The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-20
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.


Especial Dispatch to The Rcformer)
Copyright 49,.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-The United
States government has one move left
which may make it unnecessary to attend
the Genoa conference and which may
uake@the new Poincare. MINISTRY in France
see Chat ultimately il cannot pursue a
single-handed policy 10 handling German
separations.
This Riave is theappointment by Presi-
dent Harding, subject to the confirmation
by the senate. of an 4NInericm represen-
tativc on the PREPARATIONS commission. =
The prediction was, made in official quar-
tcrs yesterday that the step was ineYit-
able ls a consequence of the r8eS'5 decision
by Premier Poincare That France VIII. not
go to the Genoa conference unless II Is
agreed beforehand that German repara-
tions viii not be discussed. Coming ON
top of the statement by poincare that. he
lhinkS the allied supreme council no
longer necessary. and that he would lR-
siSt upon u literal return to the provisions
of the Versailles treaty. the bclIct pre-
walls that the French premier Will le1n-
vest the reparationS commission with the
moral influence and importance which 1t
lost when the supreme council took the
the commission. a move which many
French and british critics have ever since
characterized a. Illegal in the sense
that it violated the Versailles treaty.
America Entitled to Seat
The truth is the supreme council was
waiting for America to ratify the Yer
lgaiIIeS treaty and hesTtated to see the
Preparations commission have too much
Ipower. ON the other hand. the United
1 - 60.
/ with Germany which cuIbadicS the eco
inomic and rcparatiou clauses of the Yer
SaileS treaty and entities America - a
/ Scat on the separations commission. The
senate adopted n resolution requiring the
IpreSident to obtaiuthe confirmation of the
Istuate for any appointment to internal
tional commissions provided for under the
/ German treaty.
| But i'm view of the turn of events il Is
| not expected that the senate would object
! to the sending of Il full-hedged represent
Itatiye to speak for America at the rel1ra-
/ tons commission meetings To take the
Iplaee Of the unofficial observers who have
| heretofore attended,
| The rcRratWpS, C9mmisSlqp G}Q5iY{ sol
| Representatives Of the. I Hited Suites,
/ Great Britain France. Japan. ITALY and
/ Belgium. Unanimous voting is net nee
| cSSaTy.
| .tnti-French Majority.
| This means l;a5 an alignment of Great
! Britain, the United States. Italy and
Japan would dominate the decisions Of the
| PREPARATIONS commission and leave the
! poncaFe ministry not a bit better of
| with respect to German separations pay
lmentS than was tho BRAND ministry. In
! fact N. BRAND made the point as he re-
4 tired that a return TO the Versailles
H treaty would inevitably mean that. France
H would be outvoted on the Preparations
4 commission anyway.
The impression prevails here that
Il Great Britain, Italy and the United
4 States would stand together on rcpara-
Il items matters and that Japan is more
likely 10 90 along with rhis group than
H with the Franco Belgian viewpoint
There has. however, lately been dis
Il quicting tendency on the part of France
10 help Japan at The Washington confer
cncn which may or may not mean thai
II there is an understanding afoot to obtain
II japanese support of the French position
ON PREPARATIONS in European conferences
II ON the other hand the japanese ar,
anxious for the resumption Of profitable
Il trade relations with Germany and bic
business in Japan Is inclined to take the
British and American view that Germany
cannot be forced into bankruptcy with