REPARATIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16816, 19 August 1922, Page 18

REPARATIONS.

BELGIAN DELEGATES' WORK. APPROVED BY CABINET. 1 r - By Telegraph—Press Association—Copxrleht United Service. BRUSSELS. August 17. Cabinet after bearing Theunis gnd Jaspar. approved of the Belgian attjtude at t-hp London Conference and congratulated the delegates on ■their efforts to preserve the Entente, agreeing that its maintenance is the very core of Belgian policy. HOPES OF COMPROMISE. FEELING IN PARTS. PARTS August 17. There are increasingly strong hopes thrft a compromise on the moratorium problem will eventually be reached op lines totally different from those discussed in London. The Reparations Commission purposely delayed its meeting until the feverish atmosphere had died away, but the commissioners met informally to-day. They are making every effort to avoid an Anglo-i rench rupture, which a direct vote for or against a moratorium might produce. It is understood the commissioners are already deliberating on several compromise plans which, while avoiding a rupture, would yield more and be productive of the pledges which M. Poincare demanded. It is believed that an authorised German cabinet minister will be heard by the commission before a decision is reached. The first efforts will be in the form of an invitatiqn to Germany to offer acceptable guarantees voluntarily in order to save herself financially.

FRANCE AND RUSSIA. “WHEN THE ENTENTE IS COOLING.” PARIS, August 17. The Lyons correspondent pf ‘‘ Le Temps ” states that M. Heriot, eac-Mro-ister for Transport, will interview Tc hitcher in and Litvinoff at Baden on September 3, when the"’ Russians intend semi-officially to make new offers of guarantees in place of those submitted at Genoa and The Hague. Commenting on M. Heriot’s mission “ Le Temps ” says: ‘‘ At a time when the Entente is cooling, a resumption of relations between the great democracies of Russia and France would be a step towards a treaty with Germany, the other great European democracy. Between the three they could prevent all future conflict.”