Show Germany Declared Preparing To Resist Dawes Payments CRICKET FEAT USURPS NEWS 1 IN ENGLAND Public Mind Taken for Time From Pressing Problems By A. A G. G GARDINER lAb 5 Special tal Cable to The Standard Standard- Examiner Copyright ht 1925 by Consolidated Press Pres Association LONDON DON Aug The British pUblic hu hae been eo absorbed this thin week In congratulating Jack Hobbs for surpassing the cricket record ot of the great Doctor Grace that It hAS not been easily stirred by In and national problems pressing for solution The British people are too well Informed about the solidity and Inherent conservatism sm ot of the Brit tah leh trade union movement to pay overmuch attention to the tIre fire fireworks works ot of the Morning Post leading writers who had P played up reports t to tP I Inn about o u t agitations t I The visit of King F of t Iraq I nn and hJo Joseph au French ea c min min- minister Ister ot of finance Indicate that gray gray- grayer er preoccupations than cricket re- re remain remain main POLITICAL SiGNiFICANCE KIng visit to England ostensibly undertaken tor lor health reasons obviously has hILI political significance It Is probably true that Iraq without would resemble a a. trunk without a head but It retention of Involves continuation for 25 years ot of the British mandate grave hesitation is felt There le Is no desire at all to sad sad- saddle die dle already overburdened Great BrItain with Ith a a. long mandate which may lead to difficulties similar to those not yet et overcome In Egypt The empire already is III faced with too many commitments to make new ones onu lightly Improvement In the International al situation however Is expected from the visit of M. M 1 It Itle II le expected that thal at 1 whatever what what- ever others are hIs faults Is a great grut realist who le Is unlikely ot at this day to make e debt settlement pro pro- proposals po ale which are foredoomed to be turned down It Is probably correct t that the French proposal will beto beao be to pay an annuity ot of 13 12 million pounds eter eter- eterling ling for 60 years against the Brit Brit- British Ish request for tor an annuity ot of 20 0 million pounds STRONG INFLUENCE Lord Bradbury Bradburys s statement ot of his view of French y to pay has had a a. strong Influence on the negotiations It le Is thought that 90 per percent percent cent ot of the war damage domago In Franco France has already been made good and that acquisition of Alsace has made French wealth greater creater than It was WAI before the war It le Is estimated that her capacity to pay her debts from her own reo re- resources sources Is not less than two thirds ot of that ot of Germany German 4 Although It le Is Impo to con con- consider sider debt payments in value alue and without reaction on the international situation It Is understood that the present negotiations are strictly limited to financial In n the hope that a a. system ot of watertight compartments mIght mAke real operation co-operation possible The outstandIng difference be- be between tween tl Franco and England Is on they way ay to settlement and the decks will be cleared for tor the se- se security e- e I problems problem's solution At the moment German parties I have hae reluctantly agreed to support their government In seeking the se ee pact but fire e agreement Is not strong enough to eland strain It really d ends not only on In ot of the French commit ments to Poland but on whether entrance en en- trance Into the pact would facilitate tate evacuation 6 ot of the Rhineland It If not pertinently ask uk why Incur the fresh obligations of the pact 1 It remains to be seen leen whether French opInion Will sill be able to move In that direction In which the promise ot of a real settled pUce peace 5 lies |