Show FRANCE IS ASKED SHE TO PAY ACCOUNT II CLOSE CHECK BEING MADE O ON DEBT SETTLEMENT ITALY GIVEN HINT U U. U S. S Demands Are Made With By Dy Officials At Washington Washing Washing- ton And Response Is Ii Being Closely Watched Washington The 0 The Washington ton government gov Is awaiting with V interest I me some me word ord of ot the reception accorded I In th the the- nine European debtor nations nations to the news that this countr country desires 10 to LO arr arrange funding settlements without with out undue delay Meanwhile U ere Is speculation as to which will be the first to submit a proposal France whose debt to the United States Is the largest of tb lot Is iotis regarded regarded re reo re- re garde as the hub of the lie situation and It is s known that officials would welcome an opening move froth from that rIf r I rIf If the means of conveying this governments government's ROVern gov ROV ern ent's desires to the lie foreign capItals capitals cap cap- have been varied they have lacked lack lack- ed td nothing In force and definiteness n In every case ease the debtor nation has lisa b been en given to understand In an nn Unmistakable tin xin- mistakable way that Washington be believes funding should not not bo be further delayed In view of ot that fact the statement of the French I foreign office that no note on the subject has been received from Washington Wash ington Is regarded here bere merely as the stock tock diplomatic denial based on ona a technicality Paris The The action of the United States requesting refunding proposals propos als ais 1 from Its European d debtors was forseen In France and answered In advance It Is said In official circles by the ministerial declaration made after a cabinet me meeting ting recently This was to the effect that Finance Finance Minister Caillaux and Foreign Minister Minister Minis Minis- ter Brand Drand had been charged with ui the task of studying the debt question with a view to its set set- The dOrsay received a cablegram cable cable- cablegram gram from M. M Daeschner the French ambassador in Washington giving full fun particulars of the American decisIon decision decision de de- de- de but this Is said to have contained con con- tamed no no information that might I cause the French government to precIpitate precipitate precipitate pre pre- negotiations other than those decided upon These preliminary negotiations will take the form of conversations or a Joint Joint meeting of two groups of experts experts ex ex- ex both financial and political from the ministers of finance and foreign for for- eign affairs The foreign office says It has no knowledge of an any note coming from Washington |