Evening star., 1921-02-28
PREPARATION VIEWS
DEBATED BY'AlIES
German Delegation Expected
i Tonight Preliminary +, to
+ Conference Sessions.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. February 2S.-Premiers
Lloyd George and BRAND. Marshal
Foch of France and Field Marshal Sir
Henry Hughes Wilson. British chlef
of stan, returned to this city this
morning from Chequers Court. the
new country home of British prime
ministers. They conferred there yes
terday regarding plans for the appli-
cation of economic" and military pres
sure on Germany. should that govern
ment refuse TO execute the reparation
terms fixed by the supreme aiiieG
council at Paris. and were prepared
for all contingencies when thes
reached here today.
DIR. Walter SimonS, German foreign
minister. and other members OF the
German delegation to the repa aratlons
conference to be held here this week
were expected to reach Lonoon 70
night The first allied-German meet
ing was fixed for Wednesday,. but an
.interallied consultation on the repara-
tionS question was to be held at tne
British foreign office today. according
10 the London Times.
MarshaItFoch said today that no de-
cision was reached for using strong
measures to compel Germany to yleio
on the reparationS question: Durihs
Sunday the matter was discussed III
formally. he said. but nothing could
he decided without consulting the
Italian and Belgian delegates. Mem
bers of the supreme council expressed
belief that nothing could be done until
the Germans disclosed their counter
proposals.
Voice Demands of France.
Py Cshle to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1871.
PARIS. France. February 2S.-Coin-
cident with the opening of the new
reparations discussion in London with
the Germans, the following statements
made in the course of recent debates
in the French chamber of deputies
NAV be presented as a supplement to
Premier Brands statement that II
Germany does rot open her pocket
hook with good grace we VIII open
it by force.
BY Louis Barthou. minister of war
The government is negotiating with
q sincere desire for the conservation
of the peace that is SO necessary to
the country but If France should meet
with resistance. if Germany refuses to
recognize French rights. if the execu-
ton of the treaty of Versailles IS
threatened by such refusal. then
France must be able not only to speak
but to act"
BY Andre Lefevre. former minister OF
war-'Nobody can doubt that II We
should now adopt a policy of abandon
fHCul anu WEAKNESS II "Ouiu lcdu dS
mathematically to another war.
War Crfpple's Advice.
By Deputy Bartlett, who is a war
eripple-"We have lived through all the
horrors of war. and never again want
to see such frightful slaughter. but We
think. if it is necessary to act alone to
obtain the performance of agreements
made by our enemies. it would be bet
ter to act now while we are strong
a., 70 ho1- n pnlioa
erationS without the e6usion of
blood, rather than submit ten years
hence to new aggression by those
whom it was our duty to strike down
and whom our tolerant weakness per-
mitted to arise again"
BY Deputy Pierre Forgot, who has
won a tremendous personal success by
his speeches on the reparations ques-
tion-"Our poor France is bearing
heavy burdens. but she is bearing them
not with humility and weakness, but
with humanity and nobility of soul.
If. however. these burdens should
become, too heavy, say that she
would have the right to throw q EN-
of and to arise great and pk40d.
wearing the, halo pf thead ght ~ haf-
been able to obtain Justice from 9TH
ers to do Justice to herself. How
shall We make Germany pay? How
did Germany make us>pay in 1871?
With soldiers as far as the River
Loire. Reverse the rule and you will
find the solution
Raymond Poincare. Andre Tardieu
and others who object to making con-
cessions on the reparations queAtion
have been widely characterized in
the United States recently as ex-
tremists. 1t should be remembered,
however. that these are the men who
have the whole country behind them
The BRAND ministry is considera bly,
more moderate than is either the
French parliament or the French peo-
pie. who are determined to insist
upon what they consider to be their
just dues to the limit.