Evening star., 1923-12-12
us. RUSHESPLANS
TO JOIN ALLIES IN
PREPARATION PARLEY
Few Formalities Remain in
Way of Entry, Expected
in Few Days.
DAWES MAY BE SELECTED
TO REPRESENT AMERICA
Coolidge Sees Action as Big Step.
Johnson Terms It Sc
eret Diplomacy.

Only a few formalities remain TO
BE performed before American un-
official aid becomes available to the
European allies in their new effort
toward a reparations settlement.
The American government, having
given its consent, the allied govern
srents, acting through the reparations
commission, are expected speedily to
nesg gnate American experts to sit on
she two committees that are to in
quire into the state of German
finances and related questions. The
general impression here is that con-
summation Of the plan is only mat
ter of days.
American officials are unwilling to
discuss the probable personnet~of the
American expert group, since the Sc
lection Is to be made abroad and the
is apparent, however. that the per-
sonnel question is one that is not
escaping attention here. and there is
an expectation in some official quar-
ters that Charles G. Dawes of Chi
cago, former director of the budget,
VIII be one of the American group.
The decision of the administration
TO favor the service of Americans on
Ine
yesterday from the White House, is
regarded by President Coolidge as one
of the most important steps in for
eign policy taken by this government
in recent months. Both he and Secre-
tary Hughes are understood to feel
that the way to real American aid
and real accomplishment in the Euro
pean economic field has at last been
opened.
johnson Hits Plan.
Declaring there had been enough of
secret diplomacy, Senator Johnson of
California, an avowed candidate for
the republican presidential nomfna-
ton, said yesterday, in connection
with the White House statement con-
cerning American participation in an
inquiry into the German reparation
situation. that the American people
should be informed of all the com
muntcations and all of the facts re-
gardlng reparations. He added that
The people then could better decide
what they desired this government
TO do.
Reading the carefully phrased SEN
tences," Senator Johnson said, 1t Is
rather difficult to understand just
what is sought of our government or
what the administration wishes to
do. The old familiar appeal ever
made for our entry into the league
the appeal to our pockets-appears
again now in recalling our interest
as creditor. But what are we to
do? Are we to furnish mere artth-
metician to add, subtract multiply
and divide. or are we, as Mr.. Lloyd
George suggested while here, to fix
certain definite sums and then enforce
their collection
Asks Full Information.
The American people could better
decide what they desired this gov
ernment to do If they were fully in
formed of all the communications and
all of the facts. Why not tell them?
The statement rather graphically
seems to suggest a participation in
European affairs by private individ-
uals only. designated American, ex-
perts, invited and presumably named
by the reparation commission, and
Yet apparently the whole matter has
been the subject of negotiations
among the various governments con-
cerned. Instead of a carefully edited
statement, which can be variously
read, our people are entitled to every
fact and to all the communications
We've had enough of secret diplo-
macy"