The New York herald., 1922-07-11
GERMANS FILE PLEA
| With ALLIED BOARD
| FOR TIME ON DEBTS
ENJOYS Offer No Definite
Proposals Except for
Long Delay.
CAN PAY ON JULY Is
Claim Giving Up $4,000, 900
Gold Marks Will Aggra-
I vate Situation.
FRANCE COOL TO REQUEST
Suggestions Again Made for
Financial Conference Of
World Powers.
FRANCE COOL TO REQUEST

Special Cable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1893. bD THE NEW Yosx HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Paris. July 10.
Herr Schroeder and DIR. Fischer
ENJOYS from Germany. to-day ap-
peared before the Reparations Com
mission and asked leniency in the pay
ments Of reparations. There was no
concrete proposition.
Germany, they said. was willing to
pay the 5o.oo0,0oo gold marks due
next Saturday. but that would mean
the last of the nations financial re-
serve. and its payment would accen-
tuate the crisis which threatened to
disrupt the Government.
F A long moratorium. beginning i'm
mediately. and the consideration OF
the German problem by all interested
nations were essential, they suggested
II Germany was to be saved and
Europe to avoid great disaster. There
will be another meeting Of the board
and the Germans tomorrow.
Following the conference M. du Bois,
president of the commission, had a
long conference with Premier Poincare
this evening. The latter. however, still
seems to favor his stick to the treaty.
platform. at least in 20 far as it theo-
retically leaves just such problems as
the present one In the hands OF the
Rcparations Commission. which must
hrst confess It's powerIessness before
the Allies. individually. or collectively,
can act.
NJ Poincare is understood TO have
declared that he was unalterabIy on
posed to any resurrection of the Su-
preme Council to deal with Germany's
financial problems. On the other hand,
II the commission OF guarantees in Ber-
lin reports real danger the French Gov
ernment will suggest a meeting of the
Council Of Anba asadors. which is
authorized to deal with treaty prob
lens and. as special concession. the
Government will not oppose the British
suggestion that Finance Ministers and
experts be attached to the council
temporarily 1t is considered here,
however, that no such conference can
he held before August.
The fate of republican Germany seems
to rest largely In the hands OF France
Not only Germany herself but Great
Britain and Italy are trying In every
possible way to bring about modifica-
tion of the French attitude In the hope
that 1t will save the present republican
Government from being swept away by
the tides of communism or a monarchist
upheaval Of some sort.
Favor New Conference.
An international financial conference.
to include the United States. to debate
upon Germany as Europe recently de-
bated upon Russia is the solution
favored by England and Italy, and nat
urally advocated by the Germans The
mere approval by the Allies Of such a
conference, together with granting a
moratorium. probably would rescue the
present German Government from the
dilemma 1t now faces.
But again France, while admitting
that some further moratorium must be
conceded. Is acting coldly toward the
conference suggestion. Meanwhile Ger
many blames France almost entirely for
her present situation; and France, and
to some extent the rest of Europe.
blames the United States on the theory
that the cancellation OF Europe's debts
to America is the key to the whole
problem.
Germany is to-day like a burning
building. with the crowds watching the
flames. England and the United States
are willing to call out the fire depart
ment, but France insists upon getting
a full report on the fre before turning
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