THE DAWES REPORT

Southland Times, Issue 19279, 25 June 1924, Page 5

THE DAWES REPORT

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ANGLO-FRENCH CONVERSATION GERMANY MUST BE WILLING PARTNER, (By Telegraph-—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and NJj. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 23. Mr MacDonald said the Dominions governments had been fully acquainted with Imperial policy as regards the Daw r es report and developments thereof. Their replies were satisfactory. Replying to Mr Lloyd George Mr MacDonald said it was most desirable that America should be represented at the Conference on July 18. A communication to that effect would be made to America immediately. The representation of Germany was discussed. Obviously interAllied agreement was first essential in regard to what they were prepared to do to give effect to the report. It was felt the report imposed certain obligations on Germany somewhat outside the obligations of the Treaty of Versailles The question remaining for consultation with Belgium and Italy was how best they could make Germany a willing partner in sharing these obligations. The business of the Conference will be the Dawes report. He also hoped to arrange other outstanding AngloFrench matters.

In reply to other questions, Mr MacDonald said the question of the Allies’ shares of payments from Germany would certainly not to be re-opened. He gave an assurance that the dominions would be completely consulted so that they might feel they were partners with the Government in everything the Government did. He emphasised the point that in settling the question of putting the Dawes report into operation, the Government would take no responsibility 4hat Britain or the dominions would be mulched in seeing it carried out. Replying to Mr Lloyd George, Mr MacDonald said Germany would be asked to come in and make good the final arrangements for putting the Dawes report into operation. FRANCE’S NEW PREMIER. WHAT THE GERMANS THINK. LONDON, June 23. The Times Berlin correspondent commenting on the MacDonald-Herriot conversation says that the opinion is held that in the long run Germany’s presence on a basis of equality at the proposed Conference will be necessapr, if anything is to be settled. The Nationalists profess to see in the policy of M. Herriot nothing but the policy of M. Poncare with gentle words instead of brusqueness.