The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-04-28
GERMANY MUST PAY
is FRNCE'S EDICT
Armies VIII Not BE Cut Says Premier
In Call For Country To
DO Its Duty"


Poncare announced in a speech here
today that IL the French delegation
at Genoa could not go ahead with its
work under the agreed conditions,
France would regret fully to have to
cease participation in the conference.
France will, II necessary, under
take alone to see that the treaty of
versailles Is executed II the Ger
mans default in their reparations
payments, Premier PoincaIe intimat-
ed.
May 81, when the Germans must
either accept the conditions laid down
by the reparations commission or de-
fault ir 'noir payment, Is an iTr r
tani date for France, said the IRE.
mier II is Frances dur, he added.
"!n iull independence" , assum" the
duty of maintaining the integrity Of
. the treaty.
"All we have ever asked and all
we ask today is the execution OF the
treaty" said NJ. Poincare, land that
we must have and shall have. The
peace of Europe depends on 1t. Our
future and our national prosperity
depend on 1t.
1T is not by precipitate action or
by decisions without reflection that
we will obtain It. II is by persever-
ance and methodical action. But it
must be done"
The Premier declared he ardently
hoped for the cooperation Of the AL
lies in case German defaulted but,
according to the terms of the treaty.
he added, leach may in case of need
take, respectively, such measures as
1ou Isus eM pue kIBss9o9u pem99p eau
suffer IL that our unfortunate country
succumb under the burden of repara-
tions alongside of Germany that
does not consent TO make the neces-
sary effort to discharge her debts.
I'VE shall defend. in full indepen-
dence, the French cause, and we shall
not abandon any arms the treaty
gives u.s."
France To Join Peace Pact II Given
Guaranty.
Genoa. April 24.-The French dele
cation announced today 1t was willing
a to subscribe to the proposed pact I'M
der which the various nations would
agree to abstain from aggression, pro-
yided IL was backed by proper guar
antees. considered especially neces-
.sary in view of the Russo-German
treaty.
In its announcement OF qualified
Willingness to become a party to this
past, proposed by Prime Minister
Lloyd George of Great Britain, the
French delegation said:
ut must be made clear that Ger
many and Russia have no aggressive
intentions before the rest OF Europe
can agree to any such pact
"If it involves the naturalization
of frontier zones, 1t may be useful.
II il involves later some form of re-
duction OF armies, 1t may be bene-
fetal.
France is ready to reduce II 9TH
ers do so, because this would de-
crease expenditures, but 1t musst at
feet everybody and be without loop
hole for violation"
In this connection 1t was pointed
out this afternoon that the British
communicates on the subject have
indicated that Mr.. Lloyd George did
not contemplate the provision OF
guarantees.
Once more today the gyrating
Genoa conference which has been al
ternating between fears and hopes
and punctuated by political crisis
which threatened to destroy 1t alto
gether, set itself grimly to the task
of readjusting the economic life OF
Europe.
The announcement by the German
delegates that they would not reply
to the Allies second note, because
thy did not wish to endanger the
success of the conference, was receiv-
ed everywhere with frankly uttered
words of relief. for almost everybody
was beginning to despair secretly that
the conference would end in economic
achievement.