The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-05-15
FRANCE SHOULD HELP
GERMANY TO AID OWN
FUTURE, PAISH'S VIEW
Answering Maurice Corat, He Shows Interdependence
of Countries Is Such That Preparations Exacted
of One Beyond It's Abilities. Injuries
All the Others.

as coal and so forth handed over have
been with respect to the armies OF
occupation.
Again, one country cannot make
payments to another country of any
large sums of money except by SELL
ing it's good securities to other ma
tions. Most of Germany's foreign
investments, in common with those
of France, have been rendered value
less by the war. Her home securities,
in view Of the heavy burden of repa-
ration placed on the country. are un-
salable. The only method by which
Germany can make substantial pay
ments is by the sales of goods to for
eign countries.
BARRIERS Against Germany.
But Germany is prevented from
making such sales in adequate guam
titles by the police of the Entente and
other nations. At present she cannot
sell sufficient goods-even to pay for the
food and raw materials she must have
to feed her people and enable them to
to work. For one thing, her special
customers are impoverished and cam
not buy anything like a normal guam
tity of her goods, and the nations that
are not Impoverished won't buy. In
deed, all nations have imposed tariff
barriers for the express purpose OF
preventing Germany from selling her
goods.
How then can she sell them and
how can France receive the sums she
so urgently needs for PREPARATIONS?
And because under these conditions
Germany cannot make Preparations
fresh sanctions are demanded by
France in order that her armies may
occupy a still greater extent OF Ger
man territory at still greater cost.
The statesmen Of the other nations
of The Entente, however, have now
begun TO recognize that something is
wrong with the world. especially as
their own countries are suffering from
the severe trade depression and they
wish to ascertain what the cause is.
Accordingly. in agreement with the
Prime Minister of France, they called
a conference of Powers at Genoa to
consider how Europe, including
It IdiiCS, COulo pc TSstOIeu 10 PROS
perity.
They recognized that this restora-
ton could not be effected unless Ger
many made the PREPARATION she was
capable of making. They wished to
discover all the factors in the situa-
ton responsible for the dangerous po-
sition in which every nation found
itself
But after the decision of NJ. Poincare
this Government refused to allow the
two principal factors of the situation
to be discussed even for the purpose
of enabling France to obtain all the
reparation she could obtain to recover
from her injuries without further loss
of time.
Losing. World Sympathy.
When the Government of one ma
ton imposes upon another nation a
penalty greater than ii can possibly
pay, and when after imposing such a
penalty it does everything to pre-
vent even a portion of the penalty
from being paid, when it demands
fresh sanctions which still further
hinder the payment Of the penalty,
when its policy is to iujure every coun-
try and at the same time effectually
prevents its own country from recov-
ering from its injuries. can any one
be surprised If such a nation loses the
sympathy OF the world?
1t may be claimed that the nation in
question would prefer not to receive
reparation payments rather than see
its former enemy recover to the extent
necessary If the reparation payments
are to be made. In that case, however.
1t would be essential for her TO state
her view frankly and leave the de-
'cision as to the fate of her former
enemy to the verdict of the world.
The world would not permit any one
ration to pursue such policy without
It's sanction. especially as such policy
would be contrary to the terms under
which the hostilities were brought TO
an end.
The disastrous consequences of such
a policy, moreover, would fall on both
the aforetime enemy and the afore-
time friends whose services helped 10
save the nation In question from de-
feat
The people of France should realize
that the world desires to see them
restored to their former prosperity.
and If they are treating for the sym
pathy of the world, which alone can
render them safe in the days TO come
they must pursue a policy which will
help and not hinder the restoration of
prosperity to all nations, including
their own.
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