Show AMOUNT HUNS CAN PAY financiers of america and britain now in paris are arc considering lie he amount of indemnity germany is capable of paying this is bound to prove to be one ot of the lie most difficult questions to come afore the peace conference for or decision there is absolute unanimity on an the principle that germany should lie assessed to the full limit of her capacity for the wanton destruction that rightfully can be charged r her the difference in the unofficial estimates of the allied nations and the estimates of american financiers is ro no wide that it is more than able the conference will be forced to select an inter allied financial commission for the thoroughly considering the hills bill against ger many which the allies have to present and then considering the extent to which the present tied and prospective resources ol of germany vre pre capable of r ri anding the strain of these demands the nations hills bills are estimated as f follows 0 11 0 w a prances frances GS britaina Brit lains ains italy s 0 00 00 koumanias Rou manias anias Ser bias 0 the total maximum claims approximate that does not include americas claims if liec be malies any the difficulty is that some finan ciers who have given careful consideration to tile the question do not believe germany can call lake care ot of any such vast sum and they have voiced opinion that it if so ao great a sum should be exacted the levy would result in germanys germanas Germ anys economic ruin financiers who have advanced las view are by no means disposer disposed to lie he lenient with germany they desires that she shall lie le made to pay as much uch as she can bear but they I 1 hold at tile the same time that chato to assess her dermore more than she can call bear would be a mistake from the allied viewpoint |