Evening star., 1922-12-27
.REPR|SAL|N0RDER
.ASBERL|N DEFAULTS
Poincare Expected to Favor
Delay in Applying Penalty,
However.
CHARGE WILLFUL FAILURE
Experts Declare Germany Could
Have Delivered Reparations,
+: Lumber and Poles.
CHARGE WlLLFUL FAILURE
Hy he, ,AssSciated Press.

= Ry the Associated Press.
r, PAR1S, December o1.-The notifica-
,tion to the allies by the reparations
commission that, Germany had de-
fau1ted in tho delivery Of telegraph
: POLES and lumber. provided for in the
/. scheme of Payments and deliveries on
. reparations account fixed on May 10,
, 1871 is regarded in French official
: circles as making applicable the
. article of the treaty of Versailles au-
. rhorizinS' the allies to proceed to take
rerrisals and rut into force economic
, and financial measures as penalty.
The matter will come up before the
, conference Of premicrs next Tuesday.
when Premier Poincare will propose
that the allies. in t,::n formally reg
. lister GcrmanyS default. but reserve
The question of the applicability of
rho penalties clause of the treaty.
IL is improbable that he will demand
action before January Is. when the
next cash payment is due from Ger
many ON reparations.
Consider Default wilIfuI.
The French government will main
tain at the premiers meeting that
Germany's failure to deliver the lum-
gardcd as evidence of her determine
tion to resist carrying out all her
, reparationS obligations. The govern
mcnt experts declare GcrmanyS de-
fault is purely voluntary. as she has
state forests from which the deliver
. les could he made without enta1ling
: any financial difficulty.
They hold also that Germany could
easily spare the $4,000 tons of nj
I.sh c q
part payment Of rcparations. In
. formation in possession of the gov
8 ernmout is said to show that the
quantities produced largely exceed
, the requirements of agriculture in
Germany and ordinary chemical uses.
The French officials, therefore, eN-
. press the belief that Germany pre-
fcr' I" aCcuTulate reserves of nj
tratcS for possible use in the making
. of explosives rather than apply them
. to the rcparationS account.
French Gain Victory.
= Exchange of views on all these
phases Of the rcparations question
arc proceeding between the allied
capitals in preparation for Tuesday S
meeting.
France gained an important victory
&. i'll the repdraticuS commission today
vi hen the commission by d vote of
voluntary default in her wood de
livcrics for l922 France. Belgium
and Italy voted in favor of the decla-
rat ion. Will" treat Britain cast its
ballot against il.
The decision of the comm ssion was
immediately communicated to the
allied governments for their action.
1t may have u vital effect on the
reparatinuS problem if France can
retain tl<'-sup.~srt vf Italy and Bel
Eiunl whGG the rerarati"ns question
is discussed at thr January meet
. ing of the, premicrS.
See NuSSOiinis Aid.
q The lone vote east against the
declaration by Great Britain was in
, has been opposed to declaring Ger
. many in default. in the fear that such
action might have a diSastrou effect
ON the already prcCarious state of
German finance.
France is considered to have scored
an important point by reason of the
, fact that the decision of. the commits,
, sion ar''iyed Ut on. a majority
&. Vote. France had been. alone for a
= long time III he contention that Ger
many could he placed in voluntary
. default by simple majority vote
1taly's support of France in the ball
lotinG came as Il surprise and as an
. indication that Premier Musso1ini is
swinging over to the French side in
the repafationS controversy.