The New York herald., 1921-11-29


les in Russia on which the Entente would
receive the profit wss first made while
was Foreign Minister and By an agent
of an English industry located at Lean
ing. / laid the idea before German cap
italists and they expressed the greatest
aversion 10 1t.
"One OF them said; we Will never
work as slaves for the Allies. We shall
do business for ourselves To which /
replied that the Treaty OF Versailles
makes us slaves whether we care 10 adj
nit Il or not
"But the Russian market presents OBJ
stacles and Il IS Aard TO see how busi-
ness can be done there now. Right
enough Russia needs imports and we
manufacture them, but she cannot pay.
Possibly the Allies and America might
permit US to do business with Russia on
long creditS-thet is. I'll; they foot the
bills for the present, even though the
bills include their percentage OF repara-
tions--but the risk would be great
long as the present methods arc prac-
tised In Moscow.
AN Italian ship recently went TO
Odessa laden with a. cargo Of wares
for Russia. hoping to return with raw
materials. But the Russians paid IN
gold and Jewels. and the day the ship
was leaving it was searched ostensibly
for weapons. but the gold and jewels
were found and confiscated. and the
tradesmen went home empty handed.
We are not ready to do business under
such difficulties.
Slow Penetration Advocated.
"The only way to make Russia pene-
trabie commercially, l should say, is to
make a beginning on the frontiers and
work inward. building UP transportation
rs one goes along and supplying the
people en- route in the way one pene-
trates when colonizine do not mean
military invasion; suCh interventions
have always failed"
Dr. Simons declared that the plans of
both British experts and German
radicals to place a mortgage on German
industry was not practical. II the
Allies took out gold mortgage the in
tcrest would have to be paid in gold.
he said. and German industries cannot
pay gold dividends.
GAS for the plan to have the Ger
mau Government put n mortgage on
property" he said. "that would end in
the Government soon coming into full
possession Of the property. for the
amount of mortgage would remain
automatically the same. while the value
OF money would increase ir the plan
srcceeded. And every point that the
mark improved would give the Govern
ment a relatively greater share Of
ownership
Anglo-Germnn Plan Secuted.
DR.. Simons said there was little
chance of an Anglo-German rapproche-
ment due to differences between Eng
land and France. "ft is only coinci-
dence that England and Germany are
interested for the moment in the same
thing" he said, namely, the reduction
of a-maments on land. England may
threaten France, may even hold us up
before French eyes as a possible friend
in the future, but that is only for
snecific French purpose Once the
French have yielded to England in the
Near East and naval questions, Anglo
French friendship will be cordial and
unclouded again We Germans should
not be deceived about It.
II can only hope that it Is true that
Germany will be invited to this or q
later conference at which the question
of reparations is discussed, Otherwise
I fail to understand why the Washing
ton conference should have been sum-
moned Its true aim is not alone to re-
duce armaments, but to diminish the
possibility OF recourse to arms. There
cannot be peace in the world--honest or
hate is obliterated.
France used the conference to make
untruthful allegations against Germany
] will cite only one utterance made by
Briand----that we have done nothing
about paying except to bubble about it,
The fact Is we have made greater real
deliveries since peace was declared than
has been done by any other country in
the history of the world in so short
time. and without counter value.
"All we talked about WAS the imppos-
sibility of paying in q. and we merely
predicted what is now true. A. the con-
ference II the occasion permits, Ger
many should ask for n moratorium and
for long term credits"