The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-12-29
GERMANY ASKS
FOR AID TO
SOLVE PROBLEM

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e Lausanne, Dec. 20 (By the Associ.
| ated Press).-The Near East confer.
nee today verged on failure, the chief
cause being the contest over the own.
ership OF the Mosul oil fields and
capitulations question, the Allies tax.
.ng firm stand agains the subiec.
tion OF foreigners to the Jurisdiction
Il the Turkish courts. They insist on
special courts with a foreign 1udve
sitting in cases where foreigners ar.
involved. The Turks are strongly re.
slstlng what they call an invasion of
turkish sovereignty, but their dele
gates assert that the Mosul oil issue In
greater question than the capituls.
tion. They claim the Allies are using
eapltulations to make their interest IN
he oil fields.
Washington, Dec. 2S.-Further .s-
poets of the move for an American
commission to inquire into Germanv,s
capacity to pay reparations came TO
hight today when the chamber Of COM
merce OF the United States made pub.
lic definite request from German
business men that such a commission
be appointed.
The request was transmitted
through the German Indistrie- Und-
Handelstag, a national organization
representing German business inter-
ests. In reply the chamber of com.
merce expressed qualification at the
confidence shown in American busi-
ness leadership, but deferred a def
mite decision pending discussion OF
the reparations questions by the
council of allied premiers at their
meeting January 2.
The correspondence as made pub
lic contains no reference to previous
discussion Of the project, although it
Is known that in less formal way
the American commission plan has
been under consideration in Germany,
the United States and other countries
for several weeks. Only one allu-
sion .iS made to the fact that the
plans Ns been discussed also with Of
ficiabN the Interested governments,
the Il Mram Of the German Indus.
trie-p hndelstag saying mersly,
that German governments win be !
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State department. officials, who.
have been unwilling to discuss in any
way the commission proposal since it
first was disclosed in a recent Asso-
ciated Presses dispatch from London,
continued silent. tonight regarding the
wh,le project, the White House off,
cisls would not reveal whether the
move was one of the things President
Harding had in mind when he wrote
tc Senator Lodge today regarding the
efforts now being made to be helpful
in slowing the European economic
problem.
The correspondence between the
German and American business or.
ganizations was made public in a
statement by julius H. Barnes, pres
ident of the chamber Of commerce Of
the United States, saying that cham
ber officials had no comment to make
ut this time. Mr.. Barnes statement
follows:
$50 much interest has been evinced
by business organizations and bust
ness men of America as to what
might be done to facilitate a definite
settlement Of the reparations ques-
tion that the chamber of commerce of
the United States feels justified In
giving publicity to a cable just re-
ceived last Tuesday morning from
the organization in Germany which
corresponds most nearly to the cham.
ber of commerce of the United States,
and together 18th that cable the an
swer which the chamber Of commerce
Of the United States has sent.
"The Importance which a repara-
tions settlement has assumed in bust
ness and industrial circles all over
the world is illustrated by this cable
and its answer. The belief Is grow
ing everywhere that definite settle
ment Of this question carried out In
rood faith would be the chief ap-
rroach fo dtattnck nrooraoo T., ,~o~lJ