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It was No. 4 of these which raised the anger

of the Paris Press. In it Sir Eyre Crowe states that the Allies should commit themselves to an undertaking that economic sanctions, on Germany's default, shall not be imposed except on the decision of some authority other than the Reparations Commission. We think the Paris Press is right in declaring that this is an alteration to the Treaty of Versailles. They are up in arms against the idea that France is committed to this policy.

In fact, of course, she is not so committed. As 53 Mr. MacDonald has explained, Sir Eyre Crowe's memo- randa are only the heads of suggestions which the British Government makes. Mr. MacDonald went over to Paris on Tuesday in order to attempt to make this perfectly clear to the French.

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