Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-19
ALLIES WELCOME
AMERICAN PURPOSE
To ASSIST EUROPE
viii Agree Practically to
Any Condition United
States Attaches as Price
of Intervention

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-Europe will
accept any proposition America may
make as the price of intervention to
restore economic equilibrium, &C
cording to all Indications.
Except for a certain element in
France, the desire for American
intervention seems practically I'M
animous. 1t is known that not only
| Germany but Britain as well, has
been hoping for weeks that Presi
| dent Harding would advance some
| plan of American cooperation to
solve tho problems which Europe
herself has repeatedly proven unable
to cope with.
The situation may be summed up
as follows:
l. Great Britain-It is certain that
almost any suggestion giving the
slightest promise of success will be
welcomed in Britain, by the public
and by the government. Just what
| is in Mr.. Harding's mind is not
known on this side of the water.
There are unconfirmed reports that
he will, or has already, sent a note
to France against proposed occupa-
| ton of the Ruhr but it is not be-
unless he simultaneously offers
France some alternative for collect
ing reparations.
Germany and France
| Germany-Germany has begun
breathing again, with word that the
United States is about to take
hand in European affairs. With the
mark at least temporarily stabilized,
even growing stronger, Germans are
beginning to build new hopes and
hang new optimism on recent de-
velopments. The Vossiscne eitung
points out that While 1t is good
policy not to believe everything
cabled from the United States, the
echo of Clemenceau's speeches there
paves the way for strong change
| in feeling% The German cabinet
met today in conference with the
leading financiers and industrialists.
AL the big business men of the
Rhineland were present.
L. S. FOREIGN OFFICES
AS SILENT AS SPHINX
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-A stone
wall of official silence still surrounds
admins ration purposes with regard
to American aid in the German rep
arations deadlock.
The one hint from responsible Of
ficials today implied that decisions
as to tn governments course still
were to be made, and was coupled
with a warning that most Of the
published conjectures had gone wide
of the mark.
Paris dispatches, saying that
Premier Poincare had been sounded
out Informally with a view to Wash
ington intervention toward I'm; narl-
glimpse of the method Secretary
Hughes is employing to bring
American inf1uen to bear.
The Paris dispatc.. did not draw
officials here from if silence. ButsE
it aroused great interest insofar as
it reflected the official attitude in
Paris toward the general principle
of American helpfulness in the
emergency.
n view of the situation that
brought about the Anglo-French
repa -ations' deadlock 1T London, it
seems obvious that any American
overtures must be predicted on
lowledge that they would be well
come both in London and Paris. 1t
is that preliminary stage Of nego-
tiation which is in progress. Diplo-
matte usage would not sanction an
offer of good offices until it Was Ger
tain it would be accepted.
The report that feelers have been |
put out abroad was in line with the |
official statement, reiterated today, |
that there was nothing imminent in |
the situation. The arrival of Am
bassador Harvey for Consultations |
here and perhaps his return might |
precede development: of the govern
ment's hopes of aiding coward an
adjustment, but here is no official |
warrant for even such a vague time
forecast as that.
In some circles RE speculate
still concerned itself today with the
possibilities as to American partici-
patton in some way III an internation-
al aa-'ement as to Germany's capacity
to pay. That appeared to be logi-
cal step toward adjustment Wheth-
er it wJuld prove advisable to seek
such an agreement through new
conference or by means of COM
issiol to report on Germany's pres
ent situation, was matter of diverg-
ent opinion.
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