Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-23
WARNS RE|CHSTAG
NOT TO SPURN PACT
Marx Says Germany Has
Been Given Last Chance
Under Dawes Plan.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, August 23.-The London
conference for launching the Dawes
reparation plan gave Germany a
chance which is not likely to be re-
newed if she rejects it. This was
Chancellor Marks warning to the
Reichstag yesterday in the course of
carefully phrased but impressive
discussion of the London negotiations.
The chancellor's speech which was
to have been read at yesterdays ses-
sion, but was held up because of
Communistic rowdying, was a plain
spoken warning as we'll as a sturdy
appeal to the Reichstag's conscience
carefully to consider the alternative
in the event it decides to reject the
agreement initiated by the German
delegates in London.
who will assure us that it will be
possible to re-enlist American partici-
patton if one of the essential parties
| to the pact now fails to obtain its
ratification at home?" he asked the
deputies.
Situation in America.
Emphasizing the significance of the
| new oriertation in American politics
| the reparation problem would inevi-
tably drift if American interest were
| permitted to relax or cease, the chan
| cellor said:
The economic fate of Europe de.
| pends upon the United States, and
rejection of the pact of London
would. therefore, plunge us into a
| state of uncertainty, politically and
| economically, the effects of which no
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prefaced his recital of the London ne
| gotiations by frank admission that
the German delegates could not boast
| of having achieved a signal success
| as the nature of the task that
awaited them in London was not OF
the sort that would insure unusual
| accomplishments. He praised Premier
| MacDonald's impartial conduct of the
deliberations and the spirit of equal
ity with which the German delegates
were uniformly treated.
Was Step Ahead.
| The Dawes report was as unpleas-
ant for the Germans as the Versailles
treaty, he admitted, but it would be
| a step forward as compared with the
! existing state of affairs. For the frs,
time since the war the Germans had
met on an equal footing with the
|
counter proposals had been accepted
He denied that the German deIega-
ton had been confronted with an
ultlmatum, and declared that while
the decisions would burden the Ger
mans, they would give Germany q
new economic life and opportunity to
| regain her strength and would re.
store German freedom, especially in
the occupied regions
| After long deliberation. said the
chancellor, the Germans came to the
| conclusion that to refuse the French
| oner would be to postpone the settle.
| ment of the Ruhr question Indefinite.
| ly and would only make conditions
worse. He pointed out that the
French premier held forth prospects
| that the Ruhr evacuation might be
| accomplished in less time than the
stipulated period of one year.
Effect of Rejection.
DR.. Marx warned the Reichstas
that industry and agriculture woulc
| suffer more than ever from lack OF
| capital and credit if the pact were
rejected and it was probable that the
German currency could not resis,
fresh depreciation. In conclusion the
| chancellor said:
1.-The Reichstag is confronted will
a terrible responsibility. Its decision
will mean a blessing or a curse tc
| Germany. The whole world looks to.
ward us. The populations of the
occupied regions have manifested
their will. The hopes awakened mus
| not be betrayed"