New-York tribune., 1922-03-08
S1,557,O86,O4O
Paid donCernlan
Reparations MS
Commission Report Shows
Only S284.2O4.28O in
Cash Received, Mostly
Absorbed by Occupation
Total Is Scarcely Dented
Method Has Failed. View i'll
Paris: Policy of Solidar-
ity and Generosity Urged
By Wilbur Forrest
a.cloI coble 70 ~ Tr.baae

.,.,,--feht fec2 New York Tribune IAc
PARIS. March The Allied Rcpa-
,st;onz Commission, in statement to-
aay showing to what extent Germany
NO. her war bills in the first three
,oars Of peace brings out that up to
december 81, 1921, the Berlin govern
.nor. had rmittcd 10 the Allies a total
80 81 557 nS6.040, Of which only s2S4,-
oo4. $50 was in actual cash.
The prand total Of Germany's pay
,,onts Is made Up of tn rcmittances in
.asb and securities. (2) deliveries in
Find. and go the value OF state rail.
roads public buildings. forests and
nntash mines in Alsace-Lorraiue and
elsewhere.
The s25O,O00,o00 in cash goes only to
nav for the cost of maintaining the Al
led armies of occupation on the Rhine
ND to May 1921, and Belgium's prior
ity rights. France and England have
received TO cash at all on their repa-
rations account. OF the grand total.
s6Of ,042,0So, the value Of the Alsacc-
Lorraine properties, cannot be counted
as liquid assets. because these proper
ties cannot be disposed of irnmed;ateIy
snd the proceeds divided among the
Allies. The ratio Of division is to be
y per cent for France. % per cent for
Great Britain. 10 per cent for Italy, s
rer cent for Belgium, and the balance
divided among the smaller Allies.
Mere Dent Made in Debt
Thus Germany, in three years. has
raid the Allies less than 81 900 900 .0O0
toward the liquidation Of the debt OF
SS3'OOO0oo00 900 fixed under the terms
Of the Treaty OF Versailles.
The Allied Ministers OF Finance will
meet at the Quai d'Orsay tomorrow to
divide Up the cash payments Germany
made IN 1921, IS we'll as those she is
expected to make in 1922. No difficulty
n THIS division is expected as it is
generally. agreed that the first claim
occupation and the second is that Of
Belgium. About $300,0o0 900 is still
due Belgium.
Former Premier BRAND at the Cannes
conference induced Premier Lloyd
George 70 sacrifice $2S ,5OOO 900 for the
cost Of tie French army on the Rhine.
but the Tribune correspondent under
stands that the French will not insist
on this concession at tomorrows meet
ing as they arc anxious to satisfy
Belgium, which will be represented ST
the meeting by Premier Theunis. Great
Brtain's delegate is Sir Robert s.
Horne, Chancellor Of the Excheouer.
Premier Poincare's reparations pol
icy is expected to be the feature of the
Meeting He contends that the Repa-
rations Commission should be endowed
With full power TO collect Germany 3
bill in the future and should be cm-
powered to establish strict control
over all sources Of German revenue
The Premier viii contend that the con-
slant chickering's on the subject among
the Allies have brought bad results,
and he will bring up the Reparatton
Commissions report to show the RI
dicuously small amount of cash col
lected from Germany in the last three
years.
Commenting on the reparation prob
lem, the semi-official "Le Temps
says
Germany, whose war bill payments
are being divided in advance, is not
haAdling them in way that makes the
2olution of her problems easier. 1t is
not only that the German people want
to avoid making the payments. The
Allies are to blame also for trying to
remedy the German difficulties by de-
voting their energies to curing symp-
toms rather than the disease. 1t is
true that the disease is Gernany's un-
willingness or inability to pay
German Difficulty Analysed
The newspaper asserts that the
symptoms show Germany is suffering
from expectation of capital, financial
Gisorganization and inability to obtain
foreign loans with the mark more and
more depreciatod II continues:
"ln order to make the symptoms dis
appear it is necessary to attack the dis
ease. Among the necessary measures
81 international loan is the most i'm
portant. Otherwise where shall we
start? We told Germany to raise the
selling prices Of her goods in order to
AID other countries that are suffering
rom unemployment. She complied, but
mat increased the German government
expenses and new issues Of paper
money were necessary. That only ag-
fSrsvated Germany's situation. 1t is
nigh time to employ another method.
A policy OF solidarity and generosity
only can save the interests Of every
one Enlle eGoism Will bring the world
20 rum. ithout waiting for the United
states to take the lead it is neces-
ssTy for some nation to take the ini-
owe