Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-22
PO|NCARE CLAIMS
FRANCE ALONE WILL
MAKE GERMANY PAY.
I FRENCH PREMIER SAYS HIS
COUNTRY is FIRMLY DETER
MINED TO MAKE FORMER EN-
ENVY SETTLE UP FOR WAh
FLossES.

Barbecue, France, Aug. 22.--(B,
the A. France is firmly deter
mined to make Germany pay for the
devastation she caused in the war, aud
rather than depart from this fixed III
tention she will act alone, Premier
Poincare declared at the opening
meeting Of the general council of the
department OF the Meuse yesterday
The speech is generally regarded as
the complete official declaration OF
French Preparations policy
France will not consent TO a mora
torium of any character to Germany
unless the German state mines OF the
Ruhr and the national forests are
placed In the hands Of the allies as !
euaran' ee, and, no matter what hap.
pens France will not depart from this
/. policy, NJ. Poincare said.
/ The necessity and justice Of the pay
ment of reparations by Germany were
emphasized by the French premier
who placed the blame for the present
situation on the attitude of the repara
lions commission, and the failure Of
Great Britain to understand the des-
[ perate plight of her allies and the
need for the payment of the indem-
! nifty.
M. Poincare recited figures in an et-
fort to prove that Germany was re
[ sponsible for her own collapse and
had deliberately failed to live up 10
( the demands of the Preparations com
mission He vigorously denounced the
claim that France sought to enslaYe
! Germany in revenge for the devasta
ton of war.
k Premier Poincare held out the hope
of German and French cooperation,
/ with both nations working together
7 some day. if Germany would change
i her tactics and do her best to repair
/ in peace the damage she caused IN
J war
. France was eager to co-operato
: with her allies he said but would taFr
1 independent action rather than be de
/ prived of her just compensation.
The premier spoke at length on the
! divergent courses now being taken ny
France and England. He declared II
/ was only natural that nations, like
people, should think first of their own
] interests. France could not continue
/ no bear the burden of all the allied
compromises, he declared. He went
ION record as advocating an allied con-
. ference for the settlement of war
debts, which would be attended by all
the nations interested without excep-
zion" The latter phrase was taken to
mean that he referred to the United
States.
Contrary to certain British spokes-
men" continued the head OF the
French cabinet, eve are neither Neros
nor even Bismarcks. We are simply
"a good people who were brutally at
tackled and whose native soil was raw
aged. All we ask is the opportunity
10 continue in peace our daily tasks.
1--WE are greatly disposed to aid
other nations in the effort to restore
the world. We know the world does
not end at our frontiers. We welcome
a broad and generous European policy
We fervently desire to remain allies
of our allies and friends of ou'
friends. We ask nothing better than
to resume with our enemies Of yestcr-
day pleasant and courteous relations.
But we wish to have our ruins repair
ed--and they will be
IF, contrary to our desires, we are
forced to take independent actio
without the approval of our allies, we
shall make no effort to retain indefi-
nitely the guarantees which we may
take We shall guard these guaran-
tees in the interest Of all and only
qntil Germany consents to meet her
Just Obligations
He compared the relative policies 1i
France and Great Britain, asserting
that the execution of the treaty and
the payment Of reparations were vital
to France, while England, finding Us
industries paralyred and its people
out OF employment, was obsessed with
sregaining its markets.
'.They follow their road, and we fo'
low ours" he continued, and it is not
surprising that we draw apart a;