The Washington times., 1922-12-14

IIlzz the matter OF
WILLIAM HARD tons. 1t main.
tains in Paris d staff Of Americans
who unofficially but definitely rep.
resent an American point OF view
regarding reparations. These Amer
lcans live In the offing Of the Rep
aration Commission and are N. O.
certain sense attached to N--as
..observers"-and are freely con.
suited by the British .ahd French
members OF the commission. The
Senate. may roar AZ much az II
pleases against ''membership" by
the United States In the Reparation
Commission. Without member.
ship" the United States 10 present
IN the atmosphere OF the. work q
the PREPARATION Commission, and II
must be.
THE Germans owe the United
.ates large sums OF money. The
merican, public is inclined to think
hat while Germany may owe large
,ums of money. to the European al.
les, IL nevertheless owes us nothing.
This view. Is highly Incorrect. The
Germans pwe ''us the three follow.
ng sorts OF debts:
/. They owe us the cost OF our
army of occupa uon I'm Germany.
2. They owe us-by treaty-the
''epayment df the money which we
lent to Belg Ann during the war.
3. They owe us-by agreement
the value of the claims OF our citf.
zena against the German govern
ment FOR damages inflicted upon
them tny their s9itesS dsset~s,bs The
German government during the war.
The .Lusitahia Case n q case under
this third head.
The total AMOUNT. OF money owed
to, US by the Germans under all
three heads mentioned 10 well be-
yond $1,000, ,000, zoe. = -. :" .~eu
II In preposterous to believe, that
the United States can or will stand
absolutely aside while Germany
makes payments to the European
allies and makes none to the United
States. The amount Of German
property in the hands Of the. Ameri-
can custodian OF alien property in
Washington is going 70 b far from
sufffcient to meet the German debts
to the United States. The Gov
ernment Of the United States is
highly interested, therefore, In the
work Of the reparation commission
in Paria and in the whole repara-
tion question generally. This Ad-
has shown that In
tkrest not only by maintaining a
etaff sof. rsparation Americans sin
Paris, but also by diplomatic. COM
through regular State
Department channels to the allies
and to Germany. There 10 no
reason 10 believe that II will cease
to do 90. @.ss +4I
( Il is clear. on the other hand. that
the State Department. under Mr..
Hughes. does not believe r. that the
propriately or sarviceably participate
in a consideration VI the larger prob
lem OF European conditions ~ .
total. Hare arises q certain diyerg.
ence In temperament between the
President and the Secretary of
state. $50 s..a ". +,
The President has impulses from
time to time toward European vel.
fare and toward world, welfare In
general and at large In q companion
able manner. He then expfeseea
himself In that manner; and the
European press sees . little cloud
of refreshing rescue rising from the
Western horizon and spreading
eastward across the Atlantic to
drench Europe with O rain OF Ameri.
can diplomats and dollars for the
revival Of European civilization and
solvency. This rain, however, never
really arrives. The cloud which u
supposed to. carry Il In its bosom
appears--and then, disappearo--And
ali is n It was before. Whyf
The reason 10 that the Secretary
of State has firmly believed that
Europe must accomplish certain
changes within itself before inter-
vention by the United States can bs
fruitful. These changes are Of \
political governmental character.
They have to do with q nsw Buro-
mean attitude toward armieo and
Alliances and budgets and curren-
cies. To intervene in them would
be TO intervene In the Internal do
rnestic AFFAIRS Of foreign nations.
The Secretary Of State has rsooiled
from such intervention
He has held that Eur6pe by its
own will must turn itseR TO look IN
the right direction before q push
from America would be . push that
would send it forward IN the right
direction. He has held that this
turning toward the right direction
has not YET happensd. He there
fore, did not wish to 60 TO the con-
ference atl Genoa on Europe's pres
ent woes. The feelings which he
then entertained he has shown no
secretary of state in full rssponsi.
bic management Of America. diplo-
matte activities.
N. has ynade hia faAliuka clear