GERMANS CONFER WITH AMERICANS ON REPARATIONS QUESTION
Berlin (JFK+50) On April 27, 1921, Dr. Walter Simons*, German foreign minister, admitted in the Reichstag "that he had conferred with a spokesman for American businessmen close to Secretary of State (Charles Evans) Hughes regarding a solution of the reparations question."
The New York Tribune reported that some see this admission "as confirmation...that there is...an understanding between Germany and the United States regarding an ultimate agreement of the Allies."
Because of multiple conditions surrounding Germany's position with regard to the Versailles Treaty, German financiers, the Tribune states, "hope for a solution...through action on the part of America."
*Walter Simons (1861-1937) was foreign minister of the Weimar Republic 1920-21, & president of the Reichsgericht 1922-1929. WS was awarded the Eagle Shield of the German Reich in 1931.
SOURCE
"GERMANS CLAIM UNDERSTANDING WITH HARDING," New York Tribune, April 28, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
