Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-30
With a Vote of Confidence
to Support Him, BRAND Is
Expected to Take An Ag-
greSSive Stand,
NATIONS SECURITY
DOMINANT QUESTION
Rumored He viii Propose
World Trade to Cure
Present Distress and
Guard Against War,
BY WILLIAM BIRD.
Special Wireless to Morning J0urnaD
Copyright 1921 by Albuauerque JOurnaD

Copyright 1921 by Albuquerque Journall
Paris, Oct. 29.--On the eve OF
leaving for washington, Premier
BRAND reveals to whoever reads
between the lines of his speeches
that his ministry is entering a new
phase, Since January he has. as
you might say, been holding his
front lines with skeleton units,
meanwhile entrenching himself
strongly and bringing up reserves.
Now with a vote of confidence De-
hind him, he is ready for the Of
fensive for the forward push. The
negative phase is past; the positive
begins.
TO understand the importance of
and necessity for this preliminary
preparation, which has taken the
best part of a year, remember the
situation as BRAND found It when
he took the reins last January.
Millerand had been elevated to the
presidency but few weeks before.
The figurehead beygues, his sue
cessor, was but his viceroy; re-
peated retreats on the reparations
question reused criticism to its
sharpest perch and poor Leygues
was unable to combat it, because
the parliament knew that he was
speaking only at secondhand. A
reaction army opposition was rapid
ly forming and gaining momentum.
People Wanted Poincarc.
When BRAND stepped m it was
freely predicted that he could not
last a month. He was not the man
A. boJJapad rtiOpa rinS
wanted. They wanted Poincare.
BRAND realized that before he
could accomplish anything along
liberal and democratic lines he
must break up the reactionary
bloc. He must divide their coun-
sells.
This he accomplished in sue
cession of strokes, including the
famous Ruhr bluff, when he mobil-
lied a class and threatened TO oc-
cupy Essen if Germany did not
comply with the allied ultimatum.
That was what the reactionaries
wapted-to occupy Essen. But
Germany complied, Essen was not
occupied, the class was demobil-
lied. That left the reactionaries in
the uncomfortable position of being
obliged to applaud or else admit
that what they wanted was not
reparations but aggression.
Smashed Hostile Bloc.
BY such tactics, BRAND has lit
tie by little slashed the hostile
bloc, and while he still has noisy
opposition it is not united. He can
say, in almost the identical words
OF Lloyd George, ~ am willing to
give up the office, but who is there
to replace me?"
With this preliminary work ac-
complished, he now comes boldly
forth and on both local and inter-
national questions, throws down
the gauntlet to the reactionaries
and announces liberal and ration
al program.
In local affairs he reverts to
"republicanism and anti-clerical-
ism" He boldly proclaims that
France is and will remain repub-
lican and that 1t will make short
shift of monarchists and clericals.
In the international field he
delves into economics. He re-
fuses to deceive the public longer
with the belief that Germany can
pay countless millions just as an
individual debtor draws check:
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