The Arvada enterprise., 1922-01-19
BRAND Resigns, His Arrange.
ments With Lloyd George
Being Opposed.
CANNES PROGRAM IS UPSET
peiNeArs Invited 70 Form New French
Ministry-May Fight German Mora.
tseivw-8snats, 0y cless Vote,
Seats Nswtsrry Of Miehiean,
with q Rebuke.
sy EDWARD W. p,ckARo

FRANCE spilled the beans Inst week.
4 BRAND and his cabinet are out.
Poincare 10 forming = new ministry
with himself a. Its head. All the
doinss Of the meeting Of tho supreme
council At Cannes are nullified. ut
least for the present. Plans for the
economic and financial conference
may have to b. revised. TIE Ger.
mans probably will be called on by the
French to make TIN reparatiOns pay
ments when they are due Or suffer the
penalty.
Lloyd Osorss At Cann6 had agreed
that Great Britain would make
treaty guaranteeing France against nt.
tack by Germany. provided. however.
that the French ministry Of marine
and the British admiralty should reach
complete agreement on subma rines
and other naval craft. and provided
also that the Frencl, and British gov
ernmenta should make their foreign
policies conform. especially In tho near
east. lie required. too. that France
cooperate In restoring world econom.
ics and finances and agree to deal
with Soviet Russia. These conditions
all meant yielding by France to
British policies and At once storm
Of opposition arose In Paris. BRAND
hurried TO that city and after telling
the cabinet all about what he Ind
done and engaging In n hented con.
troverxy with President MIilerand.
rent before the chamber of deputies
and presented the entire program, tell.
ing its members they could take II "
leave II. Then he biuntiy announced
the resignation Of the ministry with
out waiting for 4 vote.
Poincare. the main point of whose
policy In Germany must pay" WIS In.
vited 10 form q new cabinet and got
busy at once. II was understood that
Count Lasteyrie would he minister ~
finance. lie rrcently Investigated con-
ditious In Germany nnd believes the
S'ermans can pay the rcparsti"ns with
out 4 moratorium provided their bud
ct II properly balanced and suihcient
taxes are imposed to bring their taxn-
tiou totals up to the level Of those
paid In France.
In al the European capitals and In
WaahlnGtOn there wnx something akin
10 CONSERVATION when the news from
Paris was received The conference nj
Cannes automatically came I" nm end.
The American government. which had
not decided whether or not to accept
the invitation to take part In the
Genoa conference. halted consideration
Of the question until there nrc further
Developments. The German cabinet
saw tho chance for a moratorium fad.
ing and was cornspon,lingly drspon.
dent. The English were rcticcnt but
plainly indignant md relations he.
tween them and the French. severely
strained for several years. were not
Improved.
TiiE allied supreme council decided
L that al economic conference to
deai with tho restoration "f Europ,
should bc held In Genoa in March.
nnd that both Germany and Russia
should be invited TO send representa-.
lives. M sooner did this news reach
Moscow than the soviet government
hastencd to acccp, the invitation that
had not been formally extended.
Foreign Minister rchItcherln wired the
council that the central executive com.
mistee would pr,Teed to select the
delegates and would give them the
most extended Ipwen. Of course
there was no doubt that Germany would
accept the invitation of the council,