Evening star., 1922-08-27
British Frankly Gloomy as
French Prepare to Enforce
Demands Independently.
MORATORIUM CONSIDERED
BY PREPARATIONS PARLEY
French Will Follow Plan to Seize
Rhine District Despite
Decision.
By the Associat ted Press.

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care has rejected the eleventh hour
guarantees offered by the German
government and independent meas
ures by France against Germany
seemed assured tonight after failure
OF the the raparations mission to OBJ
tain in Berlin the basis of a compro-
mise acceptable to France.
In we'll informed French circles it
is considered reasonably certain that
the reparations commission >wiII
grant a moratorium for the rest of
the year. with the final German pro-
posals as an additional guarantee.
The German proposals. handed to the
reparations commission Just before 1t
iert Tor Paris. provided for contract
between the German government and
the biggest German industrialists, in
cluding Hugo SHINES, for delivery
during the period of a moratorium
OF products of the Ruhr mines and
wood from the state forests, Ger
man industry would guarantee faith
! full delivery and penalties would be
enforced against the industrialists in
the event the schedule was not lived
up to.
Sees No Advantaee.
Details of the scheme were to be
| submitted by Germany next week, but
the French premier rejected the plan
| this afternoon after conference
with NJ. Dubois and NJ Mauclere.
The premier's opposition is said to
be due to the fact that he believes
the scheme made the industrialists
| more important than the government.
and since the business party in Ger
many Is in a position to dictate to
| the government, refusal to carry out
the contract would leave the German
government powerless to acS ana
France would be as bad off as before.
British optimism, which continued
even up to this afternoon, had given
way tonight to frank gloom over the
situation after NJ. Poincare refused
to accept the latest German proposals
fairly meet NJ. Poincare's demands for
the German mines and forests by ac-
tually giving France the products of
these natural resources without
handing the district over to political
control. The district in possession
of France. it is contended by the Brit
ish, would only add chaos to the al
ready critical situation
Convinced Germany Is Trying.
Sir John Bradbury. just before the
meeting of the reparations commits
sion, told the Associated Press he
was convinced that Germany was
really trying to meet the French view
and he urged that the French gov
ernment meet Germany half way. Sir
John authorized the publication of
the following statement:
Il am satisfied that the German
government is making a serious ef-
fort to meet the views of the French
government, in so far as the actual sit
uation in Germany will permit
am strongly of the opinion that the
French government ought to do its
best to meet the German government
half way.
He further informed the commits
sion that the German financial situa-
ton was desperate and that social
order in its entirety in Germany was
threatened. Other members of the
mission, including NJ. Mauclere. re-
ported that they were equally i'm
pressed with the seriousness of the
German crisis
Amazed by Prosperity.
Tho French however. reported that
they were amazed to see great evil
dences of prosperity in Germany and
declared that large number of Ger
mans who had apparently had dis
carded their own currency were
using dollars instead.
The reparations commission held
two-hour session to hearthese re-
ports, but 1t is not likely that any de-
cision will be taken for several days
Sir John Bradbury recommended to
the commission that a moratorium In
cash payments should be granted un-
til Germany stabilized the mark and
balanced her budget. But the French
solidly. opposed this recommendation.
The British view is that at best
moratorium can only act as bridge
until the whole question is again dis
cussed at the projected November
conference on interallied debts and
indemnities. Such a meeting Is i'm
perative in the view of Sir John and
the other British reparations officials.
Despite the gloom in British quar-
ters tonight the British representa-
tfves are making every effort to avoid
a direct vote by the commission.
Say Germans Can Pay.
On the other hand, the French gov
ernment is convinced that Germany
ca find I50,o00.000 gold marks Tor the
August. September and October pay
ments. BY that time officials believe
another allied conference will have to
discuss a new general reparations
agreement.
II the commission grants a mora
torium with the guarantees Just Of
fered, France will reject the decision
and assume her liberty Of action. It II
authoritatfvely declared. II the com-
mission refuses a moratorium France
will also act. but in different man
ner. The commission will meet again