Evening star., 1922-02-06
FRENCH POLICIES Il
LITTLE CHANGED
Poincare Aims to Renew Brit
ish Tie, Enforce Treaty and
/ Pacify Near East.
BY PAUL SCOTT MowRER.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1922.

BY Gable TO The Star and Chicago DAILY
News. Copyright. 1922.
PARIS. France, February ct is
gradually becoming clear that the
replacement of Aristide BRAND by
Raymond Poincare as premier is not
likely to occasion any abrupt change
in Frances foreign policy. The prin-
cipal objectives of this policy under
Poincare, as under BRAND. continue
to be the renewal of the alliance with
Britain, the enforcement of the treaty
of Versailles. support by France of
the nations of the little entente" and
east on the basis of large concessions
to the Turkish nationaIsts.
Premier Poincare, however, does not
like the supreme council nor inter-
national conferences. He prefers the
traditional method of negotiating
through ambassadors and exchanges
OF notes which, though slower, he
considers the smoother and in the
long run surer. Thus diplomatic con-
versationS are now known to be in
progress between Britain and France
regarding both the near east and the
proposed Franco-British guaranty
pact, but the tenor Of these CONVEX
sations has not been made known and
for the time being probably will not
be divulged. Poincare does not desire
to arouse public opinion by announc-
ing the result of each round in a
TO wait until he HAS something definite
to propose before he lays it before the
French public.
Discontent With Genoa.
Regarding the Washington confer
ence, 1t is not likely that the new
French government will waver from
the attitude assumed by the BRAND
ministry. Regarding the proposed
Genoa conference, there is a certain
seems to intend. nevertheless, to keep
the promise made by BRAND and par
ticipate fully in this conference. At
tho present time the French fail to
see what good can come out of Genoa.
They are particularly loath to meet
whole Lloyd George program as a
sort Of bait which the British premier
is dangling before the eyes of British
voters just prior to the election, for
they are convinced that as long as the
bolshevist regime continues in power.
and perhaps for several years there
after, Russia will literally be unable
to make any considerable contribu-
tion to the worlds general prosperity,
and hence they feel that anything
regime will serve merely to delay
Russia's ultimate recovery.
However, Genoa may furnish an oc-
casion for a discussion of means of
effecting the political stabilization of
Europe without taking the United
tend to propose a general guarantee
pact of all the European nations
which will participate. but the French
object that if it is accompanied by
no sanctions such pact would be
worthless and merely a duplication
nf
tions covenant. They prefer a series
of definite treaties, as, for example,
on the one hand, an Anglo French
reciprocal guarantee pact, and en- the
Franco-Belgian pact to include the
nations of the little entente, thus
forming a sort of coalition of all ma
tions interested in enforcing the
treaty of Versailles. Another unof-
cial French proposal is a continental
purpose of guaranteeing the military
neutrality of the Rhine.
Plan Involves U. S.
The economic proposals which may
be made in Genoa are still obscure.
1t is we'll known that the French
and British were trying last De-
cember to work out plan by which
debts and the abandonment by Britain
of her share in the Germa.l payments
would permit a reduction from the
present figure of 132,000,000,O0G gold
marks ($31, ,416. .000.0 to about
$4,000. 100000 gold marks ($14.2S0.-
900. .0O0)-a figure which European
bankers say is entirely practical.
This plan. however, involves the
United States. The question now be.
fore France and Britain is whether
they can go ahead on some similar
scheme of debt cancellation dnd le.
duction of the reparations figure
without the United States.