New-York tribune., 1922-04-02
rraifes Retains Right TO
Iibei'ly OF Action If
c@Erat,s Eyade Terms.
He Assureo Deputies
Allies to Support
Policy, He Asserts
Warning Regarded as An
swer to Wirtln's Plea
That Tcutons Can't Pay
By Wilbur F orrcst
sy Cos'a 20 r'' Tribune


,.,-vrtzht 1927 N4W York Tribune lnc)
PARIS. April 1.-Prcmier Poincare
v.-5ed Germany in a speech in the
Chamber Of Deputies to-day thst the
Allied War bill wa 4 sealed document,
IA. TO be tsmpered with II the Genoa
..,pomc conference. and that II the
s.rlin government continued 10 balk
=. payment Of It's obligation France
would have full liber.y Of action 70
collect the debt
The PREMIER declaration came IL
sse course Of long debate ON French
pocies, principally in connection with
Genoa but touching also the Washing
ton conference and the part played in
ths. gathering by the BRAND Cabinet.
poincare made t plain that France
was entering the Genoa conference
with open eyes, that her delegates
there Of the forbidden" Versailles
treaty in general, or the reparation5
settlement in particular, and that i
this point were raised the French
delegates would hold themselves ready
10 withdraw from the gathering.
Meant as Reply to Wirth
The Premier's statement was, IN ef-
Test, a reply 10 the German Chan
eallor's threat that Berlin would re
.ect the demands Of the Reparation
Commission. AS such, it was uproari-
uasly applauded by the Chamber, which.
without formal vote of confidence.
Undated to Poincare that it would
EspOrt absolutely the policies he set
forth.
poincare reiterated that France was
going t. Genoa without committing
herself in advance. He said that the
Allies supported France i'll her attitude
toward the German war bill, and that
he Entente delegates at Genoa would
be answerable to their home parlia-
ments for decisions reached. He said
that the Allies also supported the
french determination that no per
!naneht organization should arise from
t1s Genoa meeting TO oyershadow the
League Of Nations.
The Premier brought out the protest
made in Berlin over the Reparation
Commission demand, and emphasized
that such tactics were in vain. He said
that hope of obtaining at Genoa an
snelioration OF the terms of the mora
forum was futile.
Dept to Stand Unchanged
All the decisions Of the Reparation
Commission shall stand unchanged" he
gaunueo. 1t IS only on this condition
.hst france will lend her collaboration
~ the Genoa meeting France has
Noiked and will work for the better
sneht OF Europe at the conference. AL
lhough the task IS not without peril. it
Is ye' not without grandeur, and France
cess" ''N '"O'
Ia5lns Up the French attitude toward
lle c russian Bolshevik delegates at the
Ssa. ,usn9a meeting, Poincare said the first
.2HuItlon to be imposed upon them was
sDso!uts recognition Of the Russian
gae'war debt, so large & share of which
] .as que to French peasants, end the
stsutution by the Reds of the French
property in Russia that had been pil.
inssso nso or con1scated by the Bolsheviki.
,raS. Sa'4 mat IN the light Of the growing
peV"een Russia and other coun-
s,;d., france could not stand entirely
i,?e, nio;,,,.out put would not join in any ex-
n isanon Schcme. As prerequisite
vouis' negotiations, he said, France
,S". Sa.a demand that the Russians give
Ss.su SYus1e guarantees of their good faith.
ssrr Ise -. such guarantees were neces-
tba w PROJECT not only the Allies but
;.s. ao russian people themselves. Prom
srm @ must be made, he added, befor.
'neree resumed
r.-I Inc conditions mentioned by poin-
tvs., - T necessary to any dealings be-
ill., Ike ~. france and Russia sounded much
ts~,. 1..e condltons set forth by Secre-
,srs, s ol state Hughes last year as the
Rad, ,Is oA W3ich tho United States was
70 resume rcIations with the Mos
SO" government. '''' WY -Ao''-
NJ 'ppro'ai Of Chamber Complete
=. ne Chamber Of Deputies recentjon
sa.t ~ sne Fremler's declarations was 81
r,sHsuiS'astlc r.ss that 90 far as French
pHi.uence in their leader is concerne 4
n"Jsre nn could give his benediction 10
IA lac French conferences delegatee svso" 10 "
anvubn II fremier Lloyd George gets
Of bi1 bS"'le near as clear an indorsem
How p9ilcles when he addresses the
.Se nuSs s,{; ct Commons in London Monday
uri,ai my hiiieS viii go to Genoa with a
nlsn st If2nt ready to cooperate on .
M MrdI aIf European reconstruction.
,sr.a -ruvh OF the debate in the Chamber
Br;snse Beo around the head of Aristide
WssI;.' W.Sha' VINO was Premier during the
,io,. "inIgton conference. The negotia.
"' '"efe and the resultant treaties