Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-02-03
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

Paris-France has been marking
time the past week.
But meanwhile from Germany come
provocative articles. From England
come contradictory speeches. From
America come disconccrtlng reports.
While the German press carries on
campaign against French intrans;s.
ence, the president of the Reichsras
admits In a speech that Wirth ana
Rathenau had Obtained 40 per cenJ
reduction In the reparatlons obliga-
tons imposed ut Versailles. :.
For long time have been saying
that the reduction amounted to about
80 per cent, This time, however, IT is
not n Frenchman taking but a Ger
man In high authority. 2" 'At,y
This reduction simply means tlrat
the, French taxpayer must pay what
the Germans avoid. The German
press chooses this moment to accuse
France. of crucifying Germany, u re-
mark which does not need comment.
The approaching elections In Eng.
land bring internal politics to the for.
in that, country, with unfortunate er-
fects upon the foreign policy. David
Lloyd George seeks a platform which
will enable him to get d majority
similar to tfie one In f9fS: His pln,-
form then was "hang the kaiser" ana
"niake' Germany pay to the uttermost
farthing:"% - >. ai-Iai y. q (.
: But this time the scene has changed
The hew platform is reconstruct
Europe. 49, $500, 49,
a,sI.et ME merely observe that If Lloyd
George sis las faithlesss to the new
Europe as he was TO the old, 1t may be
Il long time before the recontructlon
is accomplished.
Moreover: without, manning. him,
Lloyd. George has made a sharp speech
against Premier. Roincaire. There is
no dogbt that NJ. .Poincaire's person
ality aronses ia England. especially In
downing street, naked sediments. II
1920 Lloyd George complained agains,
Poin0lire,, then the head of the repar
ations commission, conducting an ar,
Tailed campaign in reviews ant
newspapers. Again he officially pro
tested, In October, 1921, against Pom
CARES publishing of secret peace dos
uments. There is NO confidence o
sympathy between Poincalre ant
Lloyd George. Their controversy ~
to the relative merits of the modern
conference as against the old diplu
macy is not particularly interesting
since it concerns only the former
But the controversy foreshadows dis
quieting disagreement about essen
tails.
When Premier Poincaire asked III
to take a portfolio In his cabinet,
told him that, while / approved hi
purposes, did not think he cOul
achieve them, because of his contr,
cerslal activities for the last two an
half years. This alluded not onl
to the fact that he constantly appro,
ed the acts of Premers Millerand IN
NhVAi hOW 'VhhBdLNf W
also to his personal situation relatiy
to British circles. What Is happenin
now confirms my fears.
AS to American opinion, ii seen
hard to follow. The American pre-,
urges France not to abstain from Il
effort for world solidarity represente
: by the Genoa conference, but appu
emily the American government vi
refuse to participate in the same G
fort.
In one word America breaches sol
darity and sacrifice for us, viii
practlcing abstinence herself. Let II
say that France has never asked f
remission of her debts. She asks on
: not to be prevented from collcctil
: her credits. That Is the sum total
e Frances imperialism"