling here that England shou.u
assist by canceling the entente debts
to her. 1t should be realizro. how
ever, that the British people have
lost their illusions as 10 the am yunt
Germany can pay. They ara not
prepared to support demands whI,r
in view of informatior they possess
they would now regard as unrea-
sonable.
Must Pay Limit.
II Germany Were T. N a s'r'l
hlrh ha
vinced was the limit 0 pO- siblljios
they would not support miItary o.
other action intended to COcrce Ger-
many into paying q great sum
They realize such action must de
feat its own object and must r.
dLce the sum which Gei many could
pay provided her industry s allowed
- recover ami her people worh
willingly to repair the war damage
In brief: British sentlncnt is Cp-
po Sed to coerrivc measures. pro
viIed the GernaI people act -
r. cd faith ami ar Wiling - InuN,
the fullest contributions g.. their
power to the work Of restoration.
Brands speecn is well received
here because it is interpreted O..
mean that France Will act Wrn
r
should the measures prop1s d by
France show she still supports d
policy which the Briti~'i 7r5I- be-
lieYe impossible. and vnicl jnr,a'-
ems to reduce not only q. ylrany t.
extreme poverty. but F'aa,, aud
Great Britain as well. j, will meet
with the strongest opposition
Cause of Depression.
Already there is an imp ~sion
throughout England that tho ioIicy
that France has hitherto SISTED
upon pursuing IS the ma. cause
Of the intense trade de9l,-- into
which the world has en-, {. that
so long as France continu' 60 dom
mate the policy OF the c~' rr, the
depression will become .f.-nsiRai
and that not only will I'll. cco-
nomic and financial cr,s become
more dangerous. but in. rolitical
situation as well.
One hopes that Fra in her
own interest. will dism. at the
Paris conference that So. of pro
portion and that willing To face
facts which the situati ., NOW 50
demands. The which
France hitherto pursue .Js rem
dered close understand NY with
Great Britain exceedinE difficult
On the other hand, it is r1.lv rec
ognized that the close .wity and
Of the En- -N-sDcak-
ing peoples Of the W 4 which
both Messrs. Wilson al HardiuG
are understood to favor .r" foun-
dations upon which tn. work o.
world reconstruction nlu-- Pee built
Copyright, 1891 Public Lcaser Co.