Evening star., 1924-01-13
EXPECT DAWES TO END
PREPARATIONS PROBLEM
European Countries Trust Him to
Tear Out Roots of
Present Evils.

and made q target for charges Of treason,
1t Is declared he met with favorable re-
sponse. so much so. in fact. that Premier
Poincare was forced to admit that the
government would not restrict tho in
he had been so firmly committed.
Though clinging. to the idea that the
the French premier declared that posi-.
bly,. in case the total amount to be paid
by Germany was curtailed. there might
come recolnpense in the curtailment OF
Frances foreign debt.
French Stood n Bar.
Whatever the attitude of the pres.
the march of events. plus the fall Of
the franc and the rapid disintegra
tion of French influence in England
and America have caused the French
to modify their stand. This prevt-
ously adamant stand of the govern
ment against the consideration OF the
total amount of reparatfons was de-
Clared to be a bar which would null
lify the work Of the financial experts.
no matter how diligently they might
but If it is true as reported. tina.
Poincare today is in more lenient
mood and does not change his pres
ent policy for one more aggressive
before the findings OF the experts
real results will come from the mo-
mentous conference.
AS in all past European confer
ences and in all plans proposed by
one side or another old jealousies and
suspicious have tended to prevent
proper laeveninG of the issues az
hand. The placing of Gen. Dawes at
the head OF the financial experts is
indication Of the European desire to
see some settlement and their own
admittance that only through dfsin-
terested neutral guidance can desired
results be achieved. Dawes. in
France is known as a direct result
official circles in both Paris and Lon
ion that his commanding inf1uence.
his intolerance of eNtraneous matter
and his known refusal to consider
political expediency ir connection
with firarcial matters. will produce
results held so essential to the ad-
vance and we'll being of Europe.
Reparations Body Sympathetic.
Though the financial experts have
no power to initiate or direct meas
ures which they may suggest for the
settlement of the Franco-German
problem, the reparations commission
is in hearty sympathy with every
move to end the deadlock. and the
tons of data collected by it since the
treaty of, Versailles was signed Will
be turned over for analysis. The
commission, it is believed. unless
unforeseen ehAS
problem. will heartily back the finan-
cial experts. This is further indica-
ton Of the change OF heart on the
part Of the French government itself.
inasmuch as it is recognized that the
commission is dominated from the
Quai d'OrSay.
There has been no let-up in the ef-
forts Of French and German indus
trialists to gain some sort OF ra-
prochement looking to peaceful CO
operation in case both politicians and
financial adjustors can reach no
agreement on those questions which
heretofore have been tinctured with
political eXpediency. In case the
flnanciers fail, through one reason
or another, 1t is reported that the
plans already formulated by the
French and German industrial inter-
ests will be realized, to the advan-
tage of these two industrial groups
at least. However, England Is taking
an increasing voice in the settlement
of the problem and in the protection
Of Englands interests, while Belgium
constantly has refused to be shlnted
aside. From the standpoint Of ma
tional expediency. for the moment at
least, the French are very desirous
of eliciting British support. and the
only lasting gains can be achieved
through cooperative endeavor. And,
should a British government be DOM
mated by the labor party, France
well realizes that any settlement not
taking into consideration all of Eng
lands interests will result in but
further difficulties. Undoubtedly
Poincare now feels that France has
had difficulties enough.