Evening star., 1923-07-14
BRITISH DISCUSSING
J.. s. PARTICIPATION
|NNEW RUHR MOVE
Taft or Root Suggested to
Aid Appraisers of German
Ability to Pay.
FRENCH WILL INSIST
ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS
Paris Press Shows Strong Flavor of
Sarcasm on Baldwin's
Proposals.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 14.-In the drafting
Of the British reply to the German
reparations note references to Ameri-
can participation in the suggested
commission for appraising Germany's
"apacty to pay is possible says the
British press.
While the government has given no
hint as to the contents of it's forth
coming note, some unofficial sources
profess to have a certain amount of
information on the subject, The Daily
Telegraph says:
In order to overcome jurisdictional
objections, which might otherwise be
expected from Paris. it is proposed
that the commission shall operate
within the framework of the Versailles
treaty by acting as committee to
the reparations commission. All the
allies could welcome the presence on
the committee and preferably in the
chair, of an eminent American jurist
such as William Howard Taft or
I5lihu Root. or an eminent banker
or economist from Wall street"
The writer. however. is confident
that American participation would be
Withheld if discussion of the allied
debts We're on the. committees agenda.
Cabinet to Rush Note.
The members of the British cabinet
will forego their usual golf, cricket
ard tennis over the week end so as to
give undivided thought to Great
Britain's Forthcoming reply to the
German memorandum regarding rep
arationS 1t is desired to find the
best form of expression so as not to
run counter to French sensibilities
Premier Baldwin is expected either
on Monday or Tuesday to reply in the
affirmative to j. Ramsay MacDonaldS
query in the house of commons this
week as to whether n copy of the
reply will be communicated to the
United States government. 1t is ex-
pected that Washington wiA-be, ,-ac-
quainted with the contents of the
document at the same time as the al
lied powers.
Cabinet Canvassing Question.
The best manner in which to phrase
Great Brita ms acceptance of the plan
for an international body of experts
10 appraiSe Germany's financial
strength. as advanced originally by
the American Secretary of State, is
giving the cabinet members a good
deal of thought. They desire to find
some way of overcoming Frances
cntention that such an organizat tion
is not envisaged by the Versailles
treaty and that therefore its decisions
would be without judicial force.
They will probably suggest the
idea that such a body could act as
a subsidiary to the existing repara-
tion commission. and it's findings and
recommendation be morally if not
legally binding.
The cabinet also is canvassing the
question to how far it is expedient
in the draft reply to touch upon Ger
manyS passive resistance. suspension
of which France regards as indispen-
sable to any negotia tions. British
officials seem to think it would be
asking Berlin too much to counter
mand Internationally all opposition
TO the Ituhr occupation. They feel
that if the present German govern
ment or any succeeding cabinet asked
the German population to tolerate the
continued presence of their unwel-
come guest in the Ruhr it would pro-
woke the condemnation of the whole
people and the cabinet would immed-
lately fall.