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Show PAPERS PRAISE CHANCELLOR QN GERLl Ml Stretemann Statement Raites Real Question a to Whether France WanU Reparation BERLIN. Aug. II (Br A. r Approral of Chancellor gtreeo manna latest axpraaalon on tha reparation laaua ia voiced today by tha preaa of all parties. Tha nationalist na-tionalist adttora lay etreee upon tho emphatlo " - - tha chancellor rejected any compromlae with regard to Germany's sovereignty sover-eignty over tha Ruhr and the Rhlneland. while the socialist organs or-gans think tha chancellor displayed av-iaudabla sincerity In dealing with the lesBe. Chancellor fitreeemann'a - epceeh. aaya the Deatscbe Allgemelne Zel-tung, Zel-tung, organ of Hugo Btlnnea, marks distinct progress In that It maea clear to the world the points of difference dif-ference existing In tha way Germany Ger-many and Franca look at tha ejuea-tlon. ejuea-tlon. "It goee straight to the crux of tha whole lesue, aaya tha newa paper dooe Franco want reparations repara-tions or tho Rhine?" The German offer to pledge part of tho natlon'a productive energies aa aecurlty for reparations goea far beyond the letter of tho Versailles treaty, aaya the Tagebtaete and affords af-fords concrete evidence Of Germany's Ger-many's readiness to come to aa understanding. un-derstanding. "If the pre cent government Is Germany's laat card. It la aleo the last card In tha game Europe Is playing." tha socialist Vorwaerta aaya.' The present German government. govern-ment. It declarea. haa ahown a aln-cere aln-cere and honorable dostre to arrive at an underatandlng with France, and If the path to a aettlement la not found now there la no knowing bow much, misery and sorrow the peoples of Europe must yet suffer before tho Inevitable reconciliation. Germany haa apoken, adda tha socialist so-cialist organ, and Franca now haa tha floor. |