Evening star., 1920-04-04
"Pertinax" lnterprets Atti-
tude of MiIIerand With
Respect to Borders.
NO BINDING GUARANTEE
OF HELP OF NElGHB0RS
CouLtry Actually in Danger Zone
Must Decide on Military
Policy for Herself.
BY PERTINAX.
(Hcnri eeraud. Editor of L'Echo de Paris,

JRY PERTINAX.
CHcnri Geraud. Editor of L'Echo de Paris.)
Try cable 20 The Star. Copyright, 192o'
PARIS. April 3-The sentiments of
the people and government of France
toward the American people remain
Of the warmest possible nature. but
to those who are under the immediate
necessity of protecting their nation
against imminent threat ii seems ad-
Nisabe to take certain actions
promptly and with consideration for
their own safety and readjustment
without consulting Washington
No slight has been or ever will be
offered to the people of the United
States. of whose sympathy and good
Judgment France is assured. but it is
essential in the circumstances that
they should be perfectly informed
with regard to situations as they are.
France still is in the danger zone.
America is far from 1T. These things
must be remembered.
Summary Of U. s. Note.
Following is the first complete sum-
mary, If not the actual text, of the
memorandum handed on March 20 to
the conference of ambassadors by the
American ambassador. Hugh Wallace,
concerning Germany's request that
she might send supplementary troops
to the neutral zone:
My government instructs me to
state on it's behalf that it thinks the
German request ought to be granted,
provided the dispatch of those troops
to the neutral zone appears to be
necessary. As to the extension of the
area of German territory under allied
occupation. my government thinks it
ought not to be considered. But
these two questions should not be
linked, since any supplementary Ger
man troops sent to the neutral zone
will be withdrawn once order has
been re-established. ] have. reported
to my government the discussion that
took place at the conference of am
bassadors Tuesday afternoon, con-
cerning the body of Reichswehr troops
which fed to the British zone. My
government thinks there is no reason
back with their arms to unoccupied
Germany or even to the neutral zone,
where they could be employed in
maintaining public ORDER
Holds Attitude Justined.
II is hardly probable that the
French government will trouble to
give a full. explicit reply to the above
son. Such an attitude upon the part
of the French government is justified
by the fact that President Wilson,
when acquainted by Polk with the in
quries made by Jusserand about the
letter of Senator Hitchcock purport-
ing to expose and frankly criticising
French imperialism, returned only an
elusive answer. wholly evading the
actual issue at stake.
Moreover. the fact that President
Wilson. through his representative,
Mr. Wallace, admits that the authori-
cation asked by Germany must be
granted only if the situation in the
Ruhr district requires it. theory
which the French government vigor-
ously denies, obviously supplies the
French government with an easy re-
jonder. But, of course. the French
government will not take this even
in. its own mind as the foundation for
its answer. The question must and
will be considered on a higher plane
Premier Millerand more and more is
inclined to stand by the principle that
only those who share the full re-
sponsibility of enforcing the peace
treaty are entitled to have a voice in
its execution. So far the promises of
assistance to France signed by Prime
Minister Lloyd George of England and
President Wilson of the United States
on the 2Sth of June have not become
legally valid because of the American
Senate's failure to ratify the treaty.
In consequence. France alone bears
the responsibility Of safeguarding ar
ticles forty-three and forty-four of
the Versailles treaty. which are close
ly related to the Ruhr negotiations.
Therefore, 1t seems clear that being
without assistance she alone must
reach the final decision with regard
to the policy to be followed in this
matter.
Stated Terms to Germany.
Premier Millerand took such a no;nt
of view last Monday, when. without
consulting the supreme council in
London and without consulting Presi-
dent Wilson. he stated his terms tn
Germany directly and proceeded with
his hard work. in company with Mar
shall Foch. toward the reorganization
Of the French army on such a basis
of efficiency as would render it avail
able for Immediate use in case of
any emergency which might arise.
Signs already are discernibIe that
the London cabinet will avoid pro-
longing it's opposition against such
measures as France may consider
necessary to the protection of her
new national security. A similar issue
between the United States govern
ment, as represented by Preside eht
Wilson. and the government of France
with regard to the Turkish treaty is
likely to be settled in the same way
between America. aligned alone upon
the one side, and France, England
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