Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-13
SHOALS STILL AHEAD
OF DAWES PROPOSALS
Whole Scheme of German Rehabilitation
Now Faces Barrage of Political
Intrigue.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.


(! ~ LID Gen. Pooh, Pooh scoffer,
doubter, and his chief adju-
~ tants, Jealousy, National
Prejudice and Suspicion, who
from time immemorial have been able
to retard settlement of European
problems, have been routed before
American Influence
Through the report of international
] financial experts, chosen to find ways
and means whereby Germany may be
able to pay her reparations burdens
| and headed by Gen. Dawes, Europe
may find a way to settle her Difficult
/ ties and take the high roads toward
| economic, financial and social recov-
cry Only through the medium of
American moderating influence was
| the report effected.
| The reparations commission has in
dorsed 1t and now it will go to va
rious governments for their stamp
| of approval before it's terms, concrete
and succinct can be put into effect
| for the salvation of Germany and the
| economic welfare of the continent
|
American effort, was apprised be-
| forehand Of the expediency of facil-
| itating the report that it might be
put before interested governments be-
/ fore it could be subject to the con-
| fiicting currents of thought strug-
| Cling assiduously, for the upper hand
| in the various countries most inter-
ested.
/ Other Agreements Aided.
| Ever since the war ended the most
! effective agreements have come to
! pass through the medium of disinter-
| ested mediation of Americans The
| Lausanne conference was the chief
/ example The settlement Of the vexed
Memel question is but one of the sew
| eraI other minor issues which have
/ been ironed out under American in
| fiuence. This situation is not strange
| inasmuch as the jealousies and an
tipathies. centuries old, which have
| precluded progress of strictly Euro
! pean deliberations, always are kept
| in the background when Americans
| are participating in European set
| Elements. In many minds the thought
has run current that Europeans
! merely desire to use America for their
| own ends. That they merely agree
| in order that such agreements may
! promote American ego to the point
! of further participation in things
! strictly European. Rather is it true
| that Europeans can better talk among
| themselves without strife, when they
! know that the disinterestedness of
| American statesmen or negotiators
| makes their voice one of reasonable
! ness. 1t is a striking fact that Amer
lean participation, whether it has
been official or official, has per-
| mitted several European conferences
to proceed without the fireworks
usually accompanying elaboration
when national prejudices crop out
and national jealousies sway one dele
cation and then another toward
courses inimical to settlement.
To the European mind American
disinterestedness alone, coupled with
an aptness in applying common sense
where those prone to diplomacy
would use evasion and, clubbing,
- d LiihS NiIdiIJ UtGueu.
they say they court American par
ticipahon, official or non-oficiaI, in
the general process of reaching
adjustments designed to restore set
tied order. This public respect for
American participation may or NAV
not be held in high official circles,
but officialdom of Europe respects
the viewpoint Of the masses of peo
pie in large measure and, a. a con-
sequence of the knowledge that the
people welcome American effort of
whatever character, makes official
dom less loath to do so.
Babe Sure to Have Collie.
Great as has been the accomplish
ment of Gen. Dawes in reaching deci-
sions carried into the report of the
financial experts, quick as the repara-
tions commission has been to indorse
the text Of the report and eager as
some of the allied nations have been
to express their fealty to its provi-
sions, it nevertheless remains a fact