The Washington herald., 1922-01-12
A greement Involving
Fate of Reparations I'm
periled by Malcontents
MAY OVERTHROW
FRENCH REGIME
Exacts Almost Complete
Submission to British
Proposals, View.

CANANAN6Nos FiohSCs Jan
mie- BRAND left for Paris this af-
ternoon bearing a draft of the An
glo-French treaty. which exacts
from France almost complete sub
mission on practically all points at
issue. This is the price France pays
for the British guaranty for her Sc
curity.
The treaty does not mention any
time limit. but specifically states
that England is bound to assist
France only in case of "unprovoked
aggression on French soil"
Thus any German hostility in Po-
land or the Rhineland does not OBJ
ligate England to aid France.
In a long memorandum meant as
an electoral appeal in England.
Lloyd George sets forth the condi-
tions with which France must COM
ply in order to make the alliance
effective.
Conditions sImprobable.o
These conditions. which are so Sc
we're that ratification by the French
Parliament in its present excited
state is improbable. follow:
l. France must abandon her sub
marine program and undertake TO
disarm at sea.
2. France must Cooperate in
Lloyd Georges scheme for the eco
nomic and financial reconstruction
of Europe, which is to be discussed
at Genoa.
3. France must recognize Russia,
providing the latter accepts the
Rritish-controlled banking consor-
tium. - .
4. France must Cooperate with
Great Britain In the establishment
Of peace In the orient" This SEEM
ingly implies the revision of the
-Angora treaty. '-.5--1
5. France must agree that the
Franco-British pact shall be the
basis for an European entente In
cluding Russia and Germany where
by the status quo OF Europe may
be ensured in the same way the
Pacific questions are controlled by
the treaty of Washington.
6. All other points in dispute
must be cleared up including the
Spanish rights in Tangiers, which
Lloyd George wants upheld since
the Spanish are guaranteeing Brit
ish trade interests in this key
port of the Mediterranean.
similar Alliance for Italy.
II is indicated now that Lloyd
George Is prepared to offer a
similar alliance to Italy in ex-
change for important concessions
by Italy, largely financial conces-
sions to England. Belgium is also
likely to be included. but only on
condition that she tears up her
military alliance with France and
reverts to her prewar neutrality.
France must accept the condi-
tions of the agreement as drawn,
the British memorandum solemnly
warning, otherwise Europe is
doomed to a social and economic
catastrophe. and civilization itself
endangered"
With this situation before it the
action Of the French parliament
tomorrow will be the most fate
full event since 1914.
While II would be incautious to
predict the attitude that the SEN
ate and the chamber will adopt,
the diplomats here do not con-
ceal their pessimism. This is sup
ported by the bitterly hostile at
titude of a majority of the French
press which accuses Lloyd George
Of attempting to tie France hand
and foot in order to advance his
own political destiny.
- The German delegates, DIR.
Rathenau and Herr Bergman,
arrived this morning. They were
met by a group of undersecretaries
who hastily bundled them into a
closed automobile and rushed
them to the Park Hotel.