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Show GERMANY IS TO e MAKE A NEW PROPOSAL s BERLIN, April 22. The German foreign office buzzed with Rdlrlty today to-day aa high officials considered the uext step in tho reparations campaign. cam-paign. I The American reply to Gorman)" V reparation note was regarded aa prao 1; tlcalry an American command to L submit Indemnity proposals which" Franco and Or cat Britain can con--alder. Tho Fuhrcnbash cabinet was disposed to take anothor chance with' the allies. While Secretary Hushes stat'-d ) that tho Unltod State? cannot act ns reparations umpire tho note was Interpreted In-terpreted as. friendly. It was bcller-! bcller-! cd also to hold a position of possible future mediation If tho allies would ; agree to It. A conciliatory move by Germany van seen today In a note to tho allied al-lied reparations council orforlnn to 1 begin immediately tho reconbtrut- Itlon of devastated France. Tho not" not yet delivered, ,rmido the offer as "an ovldenco or good will." I , Germany's propdsat to a country, villi which she Is still at war, w.ia prompted by three consideration. They were: . j ; "A United States sonator'.' tlyt'tiph J nn Intermediary. jnsssurod thnjirorelRii otllco that a German appeal would, liavo a chance. ,, 1 LorJng Dresel, American rcprose-a- ; tativo here, told Foreign Mluiatcr, ' -Simons last week that an appeal ' Wouldn't bo considered as "whol'y i hopeless." - j Tho United States government i.o-fl i.o-fl titled Dresol that none of several re-, I ported mediation requests had reuth I cd "Washington. The Germans aa K Burned thereupon that America va fl awaiting some such note, open mind- I rdly. I I' On tho highest authority It can te Btfttod German officials aro certain R no government will be created lure ' to agree to tho present demands et J tho allies. j flj Tho Identity of tho "United States H senator" who suggested America ( H would bo open to an appeal, to medl-( H nto was not made known. Spccula-H Spccula-H tlon among German officers brought H ,. in tho name of Senator McCormlcl J who visited F.urope last winter. ' HARDING TO RESUME CONTACT WITH ALIjIKS . WASHINGTON April 22.Aa tlje B next Important step by tho United B States In tho reparations situation, H It Is believed Hughes 'will Instruct B either Ambassador Wallace, at Paris B or Roland W. Roydeji, the .unofficial ft v American representative on The rep-E rep-E nratlons commission to take part in Hg the coming deliberations of the allied fl nupremo council on Germany's fall-K fall-K uro to meet the reparations demand. B Hughes tis known to hcllero that at, B legist unofficial American reprcsenta-B reprcsenta-B tlon in tho uettlementjjf these qucs-B qucs-B lions Is deslrablo in order that tho B United States may be kept Informed. B VllANCE NOT SATlSFTF.n HE WITH HUGHES' ANSWER DL PARIS, April 22. French official B circles expressed disappointment to- B day that tho American reply to Ger- Hk ninny's request for mediation was HK not a categoric refusal ns had been expected hero. Tho regrets were mltl- BB gutod, howevor, by satisfaction that BB the United States was displaying nn BBff relive Interest tn the reparations ; ciucstlon. AflK Tho American answer Is Interpreted HBM ns nn Invitation to Germany to re- BJBr umn negotiations with the allies. It BAB li thought the United Saes will not BBB continue the conversation with Qer- many except In accord with the al-' lies. Secretary of State Hughes Is understood un-derstood In authoritative quartern here to havo assured Ambassador1 .JUMerand to this effect. |
