Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-05
AMERICANS To BE
ASKEDT0 FURNISH
GERMANS 100000
Huge san Iii Payments to
France To BE- Se5olqli ended
BY Preparations Committee
REPORTS AEI. COMPLETE
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Proposed 3 international Loan
TO Be Guaranteed Bv German
State Railways
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PARIS,sApril 5.-aa{By Wireless)
--Poison-insdfar as Americans are
concerned that is what the report
Of the reparations eommitte should
be labeled.
This opinion is based on a careful
inspection of the Recommendations
of the commission.
If its recommendations are follow
ed and if Wall Street bankers can
put it over, Americans will be
asked to throw good money after
bad.
In other words, Americans, hay
ing loaned France billions of dol
lars through our government dur
ing the war, no penny Of which
has been repaid, international
bankers now are preparing to ask
Americans to subscribe a loan OF
from $250,00O,000 to $750,0l0,~
600 to hand to Germany which in
turn is to hand it over to France
Here's how it works;
The committees on Germany .
ability to pay and on Germany s
capital abroad have practically
completed their reports which are
now being drafted. Both reports
are unanimous and, unless a hitch
occurs, will be presented to the re
parations commission April 5. They
are very lengthy and go into great
details.
Marne.
Instead Of the presence os
Americans on tile commission put
ting a block to French claims, it
has encouraged them.
FRANCE continues in the Ruhl'
and RI Eneland.
Franz wins the contention that
during a five-year moratorium on
monA payments, Germany never
thekss shall pay in money for the
upgeep Of armies of occupation
and cost Of commissions.
In addition to that Germany
shall pay in material vast amounts
Of coal, coke and dyes.
am reliably Informed that no
EnglisE-speaking economist beHev-
es Germany can pay what is de-
manded of her, especially as her
best industrial regions are inter-
ferred with by the French.
BuG American members of the
committees insisted that Germany
could and should pay all France
asked. To enable her to do 50
while the moratorium is in force,
the commission will recommend an
International loan to Germany, fl
nanced principally in the United
States and England.
But money thus advanced will
not be- used to put Germany on her
feet, nor to reconstruct her indus
trially. It will be employed SO
make payments to France.
The result when the moratorium
ceases will be that Germany win
be once more up against it. In
deed, economists here believe than
even with big loan Germany VIII
be in difficulties before the en-.
Of the second year of the nora
forum.
The loan will not be guaranteed
on Germany's railway system be-
cause that's earmarked for other
purposes.
The loan will not take preced
-ence of money PREPARATION pay
ments to the allies because France
will not stand for that.
In spite of all camouflaeed
wording the loan simply would be
handing over another huge sum to
France with Germany acting sim
ply as borrower and Intermediary
America is still looked upon bv
all continental nations a rich
uncle who is also a big hood.
& American members of the com
mission expect to leave for home
bring the middle Of April