GERMANY’S DEBT.
R EPAR AT lON PAY MENTS. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Berlin. Nov. 17. D idespread misunderstanding has resulted from the publication of a letter from Mr. Parker Gilbert, American Agent-General, regarding the reparation payments under the Dawes scheme, informing the German Minister of Finance that he would not credit as reparations any payments Germany made after December 1 under the French and British law's imposing a reparations duty of 20 per cent, on German goods imported. It was at first interpreted that Germany would not get credit for such payments which the French and British have been allowing. Further inquiries suggest that the letter is really an attack on the right of France and Britain to levy a duty. It is hinted that Mr. Gilbert regards the duty as an illicit method of raising reparations. London. Nov. 17. Official circles advise caution in accepting the German interpretation of the letter. It is pointed out that such an interpretation is contrary to the terms of the Dawes report, and would throw the Allied agreement with Germany on the report into the melting pot.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1924, Page 5
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