New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Brands 5 Policy
Arouses Ire of
British Press
Premier's Uncompromising
Stand May Fill Coming
Anglo-French Conference
With Serious Difficulties
Consider Entente Broken
Demands Destroyed a Part
cf Washington Parley's
Power, Says 'sChronicle"
BY Arthur S. Draper

From The Trfbune'S European Bvrs0S
Copyright 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Dec. 3--P Premier BRANDS
first public utterances since his return
from Washington are hardly calculated
to improve the temper of the British
officials who must meet him soon i'll q
series Of international conferences.
1t is significant that some of the
most caustic critics of French policy
to-day are found in newspaper: COM
M only known as supporters Of the Lloyd
George government, but bitter COM
ments are not confined to any particu-
lar group, several Conservative jour-
nails rivaling Liberals in their attacks
on BRAND.
The early future must bring with it
an Anglo-French conference on Middle
Western affairs which are now being
handled by MARQUIS cnrzon, British
Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Perhaps
even earlier will come the Anglo French
debate on German reparations, for it is
possible Germany will default payment,
and the French military occupation Of
the Ruhr might follow.
A discussion Of the Angora agree
mont is keenly desired by the British
government, but first BRAND will have
to answer some criticism in his own
parliament.
Meant Every Word
To illustrate the British temper for
sary. Says "The Daily Chronicle:
"Briand's speech on his return to
France shows that there was no mad
vertence in what he said at Washington
but that he meant every word. He even
makes IL rather worse, for he recog-
nizes that at these conferences it is
sufficient for one country to dissent for
the whole list of proposals to go by
the board
"If that remark can be interpreted
literally it can only mean that BRAND
spoke as he did knowing full we'll that
he might be ,wrecking the conference.
1t is a pity that he didn't make that
clear at Washington, but spoke as
though the world is in two separate
halves, each of which could revolve on
separate axis Of it's own. But it is
clear now what he intended.
"He seems to have gone to Washing
ton with two alternatives. One, thut
AotlNC oiAOulA NC given dUSUtute guar
antics of peace and security for the
future. Such guarantees, we may OBJ
serve, are beyond the power of anyone
to give France, for it would depend on
her own policy, including her policy
on the question Of competitive arma-
ments, which are among the causes of
insecurity and sometimes even Of wars.
Demand Injured Conference
Having failed to obtain these
guarantees he produced second alter
native, which though it has not
wrecked the conference has destroyed
great deal of its power FOR good"
"The New Statesmen" which is rare
ly in agreement with 'The Chronicle"
on any subject, makes a violent attack
on France, declaring that the entente
Is not only completely broken, but that
it is pure Hypocrisy for Britons now
to refer to "our friends, the French y
Says "The Outlook: "There is q
serious grievance against France and
we wish the French could understand
that this grievance has no reference
to any selfish, narrow or local conflict
of interests between this country and
their own. 1t isn't the English
grievance but the world grievance"
"rhe Nation" says: eve do not
think we wrong this France-or per-
haps we should say, this governmen
in France-when we say that her lead
ing motives are for the preservation
of her military hegemony over Europe"
"The Nation" insists the zone re-
naming hope of averting the conse-