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Show II TO OFFER WAR I ! PAYMENT PLAN I 1 V t LJB J EUROPEAN POWER8 INVITED TO Ml f, MAKE ATTEMPT TO SETTLE fc-2 , REPARATION PROBLEM III if Bankers Are Ready to Atlvanea Loan fl ! To Berlin; Government Atll- j&tti 1 tudo n Colle:tlons rai I More Lenient R J I Washington. The United Stntos, n LB la I lho out8tan(lln; movo In Its plnn to flf 1 I overt a collnpso In tho old world. Is Br; ; about to Invito tho Kuropoan powcri H .J- to mnko a final attempt to sottlo the BB i donnas reparations problem, it was Bflf ' learned from tho most authoritative BffI u sources hero. flj 1 Tho "Plan" of tho United States fot BBll 8 Intervention la tho Europoan sltun. HB ft tlon, which has filled two continent Bf A 'with ozcltomontnnd anticipation, part. P fill ,y CCflU" ot tllu t,0P mystery our Bt-JJ 1 rounding It, can now bo rovcnled. It ij follows: J i Bellcvolng that reparations Is the Hfl 1 1 fcoy to Uio present Europoan crisis, the Hjt United States will patrlclpato In n HflBJ p commission or some other form of of. flV Xlclnl inquiry to establish nn oxuet BjkL figure for Germany to pay. It would BflBBp ho n figure tlmt would conntltuto Just BflBT reparations for Uio war an amount Rtbat would ho up to Germany's co- ijjjwiii paclty to pay, hut not boyond. Lfj It n sottlomcnt of tho reparation BH 'problem can bo effoctod by an agree. BBB' ment among the European powers on BBBJ v, such a figure, tho Un'.ted Stntcii can BBBj ' give assurance that Amortcau bank BBBf i era stand ready to advance n loan, ABB ' with tho proper socurltlos, sufficient Hh I J to put Gormnny on her foot and start R tj lior towards amortization of tho In. RJSw demnlty. flJH ' Flnnlly, tho United States govern- V&fHj went Is willing to adopt a more Ion. fluffs' 1 y lcnt ,)ol,cy on lho Question of colloc- IDD' ' tlon of tho allied wnr dobt to tills WSLL. ' country. That is, It is ready to con. flBBTj j older Uio obligations of each of Uio BBBf i ' debtor cou tries on tholr own merits, KBB j ' granting moro leniency In tho terms of BjBV I collectloa to thoao countries less able BBB to pay. |