The New York herald., 1921-04-29
FRANCE TO SEIZE
THE RUHR; BRAND
| RELIES ON BRITAIN
Premier Declares Her Sc
curity as Well as Repa-
rations Demand Early
Action.
EXPECTS GOOD YIELD
Summons American COrre-
spondents to Explain That
German Reaction Must
Be ScOtched.
WILL COLLECT COAL TAX
Consent Of Allied Supreme
Council to Occupation to Be
Asked - Premier Pleads
for u. S. Aid.
Copyright, 1877, 6y THE NYw YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. April IS.

Copyright, feef, 6y THE Nyw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. April rs.
The French seem TO be on the point
OF seizing the Ruhr district, fully eN-
pecting. after the British Prime MINI
ister's speech in the House OF Conn.,
mons this afternoon, 10 obtain allied
consent to the occupation when the
Supreme Council meets in London
Saturday.
Much significance is seen - the
action Of Premier BRAND in hurricdly
summoning American correspondents
in Paris to his official residence to
night. Al this interview the French
Premier made long declaration de
signed Ito justify the measures we
are about to take"
The new German reparation pro-
posals. he said. were entirely unac-
ceptable.
The Premier referred 10 the pro-
spective occupation Of the German IN
dustrial area as a foregone conclu-
sion and declared that the operation
would have not only great moral
effect upon Germany but would give
material results.
As 10 Berlin's appeal to President
Harding. NJ. BRAND said:
'Jf Germany wanted TO show
good faith in executing the Treaty
Of Versailles. she had only to address
her proposals to the Reparations
Commission. as has been done IN
other cases. The fact that she applied
to an intermediary is suspicious in
itself. all the more 20 on account or
the fact that she waited until the eve
Of the day OF reckoning to apply 70
tie United States, in the hope that
the American Government would in
tervene and that an interminable dls-
cussion would follow, during whief
French public opinion would be iuiS
nerved and German propacariA
would work on foreign opinion wjfls
view TO dividing the Allies aud c1-
tranging svmpathieS. sa-
I'VE will not fail into that trass,"
NJ BRAND declared emphaiically.
Double Problem Involved.
VI. BRAND said there was inyolYst
not only the reparation probless
which he declared was an allied pr1ai
lem. bur also for France there keN ~
the question Of her own seoul ~
which was 10 he found in German$
disarmam and he asserted thar
Germany had not kept her disarma-
ment engagements.
"This alone iustifies the steps we
are going to take" he said. when
we hold the region We have In view
we will hold serious and productive
gage. and morally We will hold the
centre Of all that i imperialistic and
reactionary in Germany's high finance
and militarism."
Expressing hope that America
would Join in the allied councils the
Premier said
"Their presence among US would
help us settle many things"
NJ. BRAND. who leaves Paris for
London tomorrow, Will tell the Allies
IN the Supreme Council meeting that
France means 10 occupy certain Ger.
man territory. and will simply ask
for allied sympathy and support. The
occupation viii become effective late
next week. as soon a. details " the
arrangements for feeding the popula
lion OF the area TO be occupied and
for the transportation of the troops
are setiied