Dawes plan

American  

noun

1. a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.

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Example Sentences

As utter chaos stares Germany in the face, if she reject the Dawes plan, its ultimate passage is certain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Private negotiations relating to the Dawes plan were active, as were financial interests; these were said to be of "the greatest importance."

From Time Magazine Archive

The most important condition was that Germany should accept the Dawes plan, as it might be amended by the Allies, and put into effect by September.

From Time Magazine Archive

Negotiations necessary to the inauguration of the Dawes plan will not take place until late next month, when the political clouds in France and Germany have rolled away.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Dawes plan in the making; with foreword by Frank O. Lowden. © 29May25, A829581.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1952 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office