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Show SEEK Ml OUT OF DEBT TANGLE French and British Find German Payments Must Be Reduced I'ARIS. Aug. 19. (By the Associated Associ-ated I'ress. ) -The departure of the reparations mission lor Berlin to-niKht to-niKht marked the h.-pinnln r - ho ii- n.tl erfurf (if the rrrrn rntinnu fnm m (-j. slon to find a tMtiporary Solution f ; the (Ji-rman indemnity problem ac-; ac-; ceptabfe to both French and British ! public Opinion and thereby prevent the threatened independent action by ! France with u consequent breaking up e.f the entente. sii John Bradbury, British mem-ber mem-ber of the commission and his as-i as-i sistants. will arriv e at Berlin tomorrow tomor-row nipht They have an appolnt-I appolnt-I raent to see chancellor wirth Mon- tiav morning'. Rotative to the departure of this mission. Trench official circles have I renewed vvith Increased vigor th- French jij.n for a i um pr -In nsi . reparation BSttlomenl vv hi .1 Premier Polncare would have presented at UVMUWU uui (Ul IIH' iriUHIl! l.ll Air. Lloyd ' orjrc to permit discussion of the allied di bta The reparations commission is being be-ing Unofficially urged to take up the plan now that the governments them Selves have failed to solve the problem. prob-lem. Briefly, the scheme provides for a reduction or the interest bearing bear-ing reparations to fifty billion gold marks, including both cash and merchandise, mer-chandise, and the gradual Cancellation Cancella-tion a.-,,- 11... i . -1... .00 000.000.000 marks indemmtv I M I 1X1 1) .K l)l TA. This 132,000,000.000 gold marks would be cancelled proportionately as the fifty billion are paid by Germany und as the interallied debts are circulated' cir-culated' Th; plan leases 1 ,, Lfnltl i States' claims in abeyance for adjustment adjust-ment later, the point being made that the allied debts to the I'nlted Stat' -cannot at this time bo considered with the general reparations questions. The reparations commission Would welcome wel-come the opportunity to settle ilo-question ilo-question jn such, a lr,:'d wa") but Is realized that the governments would have to give tin- commission Supreme authority to p&ceed with such plans. Bozo the French and British officials rebrd some general settlem, nt mi,Ti nu fh. v mnr.li I posal, as Inevitable, but Impossible at the present time. The purpose, therefore, of the commission, com-mission, is to find a temporary measure mea-sure which would bridge the interval between now and November and December De-cember by which time, it Is said, the allies will be ready formally to con-sidei con-sidei cancellation of debts and reduction re-duction of Indemnity. Sir John Bradbury and hi: associates asso-ciates left Paris optimistic over the possibilities Of arranging a temporary settlement The commission lias been informed that Gtormahy welcomes direct di-rect contact with the mission anil !c is thought not improbable that the' German government may offer new suggestions for meeting the situation LOAM is PROPOSED. German Industrial interests havo been exerting considerable pressure on the j,-ov eminent to prevent the in-1 tended Independent action of Fram e, ! which, they say, would tak" the form of Immediate occupation of the Ituhr Great Britain it Is indicate. I, would greatly prefer a settlement In the commission, rather than Isolated action ac-tion by the French. Sir John will thert fore make a strong effort to obtain additional 1 KLiui iinu'cs meeting- ooin tne v rencii and British positions, or some temporary tem-porary solution where a moratorium would not be necessary. A loan of 12,000,00,0 pounds would make possible possi-ble the carrying out of the schedule of cash payments for the remainder of this year The British member believes be-lieves that such loan may br raised If Germany can gather together sufficient suf-ficient sei urities. The matter of a loan will be thoroughly thor-oughly Inquired Into by the mission because with it payments could made until tho projected November conference. 00 |