Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-02-04
FRANCE ASSA|LEO
FOR HER POLICIES
NATION DISPOSED TO BELIEVE
AMERICA is NOT SINERcE
IN PREACHING SACRIFICE
Lloyd George Declared to Have
Changed Platform; English View
Disturbing French. Nations
Are Watching

al Il rance mas Deen marking
time the past week.
But meanwhile from Germany come
provocative articles. From England
come contradictory speeches. From
America come dsconcerting reports.
While the German press carries on
n campaign against French lntransig.
ence, the president of the Rechsras
admits In speech that With and
hathenau had obtained 40 per GEM
reduction in the reparations oblIga.
lions Imposed at Versailles.
For long time | have been saying
mat the reduction amounted to about
W per cent. This time however, 1t liz
not Frenchman taking but q Ger.
man In high authority.
This reduction simply means that
the French taxpayer must pay what
the Germans avoid. The German
press chooses this moment to accus,
France OF crucifying Germany, a re.
mark which does not need comment
nv "Pbi 'h'iihS tiettIOHS III fnS
land bring internal politics to the for,
IN that country, with unfortunate ef.
tects upon the foreign policy. David
Lloyd George seeks a platform which
VIII enable him to get a majority
similar to the one in 1918. His plat.
form then was hang the kaiser" ana
make Germany pay to the uttermost
farthlng."
But this time the scene has changed
The new platform Is reconstruct
Europe"
Let me merely observe that IL LLOYD
george Is as faithless to the new
Europe as he was to the old, 1t may be
long time before the recontruction
is accomplished.
Moreover, without naming hin,
Lloyd George has made sharp speech
against Premier Poincaire. There Is
no doubt that NJ. Poincalre's person.
allty arouses in England, especially In
downing street, mixed sediments. In
1920 Lloyd George complained against
Poincaire, then the head of the repaI-
ations commission, conducting an an
Tailed campaign in reviews ana
newspapers. Again he officially pro-
tested, In October 1921, against Pom
CARES publishing of secret peace dos
uments. There is no confidence or
sympathy between Poincaire ana
Lloyd George. Their controversy n,
to the relative merits of the moder,,
conference as against the old diplo-
macy Is not particularly interesting.
since 1T concerns only the former.
But the controversy foreshadows dis.
quleting disagreement about essen
tials.
When Premier Poincaire asked M
to take a portfolio in his cabinet. |
told him that, while l approved his
purposes, l did not think he could
achieve them, because of his conto-
versial activities for the last two anu
q half years. This alluded not only
to the fact that he constantly approx
ed the acts of Premiers Mlllerand and
BRAND, whom he now combats, but
also to his personal situation relative
to British circles. What is happening
now confirms my fears.
As to American opinion, ii seems
hard to follow. The American press
urges France not to abstain from the
effort for world solidarity represented
by the Genoa conference, but appai-
emily the American government will
refuse 10 participate in the same er-
tort.
In one word America breaches soil
iarity and sacrifice for us, while
practicing abstinence herself. Let me
say that France has never asked for
remission of her debts. She asks only
not TO be prevented from collecting
her credits That is the sum total of
frances imperialism"