New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

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influence. ""A'aa
Those best informed in NV
national administration bsl;.r. .'..'' ..
The coming Of roincars to ,ou.. ,"''
good thing. They belize. ts.. ps:
viii adopt extreme measure, ''''''s
Germany and these measures p;,, ..a .'a
and that following the failure .. D.. ~
csre, France VII turn to r,o-. '''
able leaders and bring hcrsels j,,.@ ,''''
With American and British IDEAS .s "''
the German rcparations. To;, :. .|
ously possible perhaps it is li..,. WV
the other hand. i is by no n.,,' ,' " VI
possible that France. fesljpo t.. ~.
isolated, feeling a.rs.jt ,.' s''"'
treated, and believing that c.-r y
can pay at least part, a ,ar,.,
'ha" she means to pay. will r.sor. M :.
the use Of that force which lies !, y. ~
hands and can be cx.-ted y:.bor. =.
or hindrance OF tac par. Of Enro,.
the rest OF TIE World. Ard i rr.,..
does that them tae .cono,:c -..,..
ton 50 essential in view Of Rr.;..
necessities and Italian interest, vii, =
long postponed Il 10. actually ~.
vented.
The curTens ve1 in Washington f,
that in the end The French vii, com.
70 take the English and tn. Ane-;c.,
point Of view with respect TO Cerm.,r
There are endless nrmoerx Of ann.
'aents produced 70 supper. tl,i, co,
clusion. The French policy is d.sc,;b.,
and denounced as raiI.tayistic. chauro
istic and all the o-aer conrerieut .e-n,
available TO suggest madness o..
cuiiar sort. Their. IS a prs7,iI;r,
opinion taat sooner or ate, that -.
French will fnd OFT that they cannot
get repa-arion. in large amount, from
Germany and ~ill accep. the fact
confess that DO not share this r;.v
1t was jc5t as strongly urged at tn.
Paris conference. where al American
and British observers agreed N lore.
casting the speedy deestion o: French
expectations. But this deaat:on hu
not come. and the men rho have n.
tempted to "seil" the British riery
tie German question to the Frens
people have fallen III rapid successioi
while the French Parliament remain
committed to the French viex.
France Will Not Shoulder
Burden Of German Attack
1t seems to me that France is sr
more apt 20 wreck German IS she
can, than quietly to pesn.i. German
restoration while her o-n claim. ~.
neglected. Poincare nav O., MAJ rs
be the man to express this Frens:
determination, but I feel certain that
the French people Will never in ,.y
useful time consent 10 shoulder tie
burdens resulting from the Germ,.
attack and at the same tim. see Ger.
many aided by Britain and by The
United States regaininr her old es.
nomic prosperity and po.i.:ca! strength.
II there were any wav OF determining
the amount which German could ca
and Of insur:rg German paymen. q
snac amount. the situation might Be
solved. But 20 ne the profound d.
Acu.ty seems 20 lie in tie fact tia.
the one constant element is German
bad faith. The fact that Germany Goes
not mean TO pay at all is what bederlls
everything ard makes a discussion Of
That Germany can and cannot pay G.
20 more than academic interest. From
the moment Of the arnisticc to the
present hour. German bad faith has
been uninterrupted in every single &c.
sail. which rad to 90 with the fulfill
mcnt Of thc terms. both OF the srnlis-
tice ard o. the Treaty Of Versailles.
This bad faith. morever. lies open 10
every Frencaman who sees in it rev
revelation OF the Oldest and bitteres'
sscts il French history.
There have been many ministries N
France since the end Of the war, bus
there has been only one definite ides'
and that has survived every ATTEMPTED
modification Il may be that the pres
ent Chamber does not represent 'ne
temper Of the French people and tns'
when new Chamber is elected "'
shall have 3 .eversa, Of policy. 0u.
since the next election IS two years 0n
this is still far cry. In the meantime
10 succeed. M. Poincsre must get so"'
thing more than military suarsn"
covering period when no military ~,
tack is conceivable. And ne must aSo'o
paying FOR such Ar empty guaranty "
reducing French claims against os''
many. claims which most French"e'
still believe Germany can pay. I'M. !"
only another way OF saying fas' ~
/ the time being France IS thinEias
terms OF repxrstions. snd not is's'''
in terms OF British alliance.
II Mr.. Balfour had been aO'e
Washington Will, American assis'a"sS
to get France to agree to reduce ~
, army and consent not TO bu'ia s.'
| marines. the French position WIZ" ~.
spect to Germany would have been ~
such that France would have nee'eS
British alliance and would have nau :
pay for it. But Mr.. Balfour was
successful France rctains hei -,
intact. and, therefore. is not depsn.;;s
unou the British AMY Of the ot.N