New-York tribune., 1920-07-30
Fight g TO Dust
Millerand as
Premier To-day
Dissatisfaction Over Spa
Coal Arrangements Will
Come to Head i'm Dep
uties' Full Dress Debate
By Ralph Courtney
Spsciol Cable to The Tribune
Dyright. 1921 Now yo,l, -r,.;,,,,,


Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, July 29.-A full dress debate
on the French foreign policy has been
arranged for tomorrow In the Cham
Der of Deputies on account Of the wave
OF opposition against Premier Millerand d
which has suddenly gathered force
since the decisions OF the Supreme
Council at Spa, and the meeting Of the
French and British premiers at Bou-
logne. Should Millerand fall his place
as head Of the new government un-
doubtedly will be taken by former
President Poincare.
Th" French Finance Commission ves-
terday showed its opposition to the Al
lied plan OF giving Germany credits for
purchases abroad as an inducemcnt to
denver coal. Millerands 5 Finance Min
ister, Francois Marsal, asked the
finance Commission for authorization
to lend Germany up to 2O0, 900 600 francs
monthly during the six months COW
cred by the Spa agreement. but the
flnance Commission refused 20 discuss
this project.
Premier N1illcrand to-day assembled
both the Foreign Affairs Commission
and the finance commission in q
joint sitting. He explained the reasons
for the governments acceptance OF the
Spa coal arrangements, and although
majority of the Foreign Affairs Com
mission sided with him the Finance
commission persisted in its opposi-
ton.
Millerand's opponents tonight are
hoping that tomorrow may see his
downfall. In political circles this is
hardly thought likely, but it is ad
mltted that Millerand's position in the
Chamber suffered greatly as a result Of
the Spa concessions to Germany.
Eat especially arouses French op-
position to the Spa coal agreements is
not so much that France has TO 90 to
The help of Germany, as the fact that
England has again protited by the fail
ure to execute the Versailles Treaty
~ obtaining coal arrangement which
benefits her and spondingly hurts
france. England has forced France to
pay the English export price for Ger
man coal. which not only Is greater
han the market value in Germany, but
IS artihcially augmented by England
IN order to permit her to receive her
supply of subsidized coal for her do
l1estlc and industrial use at 20 and SO
shilings per ton.
The journal des Debats" says this
constitutes dumping" which is for
pidden IN treaties England has just
signed. After pointing out that ac-
cording to the treaty Germany was to
deliver to France 20,000,000 tons in pri-
GRITTY as compensation for mines de-
stroyed in Northern France, the Jour
nal des Debats' goes on to say we
are ssked to renounce this priority
We consent to pay more than the Ger
man market price. We consent to make
advances to Germany, probably higher
than 200 francs a ton, which embar-
rasses our Treasury at this time of
year, when everything should be plain
sailing.
"ln this we may be helping Germany
to pay her debts"
The journal des Dcbats" asserts
that Germany has delivered and is de-
iivering noatloads Of coal to England,
against which England makes no loan
whatever. ''In the execution of the
treaty the paper adds, France was
asked to make sacrifices, while Eng
land contributed little or nothing, and
even reaps economic advantages there
from .