New-York tribune., 1922-12-01
Efforts to Resume Pour.
parlers First Official
Action Of Latest Berlin
Ministry ON Reparations
Contents of Note
Are Kept Secret
Germany Halls U. S. De
cision TO Keep Troops on
Rhine as French Rebuke

BERLIN, Nov. 80 (By Tho Asse IA
'ed Press).-Aa early resumption bo-
tween the Paris and Berlin govern
ments sf pourolrlsrs OF the repAra-
'ions question is eonsldeFei certain IN
thc nehr future b. political circles
hero AZ az outcome Of inforoial steps
by the Cuno ministry
While official quarters decline 20 Ad-
mit sueh action Is IN progress. mem
bers OF the Reiehstag's Foreign Rels.
tions Committee have been advised IN
formally 'he government is determined
20 fellow Up thc Germsn note Of No
vember 70 b. trying 20 promote an
early fescmPtion Of ,he negotiations
on the basis Of the proposal eontAlrec
IN tho note. especially ss the recent
pourparlers between the late With
governments and ". Psrthou, chairman
o. The Reparation Commission, failed
Of any tangible arrangement
Az prelude 20 ito pesent initiative
the Gorgan government 10 reportec
to have addressed au informal note q
the Reparatlou Commission, which will
be presented through Or. Fischer, Of
the German WAr Debt Commission In
Paris, and while strict secrecy Is be
ing obssrred on the nature OF Us con
tents. is dispatch represents oae oi
the fret oficial acts o. the Cuno gov
enmert regarding reparations.
world Appeal" Is Denied
"R1ports that the German government
has been planning" world appeal" II
connection with the threatened French
advance on tho Ruhr are said 20 b
wholly unfeunded. II Is asserted th'
new Chancellor and bis colleagues have
viewed such q program a. botn futi.,
nd idrMislie. Neither Wsu serious
eonsidtrat on given 70 the proposal q
ration oat blocks Of stock In German
industrial enterprises % part o.
repGreiicna payments. .
This plan was viewed In official cir
cles rnd BY the industrial ica6ers 10
only o. uneeasible but IL Aimeries
rom a rarcial point ~ S1sn, IN thn
/, would hardly appen 20 the French
recipient Who suddenly found himsol
endowed with securities earning papel
mark dividends which we're not even .
8 minute fraction Of tne'r former gold
earning capacity.
The proposed par,ic' c'pEtion In Ger
man Industry was generally dismissed
- be.nc an attractive catch rord who's,
futility was obvious il view OF IN,
prevailing shadow OF prosperity ot
German Industries. n such plan o
.inAne al appropriation Is 70 be evolved
its critics assert, there h 10 cogent
reason why tic procedure should no'
also b. applied 70 embrace aerieul
tursl property. shipping, docks. banks
and other chatteis.
Berlin Lauds L. :. Decision.
The American government decision
% retain is forces on the Rhine, a,
reported 10 day from Washington, hal
been viewed here with undiAgulsoc
pioasurc. IL Il interpreted In somC
quarters IS inerited robuke 10 Frenei
plans, alleged 20 have been formulated
AZ council of ministers attended by
President Millerand, Marshal Foch and
Premier poines-e.
"AmcI cas- announcement that II
does not propose "a withdraw ia
troopS from the Rhine. despite the hur.
rled Official denial from Paris, merely
proves that the state Department of-
fcials In Washington have become
quite skilled in reading ofieial De.
nisls from abroad" gays the "Loksl
Anzeiger."
Tie newspaper adds that In the pres
ent instance tho Washington officials
we're quite convinced the word OF tho
French statesmen wEs wholy untrus.-
worthy, and the so-called politicsl rea-
sons advanced by Washington may
probably be found IN The threatened
French advance.
at would seen" the 'Ioksl AnEeiger'
eortinucC, "that the United States does
not prepoEe 20 leave the Rhineland 70
brutal and arbitrary procedure by
France"
The German press coptinues 20 ex-
press alarm over reported impending
French sanctions. The Rhenish trade
unions arc especially outspoken In
their condemnation. "The days have
gone by when the fate ard existence OF
. nation are left to the mercy Of I'M
rerialistic politicians" says rssolu.
tion adopted by the Christian trade
unions OF Cologne. The resolution adds
that no solution Of the problems In
volved In the present situation will be
possible without the consent Of the
working peopis along the Rhine.