ALLIED COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 47, Issue 143018, 2 February 1921, Page 6

ALLIED COUNCIL.

REPARATIONS QUESTION. NEW YORK, Monday. Tho New York World’s Washington -correspondent states that, while theie is geferai approral in Congresmona tax. Politicians profess to V ehev ®5 es this clause means that the Um ed at will contribute largely to Geimanj s payments, as the latter is certain to add the tax to the price of goods shipped to j^merica.— Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH OPINION. LONDON, Monday. British opinion, while less triumphant than the French, generally is satisfied with the results of the Paris Con ference, chiefly in the ground that it seals British and French solidarity and promises to end the uncertainty w 1C has been hampering the reconstruction of Europe since the Armistice. The agreement imposes on parties thereto a join enterprise which will necessitate their unbroken co-operation for half a century. —Reuter. A PESSIMISTIC VIEW. LONDON, Monday. _ The Guardian takes' a pessimistic view of the possibility of enforcing the reparations. It considers that the endeavours to hold Germany in thraldom eventually will lead to war, probably the same as in Ireland. It believes it yvill be an encouragement to Germany -to increase her exports and create a fierce competition between English and French manufacturers, which will seriously affect the economic conditions of "both countries. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.