Evening star., 1932-12-15
SIX NATIONS PAY
WAR DEBTS TOU.S.
Five Others Default as Date
for Payment Arrives.
Gold Earmarked.
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tinued voluble tn their denunciation OF
the French attitude, the course was be-
ing sighted for future discussions Of
these troublesome international oh.iea-
tions.
Position Is Taking Form.
After the payments and defaults all
have been checked, the American posi-
ton for the immediate future will shape
itself more positively. Until today, u
had been: Pay and create q better
understanding for talk of reconsider
alton or default. !, 49,.
Ofacial circles held the view that
todays developments would play defl-
mite part in formulating the message on
war debts which President Hoover has
promised to dispatch to Congress. In
It he is expected to recommend tnat
Congress create an agency to study
lation with the Worldwide economic
conditions. But what course ne may
suggest for dealing with deiaulterS
hcIus the rnalol interest OF Congress-
Congress IS on record in opposition
to cancellation or reduction, and re-
snonsible chieftains of both parties have
said they would not agree TO eStani'sn-
ing a new Debts Commission. Ii view
of this adamant stand, the g. remain
ing avenue open appears 70 pe tnrousn
diplomatic channe,., which presidents
elect Roosevelt put forth as the de-
sirable means OF hearing new petitions
for revision.
with passage Of payment day, foreign
debtors undoubtedly will initiate new
moves for settlement OF the vexiag
problem, with Great Britain leading the
way. In announcing 1T would pay this
time. that nation made 1t plain that
the imperativeneSs Of new discussions
formed its basis. ].
Might Not Get Hearing.
Whether the British action In paying
promptly would gain for 1t more
favorable consideration Of its conten-
tions than accorded defaulters was a
subject of speculation. There was talk
in some quarters that in line with Gov.
Roosevelt's ideas, Mr.. Hoover might
designate some diplomats to hear the
pleas of Great Britain and others who
pay, even though Congress should de-
cline to approve creation of a debts
agency.
However, those who discussed the
possibilities of any new conferences
to believe France, which has refused to
pay the $2o,o00,00O in interest due
today unless an international parley was
certain, and other defaulters might not
receive a hearing. until some settle
ment of their obligations had been
made
The State Department last night
made public the Belgian note inform
ing this Government that serious finan-
cial difficulties" prevented that ma
tion from resuming payments, but it
concluded. Belgium is still disposed
to collaborate fully in seeking general
settlement OF intergovernmental debts
and Of the other problems arising from
the depression"
Evidence of Hatred.
From the Polish embassy came the
statement that the Polish government
profoundly regrets that 1t has been i'm
possible to find solution satisfactory
to b3th governments"
The French decision not to pay drew
a round of criticism from members Of
Congress yesterday with cne, Rep
Minnesota, going SO far as to offer q
resolution which would forbid entry into
the United States of securities issued by
governments that have defau.ted: pro-
hibit their advertisement for sale and
bar the securities from the mails.
Representative Britten, Republican, OF
Illinois, said this: The refusal OF France
to pay her honorable debts to the United
States at a time when her ability to
pay is unquestioned can only be re-
garded as an expression of French
hatred toward the United States and the
things we stand for
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