Reparations

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 118, 29 April 1924, Page 5

Reparations

Allies and the Experts

THE FRENCH REPLY. DISAPPOINTMENT IN GERMANY. (By Cable.—Press Aaaoolatffin.-€opyrUht.l (Received 29, 9.40 a.m.) London, April 28 - lh© Times” Berlin correspondent says that Germany is disappointed at the French reply to the Reparations Commission. / It is noted that M. Poincare carefully avoids using the word “accept.” The inference drawn froin his reservations is that he is again trying the sabotage solution. The “Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” sees reason for this in the fact that inter-Allied debts exceed any sum the Allies can hope to extract from Germany, and that if the reparations question is settled as regards Germany, France will find debt collectors on her doorstep with a bill for more than France will ever get from Germany. Hence, it argues, arises M. Poincare’s desire to forego reparations and continue to pursue a violent policy of sanctions security. Meanwhile the attitude of the German Government remains unchanged. It agrees that the experts’ report is solely a basis for a solution of the reparations question and claims the right to be heard in any negotiations on an equal footing.—(Times.)

PARIS PRESS OPTIMISTIC. Paris, April 27. The Allied replies on the experts’ reports are favourably commented on. The press emphasises the conciliatoriness of the replies, and declares that though there may still be certain divergences and the Allied conservations may be long and delicate no difficulty is insurmountable, and there is every hope of an agreement being reached.— (Reuter.) BELGIAN MINISTERS IN PARIS. CONFERENCE WITH M. POINCARE (Received 29, 11.40 a.m.) Paris, April 28. M. Theunis and M. Hymans arrived and conferred with M. Poincare at the Quai d’Orsay. They emphasise that the conversations do not constitute a formal conference. but merely an exchange of views prior to their visits to London. They stat© that Belgium thus marks her solidarity with France though she cannot be expected to neglect her own interests. They denied that the object of the Paris visit is to mediate between France and Britain.—(A. and N.Z.)