Evening star., 1924-07-10
DAWESPLAN SAVED,
MACDONALD AYERS
American as Arbiter of Repa-
rations Disputes Desired,
But Not Certain.
HERRIOT SAFE FOR WHILE
French Fears Assuaged, But Pcin-
care to Interpellate Premier
Today on Terms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, July 10.-Prime Minister
Macdonald declared today in the
House of Commons that he had made
his trip to Paris in order 20 remove
an unfortunate situation which had
threatened to destroy the work which
had been done to make possible the
holding in London, July Is, OF an
interallied conference on the Dawes
report
Mr.. Macdonald said the British gov
ernment had taken the view that the
experts report should be put into
operation without delay. He asserted
that many details would have to be
settled in conference preparatory TO
carrying out the report.
Must Have Stable Loan
The question of the powers Of the
reparation commission in carrying
out the report was not yet settled
the premier said He pointed out that
one of the essential features OF the
Dawes report was the raising of
f40. 900. 900 loan and the giving to the
|
curity that their investments would
not be destroyed by political or mill
tary action
The French and English, he con-
tinued, had agreed to try to add an
American member to the reparanon
commission when it was dealing with
default under the experts report
interests of the investors or his serv-
ices would be used as those of a repa-
ration agent in general
Debts Question Unsettled.
Mr.. Macdonald declared that Great
Britain thought that this American
should act as an arbitrator in the
event Of failure to get a. unanimous
decision of the reparation commission
The French government desired to
| associate the question OF interallied
debts with the experts report, but
Great Britain could not agree to
| this.
| French opinion was not willing to
| allow the experts report to be re
/ garded as a substitute for the Yer
| sailles treaty, but was willing to ac-
lcept it as a new and better way OF
dealing with the reparation ques-
| tion," he said
| Answering a supplementary Ques-
tion. the prime minister declared that
the thing which had to be settled
now was, "Are we or are we not
going to put the Dawes report into
| operation with full agreement
amongst ourselves and with the con-
currence Of Germany to do her part? -
London Is Gratifed.
Great satisfaction was expressed
today throughout British oficialdom
over the results Of Prime Minister
MacDonaId's visit to Paris. and con-
hdence seemed to be felt that the al
lied conference on reparation would
open here July Is as planned.
The British believe that an Ameri.
can representative on the commission
would be considered as an informar
Representative OF the bonchoIders.
| PARIS FEARS ALLAYED.
| by Ene ASSOCIATED PreS6-
PARIS, July 10.-The result of the
conference here between Premie,
Herriot and the British prime min.
lister, Mr.. Macdonald, is general,
well received in the press, except By
the Poincairist opposition-even Per.
tinax" is Obliged grudgingly to admit
that M. Herriot more effectively de.
Tended the French cause than in the
pipe-to-pipe conference at Chequers.'
He concludes, however, that eth,
Chequers chain is loosened; it is no
broken"
The Petit Parisien, widely circulat
} ed newspaper of no particular politi
cal color. says, unreservedly: Yes
terday was red-letter day. Tn
FNranco-British conversations wer
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