The Council of the League is holding its present session
at Lugano out of consideration for Herr Stresemamfs health. His doctors had forbidden him to visit Geneva. It is understood that in response to objections raised by Germany the French Government have agreed to the principle of the independence of the experts who are to discuss Reparations, with the reservation that the experts' recommendations cannot be binding on the Governments. Correctness or pedantry—according to the point of view—is satisfied by the provision that the Allied experts are to be appointed by the Reparations Commission and not by their own Governments. Ger- many, however, will appoint her own experts. We remarked three weeks ago that the controversy about the method of appointing the experts could easily be solved by good will. Naturally the Allied Governments will have to choose their experts, but the fact that the nominations will come in form from the Reparations Commission has satisfied the French, as we expected it would. The proposal to invite the help of American experts has been universally approved. Each country will be represented by two experts. The first meeting will be held in Paris, though the subsequent meetings may be elsewhere.
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