New Britain herald., 1924-04-26

care. After saying he had studied the
 reports with the greatest interest the reply continues:
 They fulfill exactly the tasks as- signed them by the commission and
 form an extremely interesting and complete whole. and l can only con- graduate myself on having taken the initiative in requesting the French delegate on the reparation commission to propose the convocation of the ex- perts. I am glad to take this oppor- tunity of paying tribute to the great competence they have shown, to their
 impartiality and to their appreciation of the actual facts.
 The commission now is in posi- ton to pronounce judgment, and the governments have the right to expect from it d definite decision which will embody the conclusions of the ex- perts reports, support them with ar gument and give them practical form
 tsince in most cases they are drafted, as is only proper in the case of re- ports from advisors, in the form of mere indications) and will complete them on certain points which the ex- perts left to the commission itself 10 deal with, or on which they did not express any opinion.
 Tt is only when the commission has completed this work and thus has clearly defined all the matters coming within it's competence under the treaty, and those not within its juris- diction, that it will be in a position to communicate the latter to the gov ernments concerned.
 "The government will not be able to take useful action until they have exact information as to the practical effect which the reparation commiS- sion gives the experts proposals"
 M. Poincare warns the reparation commission that it must be in a posi- ton to find out whether Germany has taken the measures necessary to car ry out the commissions decision. He emphasizes that no decision can be taken until the commission has ap- proved the drafts of laws and decrees it has requested Germany to submit Tor the execution of the plan, and he reiterates that only after that decision will the allies be in a position 10 reach their own decision.
 "Under the circumstances the Ger man and the allied governments ean- not. in fact, be placed on the same footing" he continues,
 Germany is entitled to a just op- 1 portunity to be heard" the premier's reply says, but afterward. the repara- ton commission must then give a I decision with all the authority the | treaty confers upon it."
 Then, taking up the experts opin- l ion that the economic and financial l unity Of the reich should be restored ] as soon as the plan is put into eXecu- tion, the premier declares:
 Since the commission has decided 10 accept the conclusions Of the ex- perts as a whole the French govern ment ventures to assume that on this point of capital importance it does not intend to modify these conclusions. The governments will have to consider together under what conditions the | securities now held by France and Belgium shall be merged into or ex- changed for those which will be hand cd over as an undivided whole 10 the allies.
 "These. operations cannot however. take place until Germany has effec- lively put the plan into execution, and it is for the governments to determine by common agreement the guarantees these operations may render neces- sary.
 Tt is. moreover, understood that in the course of the conversations to be entered into the French government. which appreciates the work of the ex-