Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-30
FRANCE READY TO
SEIZE: RH|NE[AND
FOR PREPARATIONS
Cabinet Believed to Have AC-
copied MiIierand's Policy
Allies to Be Informed of
French Determination

PARIS, Nov. 29.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.)-A plan for direct &C
ton by France as a solution of the
Preparations question was submitted
Tuesday to the full cabinet meeting
in the Elysee palace, with President
Millerand presiding.
The plan provides for seizure of
the state coal mines and collection of
the export taxes in the Ruhr district,
together with absolute control of
that section of the Rhineland now
occupied by the French military.
Members of the cabinet after the
meeting refused to discuss the ac-
ton taken, but it is generally believ-
ed the plan was approved without
opposition, as it was drawn up yes
terday at a meeting in which the
foremost military and civil authori-
ties participated, including Presl
dent Millerand, Premier Poincare,
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finance, war and liberated regions
Faith in Allied Aid Gone
There no longer is much faith
here in any inter-ailied solution
of the Preparations question, even
though the Brussels conference is
held.
Marshal Foch and General Buat,
the French chief Of staff, are under
stood to have told President Miller
and and Premier Poincare at yester-
days meeting that a plan for eX-
panding the military occupation of
the right bank of the Rhine had been
prepared with the utmost care and
that it could be executed within
twenty-four hours notice. M. I'll
rard, the French high commissioner
for the Rhineland, in discussing his
part in any necessary action, said
that civil dnlinstration of the ter
ritory occupied by France on the
left bank of the Rhine could be i'm.
mediately taken over by competent
French authorities.
W Id Act = -iuary Is
This !, am Y l be applicable
only after January Is, for Germany
now has =. MOI torium Il ii the end
of December and the first payment
under the existing scheme of repara-
tions now in suspension would be
due in the middle of January. Ger
many's failure to meet this pay
ment would, in the opinion of the
French, automatically give them the
right to act.
Premier Poincare's purpose in his
appeal to the Nationalist Sunday
to submerge party lines i "sa =. ID
union" in support of the s m
ment, now IS seen.
This drastic program OF action
naturally hinges upon the outcome
of the Brussels conference, but there
is such doubt that that meeting
would reach d satisfactory decision
on the reparations question or that
it will even be held, that the ] ench
think it wise to prepare now for an
eventully which many think is
reasonably certain of being faced at
the end Of the year.
Ready to Go 1t Alone
France now is ready ito go it
alone" acting on the theory that if
she ever expects II get anything
from Germany she must, as the
French newspapers say, hit Ger
an, hard in the Ruhr. her most
vulnerable spot. This is specifically
stated in apparently inspired reports
of yesterdays Elysee meeting, given
only to French newspapers. In
these articles it is explained that ac-
ton in the Ruhr would be designed
to strike the hardest blow at the in
terests of the great heads of Ger
man mining and metal industries"
as we'll as to obtain for France the
full quota of PREPARATION coal and
coke which she needs for the full de-
velopment of the Lorraine iron in
duustries.
Complete control of the French
sector of the Rhineland would ac-
complish the much desired expulsion
of German officials, many of whom
the French believe, are Prussians re-
Gently come into the region with
the intention of strengthening re-
sistance TO the allied occupation.
Premier Poincare saw Marquis
Salvage Raggi, Italian member Of
the reparations commission yester-
day, and it was taken for granted
that it was to supplement the outline
M. Poincare already had given Pre-
mier Mussolini at Lausanne of the
French intentions toward Germany.
France. in any case, it is said, will
continue making it the ruls to kee.,
the allies informed Of her repara.
tons policy.
Cabinet Hears Figures
The cabinet had before il today
the governments calculations or
exactly what the seizure of two
thirds of the Ruhr would yield
These official figures show among
either resources the government S
mines in the Ruhr produce 100000
tons Of coal. about half the amour
annually delivered France. This re
source was discussed IN London last
August by Premier Poincare with
the allied minister, and it's acquisi.
ton was tentatively approved, it is
understood, as a last measure
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