The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-01
FRANCE WANTS
ALLIES TO CALL
new DEBT PARLEY
Takes No Action on Reparation
Commission Decision.
Cabinet Took Cognizance 0nIy
to Mintain Entente.
NO MORATORIUM IS GRANTED
Decision Yesterday Settled Bel
gian Priority Only.
Gives Commission More Time
to Act on Indemnity.
Decision Yesterday Settled Bel.
gian Priority Only.
(By the Associated Press.)

Paris. Sept. 1.-The French cabinet
today simply took cognizance" of the
decision of the reparations commits
sion on the German moratorium ques-
ton, neither approving nor disap-
proving it. 1t specifically reserved
"entire liberty of action in case later
developments made other action nee
essary.
The cabinet held that inasmuch as
no moratorium had been granted Ger
many, it could only recognize the sit
uation, but 1t insisted that a confer
ence should be called, attended by "all
the allies without exception" at which
the questions of inter-allied debt and
reparations should be fully consid-
cred. The decision of the reparations
i commission yesterday suspended fur
ther cash payments from Germany
GUMS priority claims be met with
short term notes.
Premier Poincare was won over to
the settlement yesterday only after
| the definite statement had been cir
culated IN allied circles that indepen-
dent. action by France against Ger
many at the present 1uncture would
Re construed in London and Rome as
notification of the treaty of Vcr-
sailles.
Germany and Belgium to Agree.
The first effect of the decision is TO
| take the repara.Ions questions out of
the hands of the commission. Bel
giufn is left to determine what guar
antees she deeIus necessary. Should
the two countries ftil to agree on the
! necessary guarantees Germany then Is
| required to deposit an unfixed sum OF
gold with some foreign bank approved
by Belgium. T. was believed that a
speedy agreement will be reached.
The decision also anticipates an al
lied conference in the near future ai
which reduction of the Indemnity
to about fifty billion gold marks and
the settlement by cancellation of the
| inter-allied debts will be undertaken
The relief granted at the present time
is for the purpose of giving the COM
mission time in which to complete the
new scheme OF reform and Germany
the opportunity of carrying it out.
Give Germans More Time.
| The commission expects that these
! reforms and the relief afforded by
the virtual moratorium for the re-
| mainder of this year will permit Ger
many to float large external and in
ternal loans.
The manner in which the decision
was arrived at was dramatic. NJ. Du-
bois, the French representative and
president OF the commission, held up
| the meeting for an hour and a halt
while he pleaded with Premier Poin-
care 10 accept the compromise dnO
thereby preserve against Germany the
! united front of the entente. He re-
turned to the meeting on the run and
when he breathlessly announced the
French acceptance, the members OF
the commission restrained cheer
with the greatest difficulty and i'm
mediately took their unanimous deci-
sion.
While political circles generally are
favorably impressed by the agreement
1t is received With anything but en-
thusiasm by the press this morning.
| The general sentiment is summed up
by Eugene Lautier in L'Homme Libre,
with the sentence:
what the Germans asked has been
refused them in Latin, but granted in
French"