Evening star., 1925-01-21
ALLIES HOLD u. s. NOT INVOLVED
IN EUROPE BY FUND AGREEMENT
Appraisal Of Fac, ALTITUDE Of fIrreconcildbles
Puzzles Paris Editor.

me New York Times this morning
published the following copyrighted
caolegram from its Paris correspond
ent which The Star reproduces by
special permission:
PARIS, January 2o.-Secretary
Hughes declaration of the position OF
the United States concerning the
nnanclal agreement signed last week
IN Paris Is regarded in official circles
mere as a fair and accurate presenta-
tfon of the actual situation
Though, the agreement having been
signed, Mr.. Churchill, NJ Clementel
and others treated themselves to
somewhat warm expressions of de-
light that America vas once more
taxing place in the allied councils and
had put her signature to a document
signed in common by all the other
victorious allies, it is recognized here
that their pleasure was far from be-
ing barbed by any malevolent thought
that the United States had been
caught in allied tolls
Neither Mr.. Churchiu NJ CTemen-
Vel nor any one else imagined, as they
spoke the congratulatory speeches
that their words would be interpreted
as meaning that the United States
mad signed away all right of inde-
pendent action and would be hence
forth involved in every twist and turn
OF reparations politics, for the repara-
tions problem is not longer regarded
here as political problem With the
functioning of the Dawes plan it is
simply matter of accountancy at
both ends, in which the American rule
is very considerable
No Action Agreed.
If the plan breaks down there may
have TO be a general meeting Of Ger
many's creditors, but neither Great
Britain, France nor any other country
signatory to last Wednesdays dIstri-
button of proceeds plan for a moment
considers that that signature in any
way committed them to any definite
course of action, or even any soli-
darity of action, in the event of fail
ure, according to the view of 1t taken
in Paris.
1t is pointed out that the British
government, which signed the treaty
Of Versailles and every other repara-
tlons agreement, never felt itself ir
the least bound by that fact to Join
the French in occupation of the Ruhr
The British government reserved its
Independence of action to the point
Of differing strongly with its princi-
pal ally in Interpreting the treaty
side, did not in the least feel bound
to abide by the British Interpretation
or follow the road laid down by
Bonar Law as the right and wise one
in last w ednesday's compact there
was from the allied point OF view nc
future commitment al all to any
course of action regarding the inn
posture of payments on Germany. The
only contract made was between the
allied powers and America that they
would share all payments made in d
certain percentage. Should Germany
fail to carry out the provisions of the
Dawes plan, either voluntarily or in
voluntarily, the question of taking
steps and the question of the steps
to be taken for the recovery of each
creditors individual share would
be a question entirely for that cred
itor or for any group acting together
But II is held to be a very wide
stretching of the moral" undertak-
ings of Wednesdays contract to say
that any one was bound thereby to
take any action whatever.
IrreconciIabIes View Puzzles.
The attitude of the irreconcilables
in the United States Senate has there
fore aroused here wonderment and
surprise. The internal political side
of the question being quite incom
prehensibIe to the Frenchman, he
fails to find any other Interpretation
Of the attitude of Senator'S johnson
and Borah than that they are pro-
German. though even then he falls
to find wherein they can be pro-Ger-
man.
1t is utterly beyond the French
mans understanding that, while
Americans can participate with cash
in putting into existence a repara-
tions recovery plan framed and ad-
ministered in large part by Amer
leans and bearing the name of the