REPARATION PROBLEM
SUFFERERS1 ENORMOUS CLAIMS
SOME GERMAN ASSETS.
(Received January 51, 8.30 a.m.)
i'ARIS/Mth January.
Mr. A. J. Fraser states that one of the thorniest problems confronting the Commission on Reparation lies in the enormous amount of compensation demanded from Various sufferers by the war. It is difficult to see how Germany can ever meet the claim. Britain might be satisfied by receiving ton per ton for the shipping sunk, while the claims of France might be met by the utilisation of the mines in the Sa-ar Valley. Here a difficulty arises from the fact that heavy vested interests were held in these properties by the French before the war. The Germans long tried to buy out the French interests, and it might be now possible for the French to buy the German private interests. Failing this some temporary control might be exercised over the mines until the French claims are satisfied. Other suggestions to meet the case lie in the control of the German railways and Customs.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 27, 31 January 1919, Page 7
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