The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-02
MINISTERS0F
BRITAIN LAY
BARE ATTITUDE
Say That French and Belgian
Note Leaves no Hope for
Ruhr Settlement
ANSWER is REGRETTED
Opening of Discussion on
Reparations Question Also
Is Held Unlikely

London, Aug. 2.-Creat Britain
and France stand even further
apart In their attitude toward
Germany than the British peo-
pie and probably the world At
large have understood.
This seems to be the conclusion
drawn from the explanation Pre-
micr Baldwin and Lord Curson.
the foreign secretary. gave par
liamcnt today Of the position re-
sulting from the latest British
attempt to lay the foundation Of
a United policy.
The ministers revealed that the
latest communication from
France and Belgium furnished
no material for an allied answer
to the German reparations pro-
possls and they brought to light
surprlsing deadlock In the CORES
pondcnce. Neither reply, they
stated, mentions the draft Of the
reply to Germany which Great
Britain submitted to France and
Belgium. Evidently the French
and Belgium communications
were confined to dealing with
Great Britain's covering note or
dealt only In generalities.
London, Aug. 2.-(By the A. P)-
Prime Minister Baldwin joined will
Lord Curzon, the foreign secretary,
in informing Parliament today thai
the replies by France and Belgium
to the British reparations note seem
to hold out no prospect Of a settle 1
ment in the Ruhr situation in the
near future, nor the opening Of IA
regarding reparations.
Great Britain had submitted to the
other allies the draft of joint al
lied reply to the last German repara-
tions communication and Great Bri-
tain attached very great Importance
to the dispatch Of such a reply, the
premier said. Neither France nor
Belgium, however, had mentioned
this reply in the answer to the Bri-
tish communication and Great Bri-
tain, to the regret of her Soyera-
ment, was unable to find in these re-
sponses sufficient material for a
joint allied reply to Germany.
Realizing the danger of the Europ-
can situation sinking into irretrieva
BILE ruin during prolonged negotia-
tions among the allies the British
holding that the pro-
blems cannot be evaded, the govern
ment said, had invited the allies t.
agree to the publication Of their
in the hope that these
together with those pr
pared by Great Britain, may convinc,
the world of the necessity of promut
and united action.
Recite EffortA
The Prime Minister in the HOUSE.
of Commons and Lord Curzon in the
House of Lords began their identical
addresses by reciting the history Of
the recent negotiations. They then
broke new ground in this manner:
"The government drew up q draft
reply which they forwarded on July
26 with covering note to the allied
a ,5.-,,
"ln this reply the British govern
ment dealt with the various proposaia
in the German memoran
dunn and they expressed the opinion
that while nothing should be done
which was inconsistent with the sti-
pulations Of the treaty Of Versailles
advantages would be derived by an
examination by impartial experts in
cooperation with the reparations
into Germany's capacity
to pay.
"As regards the guarantees offered
by the German government the Brit
ish went on to point out in the draft
reply that the economic value of any
such guarantees must largely depend
upon factors Of which the German
government, in its memorandum, had
made no mention but as stabilizing
the mark and balancing the German
budget and that no guarantees could
be effective unless provision were
made for some form Of internatior al
control over the German financial I'D
ministration."