Evening star., 1924-07-11
i. s. ARBITRATION
|NEUROPE DOUBTED
London Press Sees No Like
lihood AIoofness Will Be
, Materially Modified.
POINCARE CRITIC OF PLAN
Former French Premier Has No
Fear of American as Umpire,
But Dislikes Idea.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 1.-THE proposal OF
Premiers Macdonald and Herriot to
appoint an American representative
on the reparation commission when
dealing with possible German de-
falcation under the Dawes report is
the subject of further editorial COM
ment this morning, but there is lit
tls confidence that such an appoint
ment is likely.
The Times says the suggestion lis
rather like the counsel of despair
since it is difficult to imagine that
the United States government in the
present circumstances could think OF
reversing its declared policy with
reference to the treaty of Versailles
and all its organs"
The Morning Post says: 1T is abb
surd for Europe to look to America
unless to put forward a business
proposition. The Americans are busl-
ness people, not idealtsts. II Eu
rope means business, then America
-..ill come in whoever wins the pres
idential election, and the only way
in which Europe can do business Is
bv an understanding between Great
Britain and france.
Doubts u. :. Acceptance.
The Westminster Gazette asks:
How can we expect the United states
to supply a member on commission
which is bound up with a treaty
which she refuses to lnoorse
seems incredible that any one should
expect the United States to take up
such an anomalous position as the
new suggestion implies
Referring to the appointment OF
an American as Va poss'psi,s9; a s9na fhy biv
hope that his vote would be given In
favor of adequate payment by Ger
3 many, seeing that this country, as one
of the results of the war. is paying
the United States one thousand MIL
lion pounds"
The Daily Express in a news note
says it is hoped America Will agree
to the proposal and that 1t Is heid
there is no reason why she should
refuse to participate in the repara-
ton commission when the Dawes re-
port and the German loan are under
consideration
Premier Wins Prnise.
The diplomatic correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, assuming that the
Washington government would not
sanction American membership on the
commission, says: THE alternative OF
calling in the agent general for rep
arationS, who under the Dawes
scheme is to be an American, is p
questionable device, seeing that he Is
a subordinate of the commission and
could hardly act as arbitrator, when,
owing to his office, he might conceiv-
ably be found in the position of a
complainant"
Premier Macdonald receives some
remarkably warm commendatio from
the opposition press upon his Paris
trip.
HE has saved the conference, pre-
vented an open disagreement be-
tween Great Britain and France on
the eve of the conference and made
1t possible to go on with the work
preparatory to application of the
Dawes report" says the Times.
The same credit is given him by the
Morning Post the Daily Mail and the
Daily News, but it is stressed that
the situation is still full of difficulties
and that while for the present there
is no reason to assume that the con-
ference will fail, it certainly is not to
have an easy task.